Gender and conservation agriculture in East and Southern Africa: towards a research agenda
Gender and conservation agriculture in East and Southern Africa: towards a research agenda
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DOI：
10.1080/14735903.2015.1065602
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发表时间：
2016-01-01
影响因子：
3.4
通讯作者：
Stirling, Clare M.
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作者：
Farnworth, Cathy Rozel;Baudron, Frederic;Stirling, Clare M.
值得注意的是，尽管多年来进行了广泛而深入的研究，但几乎没有保护性农业（CA）研究将性别和性别关系视为（低）采用率的潜在解释因素。这一点很重要，因为CA需要与农场系统合作的新方法。执行将不可避免地涉及重新分配男子和妇女的资源，并对他们实现其性别利益的能力产生影响。在家庭内部决策和利益分配方面，农业生产干预对劳动力需求和劳动力分配、机械化和除草剂使用方面的投资决策、作物选择和残留物管理都有影响。CA做法可能会影响家庭获取各种作物、野生植物、昆虫和小动物以供家庭营养的能力。推广服务设计中的性别偏见会将女性排除在外。本文审查了迄今为止关于东非和南部非洲CA干预措施与性别之间相互作用的有限研究，并根据观察到的差距制定了研究议程。它认为，鉴于人们对将气候变化作为一种适应气候变化的手段越来越感兴趣，在气候变化研究中关注性别问题尤为及时。
It is remarkable that despite wide-ranging, in-depth studies over many years, almost no conservation agriculture (CA) studies consider gender and gender relations as a potential explanatory factor for (low) adoption rates. This is important because CA demands new ways of working with the farm system. Implementation will inevitably involve a reallocation of men's and women's resources as well as having an impact upon their ability to realize their gender interests. With respect to intra-household decision-making and the distribution of benefits, CA interventions have implications for labour requirements and labour allocation, investment decisions with respect to mechanization and herbicide use, crop choice, and residue management. CA practice may impact upon the ability of households to source a wide variety of crops, wild plants, and insects and small animals for household nutrition. Gender biases in extension service design can sideline women. This paper examines the limited research to date on the interactions between CA interventions and gender in East and Southern Africa, and, based on the gaps observed, sets out a research agenda. It argues that attention to gender in CA is particularly timely given the increasing interest in CA as a means of adapting to climate change.