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1 Asian Development Bank (ADB). 2008. Irrigation management transfer: strategies and best practices. New Delhi, India: Sage Publications. 235p.
Irrigated farming ; Irrigation management ; Participatory management ; Farmer participation ; Water user associations ; Non-governmental organizations ; Capacity building ; Canals ; Water rates ; Pricing ; Tank irrigation ; Water allocation ; Women’s participation ; Gender / India / Pakistan
(Location: IWMI-HQ Call no: 631.7.3 G635 ASI Record No: H041133)
2 Hope, Lesley; Cofie, Olufunke; Keraita, Bernard; Drechsel, Pay. 2009. Gender and urban agriculture: the case of Accra, Ghana. In Hovorka, A.; de Zeeuw, H.; Njenga, M. (Eds). Women feeding cities: mainstreaming gender in urban agriculture and food security. Warwickshire, UK: Practicle Action Publishing. pp.65-78.
Gender ; Urban agriculture ; Women's participation ; Labor ; Agricultural production ; Vegetables ; Crop production ; Farmers ; Decision making / Ghana
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: 338 G000 HOR Record No: H042153)
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3 World Bank; FAO; IFAD. 2009. Gender in agriculture: sourcebook. Washington, DC, USA: World Bank. 764p.
Agricultural workers ; Women's participation ; Women in development ; Gender ; Rural finance ; Developing countries
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: e-copy only Record No: H043726)
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4 Goetz, A. M. 2008. Who answers to women? gender and accountability: progress of the world's women 2008/2009. New York, NY, USA: United Nations Development Fund for Women (UNIFEM). 152p.
Gender ; Women's participation ; Women in development ; Female labor ; Services ; Political aspects ; Economic aspects ; Legal aspects ; Human rights ; Decision making ; Marketing ; Women's organizations ; Water use
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: 305.4 G000 GOE Record No: H043800)
http://hrbaportal.org/wp-content/files/1233224696_8_1_1_resfile.pdf
https://vlibrary.iwmi.org/pdf/H043800.pdf
http://vlibrary.iwmi.org/pdf/H043800_TOC.pdf
https://vlibrary.iwmi.org/pdf/H043800.pdf
http://vlibrary.iwmi.org/pdf/H043800_TOC.pdf
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5 Zwarteveen, M. Z. 2006. Wedlock or deadlock?: feminists’ attempts to engage irrigation engineers. Wageningen, Netherlands: Margreet Z. Zwarteveen. 302p.
Irrigation management ; Participatory management ; Irrigation engineering ; Irrigation systems ; Gender ; Women's participation ; Farmers / Burkina Faso / West Africa / Nepal / Latin America / Dakiri Irrigation System / Andes
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: 631.7 G000 ZWA Record No: H044004)
http://edepot.wur.nl/121803
https://vlibrary.iwmi.org/pdf/H044004.pdf
http://vlibrary.iwmi.org/pdf/H044004_TOC.pdf
https://vlibrary.iwmi.org/pdf/H044004.pdf
http://vlibrary.iwmi.org/pdf/H044004_TOC.pdf
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6 Keating, C.; Rasmussen, C.; Rishi, P. 2010. The rationality of empowerment: microcredit, accumulation by dispossession, and the gendered economy. Journal of Women in Culture and Society, 36(1):153-176.
Empowerment ; Microcredit ; Women's participation ; Economic aspects ; Social aspects ; Non governmental organizations
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: e-copy only Record No: H044265)
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Microcredit programs are marketed not only as a means of poverty alleviation but as a means of women’s empowerment. Advocates for these programs argue that facilitating women’s greater access to capital will benefit women by enhancing their economic and political power and, in doing so, will make the societies in which they live more equitable politically and more competitive economically. Despite these claims of empowerment, however, recent feminist scholarship has criticized microcredit, suggesting that the programs represent a particularly insidious form of neoliberal policy dressed in feminist clothing. In this article, we analyze microcredit through the concept of accumulation by dispossession, the set of processes by which new subjects are brought into the structure of capitalism in exploitative and often violent ways. In particular, we draw upon Nancy Hartsock’s theorization of the ways that such accumulation is both globalized and gendered in contemporary capitalism to help make sense of microcredit’s ambiguous relationship to empowerment and its role in destabilizing some power relations while further entrenching others. As a mechanism of accumulation by dispossession, microcredit illustrates changes not only in capitalist economic processes but also in contemporary political, ideological, and social life. Examining the political rationality that links these changes, we suggest, helps to politicize microcredit by linking it to the long and violent history of forcible dispossession under capitalism and helps to direct attention to the specific resistances that are engendered by neoliberal formulations of accumulation by dispossession.
