Challenging Chains to Change: Gender Equity in Agricultural Value Chain Development - Couverture souple

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 9460222129 ISBN 13 : 9789460222122

Editeur : KIT Publishers, 2012

Synopsis

Very often, efforts to improve value chains miss out half of the population the female half. It is men who sell the products and who keep the money from those sales. The women, who do much of the work but are not recognized for it, often have to work even harder to meet ever-increasing quality requirements. But they see few of the benefits.How to change this? This book explains how development organizations and private entrepreneurs have found ways to improve the position of women in value chains especially small scale women farmers and primary processors. It outlines five broad strategies for doing this: (1) working with women on typical women s products such as shea, poultry and dairy; (2) opening up opportunities for women to work on what are traditionally men s commodities or in men s domains; (3) supporting women and men in organizing for change by building capacity, organization, sensitization and access to finance; (4) using standards and certification to promote gender equity, and (5) promoting gender-responsible business.The book draws on dozens of cases from all over the world, covering a wide range of crops and livestock products. These include traditional subsistence products (such as rice), small-scale cash items (honey, vegetables) as well as export commodities (artichokes, coffee) and biofuels (jatropha). The book includes a range of tools and methodologies for analyzing and developing value chains with gender in mind. By bringing together the two fields of gender and value chains, this book offers a set of compelling arguments for addressing gender in value chain development.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: KIT Publishers
• Date d'édition: 2012
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 9460222129
• ISBN 13: 9789460222122
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 348
• Éditeur: Laven Anna, Pyburn Rhiannon
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible