Opportunity crops for gender equality and women’s empowerment: Revisiting the narrative

Zaremba, Haley; Elias, Marlene

Opportunity crops for gender equality and women’s empowerment: Revisiting the narrative

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Zaremba, Haley

Elias, Marlene

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2025-12

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Zaremba, H.; Elias, M. (2025) Opportunity crops for gender equality and women’s empowerment: Revisiting the narrative. Rome (Italy): Bioversity International and International Center for Tropical Agriculture. 6 p. ISBN: 978-92-9255-352-4

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Opportunity crops are often lauded for their potential to empower rural women and increase their livelihood opportunities, but these assertions have received little empirical attention.
Evidence shows that the relationship between opportunity crops and gender equality and women’s empowerment is nuanced and context-specific.
Narratives and interventions focused on opportunity crops should also take a nuanced and holistic approach to account for these contextual differences and complexities.