Understanding collective action and women's empowerment in potato farmer groups in Ntcheu and Dedza in Malawi

Mudege, Netsayi N.; Nyekanyeka, Ted; Kapalasa, Eliya; Chevo, Tafadzwa; Demo, P.

doi:10.1016/j.jrurstud.2015.09.002

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“…Gender often correlates with disparities in resources and information, and effective natural resource-based livelihoods programs recognize and adapt to these disparities to yield beneficial social outcomes for both women and men When natural resource-based livelihoods interventions are sensitive to the power dynamics shaping gender relations in communities, they have the potential to yield broadly beneficial social outcomes. For example, research from Mozambique, Malawi, and Ghana found that when the participation of women in extension groups was promoted through the use of female extension officers (Mudege et al 2015, Kondylis et al 2016, Quaye et al 2017, these services have the potential to increase both the adoption of agricultural inputs as well as improve the natural resource management strategies of participating women (Najjar et al 2013, Lambrecht et al 2016, Achandi et al 2018. While in the case of agriculture, the limitation for many women may be access to information, for aquaculture, the barrier to entry is often the cost of establishing an aquaculture pond.…”

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How does gendered vulnerability shape the adoption and impact of sustainable livelihood interventions in an era of global climate change?

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Sellers

2019

Environ. Res. Lett.

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Background. Though many studies have long considered the broad social implications of climate change, researchers have only recently started to consider the gendered unevenness of the global landscape of vulnerability, exposure, and adaptive capacity to environmental stressors and shocks. Historically, policies and interventions addressing natural resource-based livelihoods have rarely considered underlying gender dynamics despite the global pervasiveness of gendered disparities in both economic opportunities and welfare outcomes. Methods/Design. Using two electronic databases, Web of Science and Scopus, we conducted a systematic review of peer-reviewed academic literature describing livelihoods policies or interventions that included documentation of gendered impacts. We focused on natural resource-based livelihoods most likely to be affected by climate change, centering on interventions targeting agriculture, fisheries and aquaculture, and forestry. Review Results/ Synthesis. We identified 131 relevant articles, most of which focus on adoption or participation in interventions rather than outcomes. In general, women are less likely than men to engage with sustainable livelihoods interventions. When women do engage, some researchers have documented income and food security gains as well as improvements in environmental indicators in the shortterm. However, these initiatives have also been found to increase women's labor burden without corresponding gains in income. Few studies measure longer-term effects of women's engagement on welfare and environmental outcomes, a key gap in the literature. Additionally, relatively few studies explore the intersectional impacts of initiatives, such as the added burdens of ethnicity, class, education, or other differences that modify gender disparities. Discussion. Climate change has gendered impacts on natural resource-based livelihoods. In general, existing initiatives designed to increase livelihood resilience fail to reduce gender disparities and improve women's livelihoods. Greater attention should be paid to gender when designing sustainable livelihoods policies and interventions in order to increase adoption and participation, negotiate trade-offs, improve environmental conditions, and promote broadly beneficial welfare outcomes.

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How does gendered vulnerability shape the adoption and impact of sustainable livelihood interventions in an era of global climate change?

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2019

Environ. Res. Lett.

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“…In Ntcheu and Dedza in Malawi, Mudege et al (2015) explore the potential for potato farmer groups to empower women in Malawi. It does this by examining how social and gender norms in communities, including the distribution of power, resources and responsibilities, may have an impact on the ability of farmer groups to empower female group participants.…”

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“…It does this by examining how social and gender norms in communities, including the distribution of power, resources and responsibilities, may have an impact on the ability of farmer groups to empower female group participants. He said that women's empowerment should work closely with partners who have experience in women's empowerment because farmer group participation may not empower women if underlying social issues that result in gender inequality are not addressed (Mudege et al 2015).…”

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“…The Gender Mainstreaming Strategy (GMS) is also actively applied in other countries such as Saudi Arabia (Shash & Forden, 2016), Bolivia (Hippert, 2011), Ntcheu & Dedza in Malawi (Mudege et al, 2015), and Brazil (Waltz, 2016;Mello & Schmink, 2016). This policy in reality brings consequences that all local governments should conform to the women's empowering program in all sectors.…”

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Women’s empowerment model in home-based industries in East Java Province, Indonesia

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Mas’udah

2017

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This study aimed to classify the role of women, gender and characteristics of home-based industries that were managed by women in two cities of East Java Province. This study also tried to identify strengths, weaknesses and challenges faced by these women, especially impoverished women. The research employed qualitative method supported by quantitative data. The data collected through structured interviews guided by questionnaires and indepth interviews. Three main results were attained. First, it was related to the characteristics of women workers, the role of multi-burdened women, the flexible working hours, formal education but unrelated to work, and low income but still importantly needed to support economic condition. Second, three networks were found: network between manager/owner and workers that was informal and family-oriented, network between managers and local government for marketing and training, and network with the private sector for access to capital and business development. Third, the model of empowering small home-based industries should consider the specific needs of women. In other words, there is a requisite for practical and strategic gender needs that has to be comprehended and become the basis for the planning and development to conduct activities and programs for women. Keywords