7 Olajide-Taiwo, L. O.; Cofie, Olufunke; Odeleye, O. M. O.; Olajide-Taiwo, F. B.; Olufunmi, Y.; Adebayo, O. S.; Alabi, O. O. 2011. Effect of capacity building on production of safe and profitable leafy vegetables among farmers in Ibadan City of Nigeria. In Mukisira, E. A.; Wasilwa, L. A.; Wesonga, J.; Kahane, R. (Eds.). Proceedings of the First All African Horticultural Congress, 31 August - 3 September 2009. Leuven, Belgium: International Society for Horticultural Science (ISHS). pp.427-432. (ISHS Acta Horticulturae 911)
Capacity building ; Vegetables ; Farmer participation ; Women's participation ; Urban agriculture ; Agricultural practices ; Economic aspects / Nigeria / Ibadan City
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: e-copy only Record No: H044662)
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Eighty percent of the fresh leafy vegetables consumed by about three million people who live in Ibadan city of Nigeria and its environ are produced within and around the city by farmers in backyards, vacant land, near streams, road sides, barracks and government offices. Due to lack of adequate training among other factors, farmers make sub-optimal profit margins and produce vegetables which are dangerous to human health due to misuse of agrochemicals. This study was embarked upon for a period of three months, to build the capacity of vegetable farmers on how to produce safe and profitable vegetables using good agricultural practices (GAP) and improved production packages with minimal use of appropriate agro-chemicals. Two groups of 60 women vegetable farmers in Odogbo army barrack of the city were involved. Farmers’ production practices and associated problems were documented through Focus Group Discussion (FGD). Innovative capacity building strategies building on farmers’ resources and on-farm demonstration (OFAD) in the form of urban producers’ field school (UPFS) focusing on the three most important vegetables - Corchorus, Celosia and Amaranthus - to the farmers was set up to address the problems. Weekly trainings were conducted and farmers were encouraged to apply the knowledge gained on their private farms. Thirty farmers each from participating and non-articipating farmers were randomly selected to compare their yield, quality of harvest and economic returns after the training. Data were analyzed using t-test. There was significant difference (p<0.05) between the yield obtained by participating and non-articipating farmers.Economic gains of the participating farmers also increased by 300% on the average due to improved quality of produce and higher market price. There should be conscious effort to assist vegetable farmers through capacity building in order to ensure supply of good quality vegetables and increase economic gains in the city.
8 Gunchinmaa, T.; Hamdamova, D.; van Koppen, Barbara. 2011. Gender in irrigated farming: a case study in the Zerafshan River Basin, Uzbekistan. Gender, Technology and Development, 15(2):201-222. [doi: https://doi.org/10.1177/097185241101500202]
Gender ; Women's participation ; Agriculture ; Irrigated farming ; Irrigation management ; Institutions ; Case studies ; River basins ; Water user associations ; Economic aspects / Central Asia / Uzbekistan / Zerafshan River Basin
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: e-copy only Record No: H044728)
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The division of Central Asia into several independent states, and the transition from the centrally planned economy to a market economy in the majority of those states, affected all sectors and all social levels in the region. One such example is irrigation. Centrally planned and financed from Moscow, on-farm irrigation systems were managed by collective farms. The process of decentralization through the dismantling of collective farms led to a restructuring of services and infrastructure throughout Central Asia. Water users associations (WUAs) have been established to transfer on-farm irrigation management to farmers throughout the region, including Uzbekistan. Many women in Uzbekistan actively participate in farming activities, so their role in the on-farm irrigation restructuring process is important. Yet, the findings from this study suggest that participation of women is very limited in WUAs as very few women are registered as land owners. Because of high levels of migration by men to other countries, farm activities are mostly carried out by women. Despite this, womens decision-making power within their farms is limited.
9 Athukorala , K.; Fernando, J. 2012. Investing in women’s participation for enhanced water security: a practitioner’s view from Sri Lanka. In Bigas, H.; Morris, T.; Sandford, B.; Adeel, Z. The global water crisis: addressing an urgent security issue. Hamilton, Canada: United Nations University - Institute for Water, Environment and Health (UNU-INWEH). pp.100-108.
Investment ; Women's participation ; Water security ; Agricultural production ; Climate change ; Decision making / Sri Lanka
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: e-copy only Record No: H045116)
http://www.inweh.unu.edu/WaterSecurity/documents/WaterSecurity_FINAL_Aug2012.pdf
https://vlibrary.iwmi.org/pdf/H045116.pdf
https://vlibrary.iwmi.org/pdf/H045116.pdf
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10 Bigas, H.; Morris, T.; Sandford, B.; Adeel, Z. 2012. The global water crisis: addressing an urgent security issue. Hamilton, Canada: United Nations University - Institute for Water, Environment and Health (UNU-INWEH). 161p.
