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2. Economic benefits of empowering women in agriculture: assumptions and evidence
- Collection:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
- Contributers:
- Anderson, C. Leigh (author), Reynolds, Travis W. (author), Biscaye, Pierre (author), Patwardhan, Vedavati (author), and Schmidt, Carly (author)
- Format:
- Journal article
- Publication Date:
- 2021-02
- Published:
- United States: Routledge (Taylor & Francis Group)
- Location:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 203 Document Number: D12256
- Journal Title:
- The Journal of Development Studies
- Journal Title Details:
- Vol. 57, No. 2
- Notes:
- 9 PAGES., Systematic reviews and meta-analyses generally focus on intervention impacts or outcomes. Less common, however, are reviews of the assumptions and theory underlying the pathways between intervention and outcome. We consider the hypothetical case for interventions to empower female farmers, either by prioritising women for new investments or re-allocating existing resources. Empowerment is defined as increased women's decision-making authority related to agricultural resources, management and production, and income. We hypothesise two avenues through which productivity or health benefits might arise: (i) eliminating female-male differences in, e.g. input access; or (ii) leveraging gendered risk, time, and social preferences leading women to differentially allocate resources. A review of evidence highlights the extent of support for the baseline, behaviour change, and economic benefit assumptions behind these hypothesised avenues. Findings suggest returns to investing in female farmers could be significant in various contexts but estimates of economic returns to empowering women in agriculture remain limited.
3. Economic benefits of empowering women in agriculture: assumptions and evidence
- Collection:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
- Contributers:
- Anderson, C. Leigh (author), Reynolds, Travis W. (author), Biscaye, Pierre (author), Patwardhan, Vedavati (author), and Schmidt, Carly (author)
- Format:
- Journal article
- Publication Date:
- 2021-02
- Published:
- United States: Routledge (Taylor & Francis Group)
- Location:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 203 Document Number: D12259
- Journal Title:
- Journal of Development Studies
- Journal Title Details:
- Vol. 57 Issue 2
- Notes:
- 16 pages, Systematic reviews and meta-analyses generally focus on intervention impacts or outcomes. Less common, however, are reviews of the assumptions and theory underlying the pathways between intervention and outcome. We consider the hypothetical case for interventions to empower female farmers, either by prioritising women for new investments or re-allocating existing resources. Empowerment is defined as increased women's decision-making authority related to agricultural resources, management and production, and income. We hypothesise two avenues through which productivity or health benefits might arise: (i) eliminating female-male differences in, e.g. input access; or (ii) leveraging gendered risk, time, and social preferences leading women to differentially allocate resources. A review of evidence highlights the extent of support for the baseline, behaviour change, and economic benefit assumptions behind these hypothesised avenues. Findings suggest returns to investing in female farmers could be significant in various contexts but estimates of economic returns to empowering women in agriculture remain limited.
4. FarmHer: Syngenta celebrates women in agriculture
- Collection:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
- Contributers:
- Syngenta (author) and G&S Business Communications (author)
- Format:
- Online document
- Publication Date:
- 2017
- Published:
- United States: Public Relations Society of America
- Location:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 8 Document Number: D10303
- Notes:
- 4 pages., Via Silver Anvil Awards., For years, males have dominated our image of agriculture. But in reality, women also hold important and diverse roles in the industry. G&S Business Communications launched a campaign for its client, Syngenta, to address this reality. As part of the campaign, Syngenta US joined the FarmHer movement as the presenting sponsor of the new television series “FarmHer on RFD-TV.” The FarmHer campaign helped nurture a relationship with this emerging group of customers, increase brand affinity among U.S. farmers and develop a stronger community among Syngenta employees to expand its diversity and inclusion initiative.
5. Female social networks and farmer training: can randomized information exchange improve outcomes?
- Collection:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
- Contributers:
- Vasilaky, Kathryn (author)
- Format:
- Journal article
- Publication Date:
- 2013-02
- Published:
- England: Oxford University Press
- Location:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 203 Document Number: D12242
- Journal Title:
- American Journal of Agricultural Economics
- Journal Title Details:
- Vol. 95 Issue 2
- Notes:
- 9 pages, The article investigates whether the social network based program (SNP) in villages can encourage learning and adoption of a relatively new cash crop, cotton, to female heads of households. It explains how social network based training program had more significant effects on yields for the poorest performing farmers than the standard training program, and proves that SNP can increase productivity up to 50 percent for farmers producing at the average yield of production.