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“…Gambaran yang sama pada kelompok produsen kentang di Uganda yang memanfaatkan tumbuh suburnya makanan cepat saji sebagai calon pembeli lain di pasar domestik sehingga memungkinkan petani untuk mencapai kualitas dan volume yang memenuhi persyaratan pembeli (Kaganzi et al, dalam Markelova et al, 2009). Kemudahan mengakses pasar setelah bergabung dalam gabungan kelompok tani juga dirasakan oleh petani kentang di Malawi (Mudege, et al, 2015).…”

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DILEMA KOLEKTIVITAS PETANI KOPI: TINJAUAN SOSIOLOGI WEBERIAN (Kasus Petani Kopi di Nagori Sait Buttu Saribu, Kecamatan Pamatang Sidamanik Kabupaten Simalungun, Sumatera Utara)

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Sumarti²

2016

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PENDAHULUANKopi menjadi komoditas perdagangan yang memegang peranan penting baik sebagai sumber devisa nomor tiga setelah kayu dan karet (Spillane, 1990) dan sumber pendapatan. Artinya selain memiliki fungsi ekonomi, kopi juga mempunyai fungsi sosial sebab dengan adanya perkebunan tersebut, berarti memberi kesempatan kerja (Najiyati dan Danarti, 2001).Senada dengan Spillane (1990) dan Najiyati dan Danarti (2001), Herman (2003 juga berpendapat bahwa kopi merupakan salah satu komoditas perdagangan strategis dan memegang peranan penting bagi perekonomian nasional hingga akhir tahun 1990-an, khususnya sebagai penyedia lapangan kerja, sumber pendapatan dan devisa negara. Pasar ekspor kopi diduga merubah rasionalitas petani kopi karena kopi yang sudah menjadi komoditi ekspor membawa dampak monetisasi hingga ke relung kehidupan rumahtangga petani kopi.Fokus penelitian ini adalah pada tindakan kolektif petani kopi dalam menghadapi pasar ekspor kopi. Pasar mengharap individu saling berkompetisi, sementara struktur yang dipersiapkan oleh pemerintah (state) adalah petani kopi harus menjalankan usahanya secara berkelompok dalam wadah kelompok tani. Apabila di pasar aktor secara individu harus bersaing (dengan kekuatan kapital yang dimilikinya), is the elements of social capital (trust, networks and institutions) which become the frame as well as requirements for collective action. This research is a life history study. Some studies showed that the dilemma arises when individual interests are more dominant than the interests of the group. Dilemma collectivity can be tamed by the trust between individuals in the farmer groups. Collective action in the form of the institution of farmers groups can support farmers to meet the strick requirements required by the export market. Characteristics of farmer groups which can be use to facilitate the collective actions are small number of members, the group is formed on neighborhood ties, head of the group is a farmer as well as a trader and there are some incentives to individuals that involved actively in the group.Keywords: collective action, moral, culture, social capital, export markets, dilemma collectivity ABSTRAKTujuan penelitian ini adalah menganalisis proses munculnya dilemma kolektivitas dan upaya mengatasinya dalam kelembagaan kelompok tani serta menganalisis karakteristik kelompok tani untuk menfasilitasi tindakan kolektif dalam menghadapi pasar ekspor. Tindakan kolektif berkenaan dengan moral dan budaya, berbeda dengan tindakan rasional yang didasari oleh pilihan-pilihan individu. Tindakan kolektif dimaknai sebagai tindakan sukarela yang diambil oleh kelompok untuk mencapai tujuan bersama. Pembahasan mengenai tindakan kolektif erat kaitannya dengan modal sosial. Modal sosial menjadi faktor yang menjadi penyebab dan hasil tindakan kolektif. Keterkaitan teori tindakan kolektif dan modal sosial adalah unsur-unsurmodal sosial (kepercayaan, jaringan dan institusi) yang menjadi kerangka sekaligus syarat bagi tindakan kolektif. Penelitian ini merupakan studi riwayat hidup.Hasil...

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Understanding collective action and women's empowerment in potato farmer groups in Ntcheu and Dedza in Malawi

Cited by 56 publications

References 12 publications

How does gendered vulnerability shape the adoption and impact of sustainable livelihood interventions in an era of global climate change?

How does gendered vulnerability shape the adoption and impact of sustainable livelihood interventions in an era of global climate change?

Women’s empowerment model in home-based industries in East Java Province, Indonesia

DILEMA KOLEKTIVITAS PETANI KOPI: TINJAUAN SOSIOLOGI WEBERIAN (Kasus Petani Kopi di Nagori Sait Buttu Saribu, Kecamatan Pamatang Sidamanik Kabupaten Simalungun, Sumatera Utara)

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