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Transforming Gender and Food Security in the Global South book cover

1st Edition

Transforming Gender and Food Security in the Global South

Edited By Jemimah Njuki, John Parkins, Amy Kaler Copyright 2016
312 Pages 56 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

326 Pages 56 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

326 Pages 56 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge
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Drawing on studies from Africa, Asia and South America, this book provides empirical evidence and conceptual explorations of the gendered dimensions of food security. It investigates how food security and gender inequity are conceptualized within interventions, assesses the impacts and outcomes of gender-responsive programs on food security and gender equity and addresses diverse approaches to... Read more

Introduction 

Jemimah Njuki, John Parkins, Amy Kaler, and Sara Ahmed 

Part 1: Measuring Gender Relations and Women’s Empowerment 

1. Measuring Women’s Empowerment in Agriculture: Addressing the Multidimensional Nature of Gender Dynamics in Agriculture 

Maureen Miruka, Jemimah Njuki, Laurie Starr, Elizabeth Kruger, and Emily Hillenbrand 

Part 2: From Measurement to Action 

2. From Capture to Culture: Space for Mainstreaming Women in Coastal Aquaculture Development in Sri Lanka 

Tim Dejager and Chamila Jayasinghe 

3. Gender and Labour Efficiency in Finger Millet Production in Nepal 

Rachana Devkota, Kamal Khadka, Hom Gartaula, Asis Shrestha, Swikar Karki, Kirit Patel, and Pashupati Chaudhary 

4. Teach a Woman to Fish: Encountering Empowerment in Community Fish Farming in Eastern India 

Rajakishor Mahana and Durairaja Ramulu 

Part 3: Placing Gender in Local Institutional Contexts 

5. Coffee Ceremonies, Gender, and Food Security in Two Ethiopian Villages 

JoAnn Jaffe and Amy Kaler 

6. A Missed Opportunity for Research and Development Interventions: Gender and the Forest Food Trade in Urban Cameroon 

Lauren Q. Sneyd 

7. Gender and Innovation in Peru’s Native Potato Market Chains 

Silvia Sarapura Escobar, Helen Hambly Odame, and Graham Thiele 

Part 4: Approaches to Transforming Gender Relations 

8. From Gender Analysis to Transforming Gender Norms: Using Empowerment Pathways to Enhance Gender Equity and Food Security in Tanzania 

Alessandra Galiè and Paula Kantor 

9. Gender Transformative Approaches with Socially and Environmentally Vulnerable Groups: Indigenous Fishers of the Bolivian Amazon 

Alison E. Macnaughton, Tiffanie K. Rainville, Claudia I. Coca Méndez, Elaine M. Ward, John Wojciechowski, and Joachim Carolsfeld 

10. "Doing Jenda Deliberatively" in a Participatory Agriculture-Nutrition Project in Malawi 

Rachel Bezner Kerr, Esther Lupafya, Lizzie Shumba, Laifolo Dakishoni, Rodgers Msachi, Anita Chitaya, Paul Nkhonjera, Mwapi Mkandawire, Tinkani Gondwe, and Esther Maona 

11. Gendered Technology Adoption and Household Food Security in Semi-Arid Eastern Kenya 

Esther Njuguna, Leigh Brownhill, Esther Kihoro, Lutta Muhammad, and Gordon M. Hickey 

Conclusion: Enhancing Analysis and Action in Transforming Agriculture and Food Systems 

Jemimah Njuki, John Parkins, and Amy Kaler

Biography

Jemimah Njuki is a senior program officer in the Agriculture and Food Security program at the International Development Research Centre (IDRC), based in Nairobi, Kenya. 

John R. Parkins is a professor in the Department of Resource Economics and Environmental Sociology, University of Alberta, Canada. 

Amy Kaler is a professor in the Department of Sociology, University of Alberta, Canada.

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