5 research outputs found
Gender and innovation processes in wheat-based systems
This WHEAT report is based on 43 village case studies from eight countries set in diverse wheat-based farming regions of the Global South
Gender and innovation processes in maize-based systems
This MAIZE report offers a panorama of the gender dimensions of local agricultural innovation processes in the context of maize-based farming systems and livelihoods
What drives capacity to innovate? Insights from women and men small-scale farmers in Africa, Asia, and Latin America
What are key characteristics of rural innovators? How are their experiences similar for women
and men, and how are they different? To examine these questions, we draw on individual
interviews with 336 rural women and men known in their communities for trying out new things
in agriculture. The data form part of 84 GENNOVATE community case studies from 19
countries. Building on study participants’ own reflections and experiences with innovation in
their agricultural livelihoods, we combine variable-oriented analysis and analysis of specific
individuals’ lived experience. Results indicate that factors related to personality and agency are
what most drive women’s and men’s capacity to innovate. Access to resources is not a
prerequisite but rather an important enabling aspect. Different types of women have great
potential for local innovation, but structural inequalities make men better positioned to access
resources and leverage support. Men’s support is important when women challenge the status
quo