Gender Topics on Potato Research and Development

Mudege, Netsayi N.; Escobar, Silvia Sarapura; Polar, Vivian

doi:10.1007/978-3-030-28683-5_14

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“…In this context, sustainable intensification of potato cropping goes beyond production aspects and considers strong socio-economic, demographic, and environmental trade-offs to optimize performance. For example, women's farm yields and incomes are often much lower than men's, reflecting specific factors affecting their productivity, including limited access to land, markets, credit, inputs, technology that responds to their specific needs, and information (Polar et al 2017;Mudege et al 2020). In this context, it is critical to identify institutional incentives to support innovation for men and women with emphasis on research partnerships and considering multidisciplinary approaches to recognize and solve practical problems at the level of the crop, the cropping system, and the agri-food system to achieve sustainable food security in its four dimensions.…”

Section: Potato In a Global Food Security And Diversified Agri-food Systems Contextmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…This is particularly important for indigenous populations of the high Andes that produce native potato varieties that are not even registered in the formal seed system and are not produced by commercial suppliers. Similarly, women who traditionally play an important role in seed management and storage often operate in the informal sector maintaining their own seed and promoting access through local trade schemes (Mudege et al 2020). Ethiopia adopted the QDS definition in a new seed law passed in 2016 without distinction of crops.…”

Section: Policies and Strategies For The Development Of The Potato As A Food Security Crop In Developing Countriesmentioning

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The Potato of the Future: Opportunities and Challenges in Sustainable Agri-food Systems

Devaux¹,

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In the coming decades, feeding the expanded global population nutritiously and sustainably will require substantial improvements to the global food system worldwide. The main challenge will be how to produce more food with the same or fewer resources and waste less. Food security has four dimenespecially the case in Africa wheresions: food availability, food access, food use and quality, and food stability. Among several other food sources, the potato crop is one that can help match all these constraints worldwide due to its highly diverse distribution pattern, and its current cultivation and demand, particularly in developing countries with high levels of poverty, hunger, and malnutrition. After an overview of the current situation of global hunger, food security, and agricultural growth, followed by a review of the importance of the potato in the current global food system and its role played as a food security crop, this paper analyses and discusses how potato research and innovation can contribute to sustainable agri-food systems comparing rural and industrial agri-food systems with reference to food security indicators. It concludes with a discussion about the challenges for sustainable potato cropping enhancement considering the needs to increase productivity in rural-based potato food systems that predominate in low-income countries, while promoting better resource management and optimization in industrial-based agri-food systems considering factors such as quality, diversity of products, health impacts, and climate change effects. Research and innovation options and policies that could facilitate the requirements of both rural and industrial potato-based agri-food systems are described.

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Section: Potato In a Global Food Security And Diversified Agri-food Systems Contextmentioning

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The Potato of the Future: Opportunities and Challenges in Sustainable Agri-food Systems

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“…A societal bias against women in business may be further aggravated by the lack of husbands' support and the heavy burden of domestic work and other care responsibilities. Previous research has found that involving women in seed production and management generates extra income and contributes to their empowerment (Mudege et al, 2020).…”

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Climate-smart crop insurance to promote adoption of stress-tolerant seeds: Midterm findings from a cluster randomized trial

Cecchi¹,

Chegeh²,

Aredo³

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About CCAFS working papersTitles in this series aim to disseminate interim climate change, agriculture and food security research and practices and stimulate feedback from the scientific community. About CCAFSThe CGIAR Research Program on Climate Change, Agriculture and Food Security (CCAFS) is led by the International Center for Tropical Agriculture (CIAT), part of the Alliance of Bioversity International and CIAT, and carried out with support from the CGIAR Trust Fund and through bilateral funding agreements. For more information, please visit https://ccafs.cgiar.org/donors.

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“…These institutions not only improve seed supply for their communities, but also generate local employment and income, creating opportunities for development of gender-responsive seed systems. Involving women in seed production and management gives access to varieties that better meet their needs, generates extra int (Mudege et al 2020).…”

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Gender dynamics in seed systems development

Kramer¹,

Galiè²

2020

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All agricultural production whether of crops, trees, forages, livestock, or fish starts with seeds,* making seed security vital to food security. Seed security means that producers smallholder farmers especially have permanent and unrestricted access to adequate quantities of quality seed that is suitable to their agroecological conditions and socioeconomic needs. Efforts to enhance seed security should be inclusive, without disparities related to income, social class, age, or gender. Yet, gender gaps reveal themselves across the seed system, including in the breeding, production, selection, and distribution stages, as well as in how the seeds are used and who reaps the benefits from this use. While there is extensive literature on seed systems and how they should be organized to ensure seed security for smallholder farmers, a body of research unpacking gender dynamics within these systems has just begun to emerge. This includes a portfolio of projects initiated and funded by the CGIAR Collaborative Platform for Gender Research, which was hosted within Gender Research and Coordination from 2017 2019 (Box 1). This brief summarizes this early work and provides an outlook for future research to mainstream gender analysis in seed systems development. PIM SYNTHESIS BRIEF NOVEMBER 2020 KEY MESSAGES To enhance the reach and effectiveness of formal breeding programs, formal seed systems must generate quality seeds that respond to the different needs and preferences of both women and men, across socioeconomic categories.

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Gender Topics on Potato Research and Development

Cited by 13 publications

References 31 publications

The Potato of the Future: Opportunities and Challenges in Sustainable Agri-food Systems

The Potato of the Future: Opportunities and Challenges in Sustainable Agri-food Systems

Climate-smart crop insurance to promote adoption of stress-tolerant seeds: Midterm findings from a cluster randomized trial

Gender dynamics in seed systems development

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