Water crisis ; Water security ; Water Scarcity ; Food security ; Agricultural production ; Ecosystems ; Energy ; Risks ; Conflict ; Climate change ; Environmental effects ; Health hazards ; Sanitation ; Social aspects ; Water rights ; Water governance ; Human rights ; Population Growth ; Economic aspects ; Institutions ; Political aspects ; Women’s Participation ; Case studies / West Asia / North Africa / Afghanistan / Sri Lanka / Latin America
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: e-copy only Record No: H045117)
http://www.inweh.unu.edu/WaterSecurity/documents/WaterSecurity_FINAL_Aug2012.pdf
https://vlibrary.iwmi.org/pdf/H045117.pdf
https://vlibrary.iwmi.org/pdf/H045117.pdf
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11 Verma, S.; Shah, Tushaar. 2012. Labor market dynamics in post-MGNREGA [Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act] rural India. IWMI-Tata Water Policy Research Highlight, 8. 9p.
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: e-copy only Record No: H045225)
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12 Kulkarni, S. 2012. Redefining irrigation as if gender mattered. IWMI-Tata Water Policy Research Highlight, 14. 5p.
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: e-copy only Record No: H045275)
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13 Shah, A.; Kulkarni, S. 2012. Irrigation, economic benefits and women: evidence from two case studies in Andhra Pradesh and Madhya Pradesh [India]. IWMI-Tata Water Policy Research Highlight, 18. 5p.
Gender ; Women’s participation ; Watersheds ; Drinking water ; Economic aspects ; Case studies ; Households ; Policy / India / Andhra Pradesh / Madhya Pradesh
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: e-copy only Record No: H045279)
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14 Bhat, S.; Pomane, R.; Kulkarni, S. 2012. Assessing social and gender equity in the water sector. IWMI-Tata Water Policy Research Highlight, 22. 7p.
Gender ; Social aspects ; Water resources ; Equity ; Indicators ; Decision making ; Women's participation ; Land ownership ; Livestock ; Drinking water ; Sanitation ; Irrigated sites / India
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: e-copy only Record No: H045303)
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15 Idowu, O.; Cofie, Olufunke; Adeoti, A. 2012. Gender analysis of land use for urban agriculture and sustainability of livelihoods in Freetown, Sierra Leone. African Journal of Agricultural Research, 7(5):676-683. [doi: https://doi.org/10.5897/AJAR11.1234]
Gender ; Women's participation ; Land use ; Urban agriculture ; Living standards ; Households ; Income ; Food security ; Farmers ; Vegetable growing / Sierra Leone / Freetown
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: e-copy only Record No: H045432)
http://www.academicjournals.org/ajar/PDF/pdf2012/5%20Feb/Idowu%20et%20al.pdf
https://vlibrary.iwmi.org/pdf/H045432.pdf
https://vlibrary.iwmi.org/pdf/H045432.pdf
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This paper examined the gender analysis of land use for urban agriculture and sustainability of Livelihoods in Freetown, Sierra Leone. This is predicated on the fact that despite the stated contribution of urban agriculture (UA) to household food security, employment generation and poverty reduction, it has not received due recognition and policy support. The study was carried out in Freetown, Sierra Leone using a cluster sampling approach. From a list of 20 clusters, 6 were randomly selected and 10% of members in each cluster selected randomly (nmale = 30; nfemale = 61; n = 91) were interviewed. A survey research design was adopted in this study and the respondents for the study were stratified in terms of gender and UA enterprises. The majority of producers were female with the gross margin on male and female managed farms were 15130 and 23895 Leones per farm/ season respectively. Also, female managed farm had a higher return than male managed farms. Significant determinants of contribution of the UA income to household income are household size (t = -5.13), access to credit (t = 4.09), membership of farmers’ association (t = 4.23), gender (t = -2.40), age (t = 1.78) and farm size (t = -4.97). As household size and the number of male producers increases, income from UA decreases.
