“…More inclusive interventions take into consideration and aim to address the specific constraints and opportunities that women face in a particular context, such as lack of access to information about irrigation ). On the other hand, gender-blind irrigation interventions can unintentionally introduce or exacerbate gender inequalities (Mitra and Rao 2019, Lefore, Weight, and Mukhamedova 2017, Nkhoma and Kayira 2016, van Koppen 2002. The gender sensitivity of irrigation and natural resource management programs depends, in part, on the perceptions about, as well as support and resources for, gender equity from decision makers from the national to local level, including men and women policymakers, irrigation engineers, project implementers, technocrats, among others (Dittoh, Snyder and Lefore 2015).…”