6. For whom will the crop be promoted? a search for gender equity along the grain-legume value chains in Uganda
- Collection:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
- Contributers:
- Okiror , J. J. (author), Twanza, B. (author), Orum, B. (author), Ebanyat, P. (author), Kule, E. B. (author), Tegbaru, A. (author), and Ayesiga, C. (author)
- Format:
- journal articles
- Publication Date:
- 2021-10
- Published:
- Academic Journals
- Location:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Document Number: D12402
- Journal Title:
- Journal of Agricultural Extension and Rural Development
- Journal Title Details:
- V. 13 N. 4
- Notes:
- 12 pages, There is growing interest in gender analysis and value chain analysis as tools for ensuring equitable participation in agricultural commodity markets. This study examined the gender factors that influence the patterns and levels of participation by women and men in grain value chains in Uganda. Data were collected from six districts in three regions of Uganda using qualitative gender tools. Findings show that marked division of labour along gender-lines happens at postharvest handling stages where threshing and winnowing is mostly done by women while men supervise storage and also control marketing and incomes. Division of labour is due to socio-cultural ascriptions to the sexes at community level with women having to work for longer hours than their male counterparts. Groundnuts were regarded as women’s crop while soya beans were for men. Regional variations were not significant but there were marked behavioral differences between the poorer and richer households across entire value chains from production to marketing with the poor exercising more caution during marketing to spread risks to the next harvest while the rich preferred one-time bulk sales. Specific interventions are needed to upgrade women participation in grain-legume businesses and scale-up labour saving post-harvest technologies especially draught animals, threshers, tarpaulins and hullers to ease drudgery on women and increase men’s participation.
7. Gender roles and equality in agribusiness: 2020 survey results and analysis
- Collection:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
- Format:
- Survey report
- Publication Date:
- 2020
- Published:
- AgCareers
- Location:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 207 Document Number: D13076
- Notes:
- 11 pages
8. Gender, labor migration and changes in small-scale farming on vietnam's north-central coast
- Collection:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
- Contributers:
- Kawarazuka, Nozomi (author), Duong, Tuan Minh (author), and Simelton, Elisabeth (author)
- Format:
- Journal article
- Publication Date:
- 2020-12
- Published:
- United States: Routledge (Taylor & Francis Group)
- Location:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 203 Document Number: D12258
- Journal Title:
- Critical Asian Studies
- Journal Title Details:
- Vol. 52 Issue 4
- Notes:
- 15 pages, Drawing on the narratives of women and men who have domestic or international migration experiences, this study explores the gendered impacts of migration on small-scale farming in rural Ha Tinh province in Vietnam. The paper investigates men’s and women’s migration experiences, their influence on agricultural production, and impact on their livelihoods after migration. The findings show that households use various strategies to sustain agricultural production in the absence of some members. Women’s increased economic independence through labor migration has not necessarily lead to their increased management roles in agriculture, but they are increasingly challenging stereotypical images of rural women. While migration can be a catalyst for men to transform their livelihoods, it can also widen gaps in social and economic statuses among men.
9. Home demonstration work in North Carolina: leading the way for rural women
- Collection:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
- Contributers:
- Radford, Daniel (author), Morgan, Joy (author), Kirby, Barbara (author), and Warner, Wendy (author)
- Format:
- Journal article
- Publication Date:
- 2023-06-30
- Published:
- USA: American Association for Agricultural Education
- Location:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 206 Document Number: D12932
- Journal Title:
- Journal of Agricultural Education
- Journal Title Details:
- V.64, N.2
- Notes:
- 12 pages, Canning and home demonstration clubs played an important role in improving agriculture and home life shortly after the turn of the 20th century. Organized in local communities, these clubs for young girls and their mothers provided the opportunity for females to engage in experiential learning through the growth and canning of vegetables. Club work and activities allowed the involved individuals to learn important home life concepts including incorporating more nutritious meals, record keeping, maintaining the family garden, and other duties surrounding the home. In addition, clubs promoted cooperation among various groups, fostered friendships, and provided entrepreneurial opportunities for farm women. Movements such as these increased the demand for agricultural and extension education and many of the strategies developed through these clubs can be implemented in both formal and non-formal education today.
10. Increasing participation of women in agriculture through science, technology, engineering, and math outreach methods
- Collection:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
- Contributers:
- Mitchell, Gayle (author) and Currey, Robin C. D. (author)
- Format:
- Journal article
- Publication Date:
- 2020-04
- Published:
- United States: Extension Journal, Inc.
- Location:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 203 Document Number: D12313
- Journal Title:
- Journal of Extension
- Journal Title Details:
- Vol. 58, Num. 2
- Notes:
- 10 pages, With a focus on the Commonwealth of Virginia, we reviewed literature and data associated with the prevalence and persistence of women's engagement in agriculture from youth-focused programs through to college and employment in order to learn which models of outreach may best attract women to and retain women in agricultural careers. We found that girls in Virginia have strong participation in early agriculture-related activities but that women constitute the minority of primary farm owners. Our systematic literature review shows that using science, technology, engineering, and math models of outreach and reframing agriculture as a career that builds communities and cares for the planet can engage more women in agriculture.