Women Farmers and Technologies in Agriculture: A Review of Current Practices

Thakur, Nidhi

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“…Additionally, digital platforms such as mobile apps can enhance women farmers' access to critical information, financial resources, and markets. However, it cannot be designed to meet women's specific needs and preferences, which can hinder women's adoption and effectiveness (Thakur, 2023).…”

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“…In agricultural production sectors, women's opinions were underrepresented and undervalued. Throughout the years, various study conducted to assess women's involvement in the agriculture sector (Kenya, 2016), (Wanyama, 2016) & (Thakur, 2023). However, the results showed that only a few community organizations actively involved women (Macusi et al, 2022).…”

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Existing Agricultural Engineering Innovations and Farm Management Practices by Women Farmers in Davao Del Sur: A Literature Review

Morata,

Salapa

2024

EJSSS

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Agriculture plays a vital role in the economic development of Davao Del Sur, Philippines. However, traditional farming methods often limit productivity and sustainability. As the sector faces numerous challenges, such as climate change, resource scarcity, and changing market demands, innovative solutions are essential to enhance farm management practices. In recent years, agricultural engineering innovations have gained attention as a means to address these challenges. Further, analysing how innovations benefit women farmers can maximize their positive impact. However, some innovations that enhance efficiency may not adequately address women's unique needs. The literature review evaluated current relevant literature and shed light specifically on the existing agricultural engineering innovations employed by one of the agricultural provinces in the Philippines, Davao Del Sur, and highlighted local government units' attention to employing a top-down approach to a more grassroots-oriented approach and provide significance of collaboration to create public value understanding that innovations will be cascaded down to where it matters, and also learn from the feedback of specific areas as to what their needs are specifically women farmers. Article visualizations:<img src="/-counters-/soc/0977/a.php" alt="Hit counter" />

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Existing Agricultural Engineering Innovations and Farm Management Practices by Women Farmers in Davao Del Sur: A Literature Review

Morata,

Salapa

2024

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Exploring effects of climate-smart agriculture innovations on women smallholders’ livelihoods in Ethiopia

Tsige,

Synnevåg,

Aune

2024

Environ Dev Sustain

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Studies do not often provide evidence as to how innovations improve women smallholders’ livelihoods in male-headed households by analyzing women farmers in their own rights which is vital to develop and implement future gender responsive and transformative agricultural innovations. This study investigates if Climate Smart Agriculture (CSA) – specifically conservation agriculture (CA) and small-scale irrigation schemes (SSIS) – improve women smallholders’ livelihoods. A concurrent mixed method was applied, and data was collected using survey, in-depth interviews and focus group discussions (FGDs). Descriptive and t- statistics were used to analyze quantitative data and thematic and narrative analysis methods to analyze qualitative data. Findings demonstrate that gender norms and intersectional identities and experiences of women together with the absence of gender equity and equality based structural works limit improvement in women’s livelihoods. While the use of CA did not change both men and women farmers livelihoods, SSIS improved men users’ financial and physical capitals. Hence, future CSA innovations should first identify the root causes of contextual gender inequalities and CSA innovations should be implemented based on women smallholders needs, experiences and realities. Building women smallholders’ livelihood capitals through off-farm income-generating activities and broadening the operational scale of CSA innovations for addressing strategic gender needs are desired. Explicitly, there is a need to move to a gender transformative approach (GTA) when implementing CSA innovations as GTA challenges and transforms gender norms and intersectional problems including unequal gendered access to livelihood capitals and decision-making power, unequal gender role distributions and gendered representations and implementation processes in economic policies.

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Women Farmers and Technologies in Agriculture: A Review of Current Practices

Cited by 2 publications

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Existing Agricultural Engineering Innovations and Farm Management Practices by Women Farmers in Davao Del Sur: A Literature Review

Existing Agricultural Engineering Innovations and Farm Management Practices by Women Farmers in Davao Del Sur: A Literature Review

Exploring effects of climate-smart agriculture innovations on women smallholders’ livelihoods in Ethiopia

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