16 Meinzen-Dick, R.; van Koppen, Barbara; Behrman, J.; Karelina, Z.; Hope, Lesley; Akamandisa, V. M.; Wielgosz, B. 2012. Putting gender on the map: methods for mapping gendered farm management systems in Sub-Saharan Africa. Washington, DC, USA: IFPRI. 54p. (IFPRI Discussion Paper 01153)
Gender ; Mapping ; Agricultural production ; Farm management ; Farming systems ; Women's participation ; Case studies ; Households ; Surveys ; Water management / Africa South of Sahara
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: e-copy only Record No: H045510)
https://www.ifpri.org/cdmref/p15738coll2/id/126767/filename/126978.pdf
https://vlibrary.iwmi.org/pdf/H045510.pdf
https://vlibrary.iwmi.org/pdf/H045510.pdf
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Although the different roles of men and women in agriculture in different parts of Sub-Saharan Africa have been widely acknowledged, there have not been consistent efforts to collect data on these patterns. This paper presents a way of classifying gendered farm management systems and then describes pilots of four different approaches to collecting and georeferencing information on the dominant pattern in each area. Case studies from existing literature provided valuable insights but represent a time-consuming method, limited in spatial coverage and often leaving gaps because the original study authors did not report on all of the aspects of interest for a gendered farm management systems analysis. Expert consultations conducted in Ghana and Zambia allowed for dialogue among participants during map development, permitting them to explore nuances and dynamics. However, this technique may be restricted in scale to one country at a time, limiting cross-national comparison. An open online survey, or crowdsourcing, of the information tapped into a wide range of expertise, providing difficult-to-obtain widespread coverage, but had inconsistent data quality. Mapping of georeferenced information from nationally representative data could potentially provide widespread and relatively accurate data, but thus far the relevant underlying data have not been consistently included in large-scale surveys. Gender mapping offers an important step toward greater awareness of the diverse gender roles in agricultural farm management systems, but gaps remain between field reality and the understanding of gender relations in research, on the one hand, and between the researchers’ understanding and what can be displayed on a map, on the other. Addressing these gaps requires developing a consensus on the key variables that characterize gendered farming systems, collecting these data systematically, and then linking the data to other spatial information for use in planning and prioritizing development interventions.
17 Zwarteveen, M.; Ahmed, S.; Gautam, S. R. (Eds.) 2012. Diverting the flow: gender equity and water in South Asia. New Delhi, India: Zubaan. 623p.
Gender ; Equity ; Water resources ; Water management ; Water scarcity ; Water governance ; Water law ; Water policy ; Water rights ; Land rights ; Drinking water ; Water rates ; Water supply ; Sanitation ; Wastewater irrigation ; Irrigation systems ; Technology ; Poverty ; Wells ; Political ecology ; Arsenic ; Dams ; Natural resources management ; Farming ; Women's participation ; Women's organizations ; Non governmental organizations ; Water user associations ; Social aspects ; Labor ; Case studies / South Asia / India / Sri Lanka / Bangladesh / Nepal / Maharashtra / Uttar Pradesh / Andhra Pradesh / Gujarat
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: 305.4 G570 ZWA Record No: H045637)
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18 Athukorala, K.; Rajepakse, R. 2012. Water rights and gender rights: the Sri Lanka experience. In Zwarteveen, M.; Ahmed, S.; Gautam, S. R. (Eds.). Diverting the flow: gender equity and water in South Asia. New Delhi, India: Zubaan. pp.137-158.
Water management ; Water rights ; Water scarcity ; Gender ; Women's participation ; Legal aspects ; History ; Land ownership ; Tsunamis ; Development projects ; Organizations / Sri Lanka
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: 305.4 G570 ZWA Record No: H045638)
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19 Eckman, K. 1995. Agriculture Development and Environmental Rehabilitation in the Dry Zone Project [Myanmar]: consultant report. Rome, Italy: FAO. 82p. (FAO Field Document No. 2)
Agricultural development ; Dry farming ; Economic development ; Rural development ; Environmental effects ; Rehabilitation ; Arid zones ; Research projects ; Gender ; Women's participation ; Women in development ; Human resources ; Natural resources ; Land management ; Landlessness ; Land tenure ; Legal aspects ; Households ; Villages ; Indicators ; Income ; Investment ; Organizations ; Institutions ; Agroforestry ; History ; Training programmes ; Decision making ; Farming systems ; Cropping patterns ; Seasonality ; Surveys / Myanmar
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: e-copy SF Record No: H045741)
20 Eckman, K. 1995. Agriculture Development and Environmental Rehabilitation in the Dry Zone Project [Myanmar]: consultant report - Follow-up mission. Rome, Italy: FAO. 22p. + Annexes. (FAO Field Document No. 7)
Agricultural development ; Dry farming ; Rural development ; Environmental effects ; Rehabilitation ; Arid zones ; Research projects ; Land resources ; Landlessness ; Natural resources ; Gender ; Women's participation ; Farming systems ; Pastures ; Drip Irrigation ; Sprinkler irrigation ; Agroforestry ; Socioeconomic environment ; Households ; Organizations / Myanmar
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: e-copy SF Record No: H045742)
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