Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Document Number: D01199
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Pages 49-57 in Chris Reij and Ann Waters-Bayer, Farmer innovation in Africa: a source of inspiration for agricultural development. Earthscan Publications Ltd., London, UK. 362 pages.
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: KerryByrnes1; Folder: CDIE File Document Number: D01343
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Kerry J. Byrnes Collection, CDIE Working Paper No. 112 Case Studies of A.I.D. Farming Systems Research & Extension (FSR/E) Projects. Case Study No.6,16 pages
Isham, Jonathan (author) and Centre for the Study of African Economics, University of Oxford
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Conference paper
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unknown
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United Kingdom
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Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Document Number: C28221
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Posted online at http://www.csae.ox.ac.uk/conferences/2000-OiA/pdfpapers/isham.PDF, Presented at "Opportunities in Africa: micro-evidence on firms and households," a conference at the University of Oxford from April 9-10, 2000.
9 pages, Despite agriculture’s great potential to Tanzania agricultural development, the sector faces diverse challenges. For example, existence of gender gaps in accessing agricultural production resources and benefits obtained from the same impede the sector’s growth. Therefore, adoption of conservation agriculture (CA) has been seen as one of the measures to address the sector limited productivity. Nonetheless, there is limited knowledge on how CA has managed to reduce gender inequalities in accessing both reproductive resources and benefits accrued from agriculture. This paper examines gender gaps in conservation agriculture programme implemented by Sustainable Agriculture in Tanzania (SAT), by specifically analyzing gender participation and relations in CA in Morogoro municipality and Morogoro district. This study adopted a mixed method approach whereby both qualitative and quantitative data were collected from four sites where SAT implements its activities. Findings show that CA has significantly reduced gander gaps in accessing production resources and services as well as raising women’s participation in decision making with regards to production and use of income obtained from sales of produce. Farmers regardless of the gender can access extension services, and credit, and are involved in various initiatives collectively. Despite the economic benefits, findings show that CA is laborious and takes much of farmers’ time, women being more affected. Therefore, it is recommended that the central and local governments and various stakeholders should promote the spread of conservation agriculture technologies since it reduces the biasness in agriculture and empowering women. Ensuring access to advanced cheap technologies to farmers. Nonetheless, there is need to ensure that female farmers are not overburdened in the process.
