Bullock, Renee

Miriti, Philip

Yami, Mastewal

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Social dynamics and sustainable intensification in Ethiopia

Social Dynamics and Sustainable Intensification in EthiopiaThis poster is licensed for use under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International Licence. November 20221. Introduction 4. Findings2. Objectives  Africa RISING aimed to provide pathways out of poverty for smallholder farmer households through sustainably intensified farming systems. Gender was integrated in research and development activities. The primary purpose of this research was to understand gender in innovation and gendered impacts. A contextual analysis was undertaken to describe characteristics of the sites, including gender roles and practices, that play an integral role in innovation processes in communities and households. An analysis of social dimensions of technological innovation processes was performed. Findings inform recommendations about how to design socially inclusive innovation and technology scaling.Renee Bullock1, Mastewal Yami Degefa2, and Philip Miriti11International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI), 2 Independent ConsultantThis study was conducted in 2022 in rural communities in North Shewa zone, Amhara regional state, and Hadiya zone in the Southern Nations, Nationalities and People’s (SNNP). Qualitative methods were used and a total of 9 key informant interviews and 16 sex disaggregated focus group discussions in Africa RISING and scaling sites were conducted. Thematic analysis was conducted in Nvivo qualitative software. 3. Methods• Community level participatory decision-making processes,such as those surrounding technology selection wereprimarily with married men while decisions concerningadoption in the household were often made jointly.• Women’s and men’s preferred technologies often includedthose promoted by the project.• Technologies generate trade-offs in income, labor andproductivity.• Avocadoes increase women’s income, however, incur laborincreases associated with watering requirements.• Technology impacts can benefit both women and men.Livestock fodder and feeds reduced men’s labor whilewomen reported benefits related to feeding such asincreased productivity and income from milk sales.5. Recommendations• Participatory decision-making processes must be socially inclusive.  Invite and engage with household members, husbands and wives. • Ensure that women’s priorities are heard and incorporated in innovation processes to avoid technology tradeoffs that incur harm for either women or men.  • Recognize how gender contexts limit women’s participation in meetings and access to information. Restrictions upon women’s mobility require accommodative scheduling and holding meetings in easy to access locations. 6. Acknowledgement We acknowledge the financial support from USAID in Washington to Africa RISING project, and funders for Mixed Farming Systems Initiative (SI-MFS). We also thank all who assisted the field study. 

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