Understanding gender roles and practices in the household and on the farm: Implications for banana disease management innovation processes in Burundi

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cg.authorship.typesCGIAR multi-centre
cg.contributor.affiliationBioversity International
cg.contributor.affiliationInternational Livestock Research Institute
cg.contributor.crpRoots, Tubers and Bananas
cg.coverage.countryBurundi
cg.coverage.iso3166-alpha2BI
cg.coverage.regionEastern Africa
cg.creator.identifierRenee Bullock: 0000-0001-9561-0394
cg.creator.identifierAnne Rietveld: 0000-0002-9400-9473
cg.identifier.doihttps://doi.org/10.1177/0030727019831704
cg.isijournalISI Journal
cg.issn0030-7270
cg.issue1
cg.journalOutlook on Agriculture
cg.reviewStatusPeer Review
cg.subject.bioversityGENDER
cg.subject.bioversityFARMING SYSTEMS
cg.subject.bioversityINNOVATION
cg.volume48
dc.contributor.authorIradukunda, F.
dc.contributor.authorBullock, Renee
dc.contributor.authorRietveld, Anne M.
dc.contributor.authorSchagen, Boudy van
dc.date.accessioned2019-07-17T09:35:44Zen
dc.date.available2019-07-17T09:35:44Zen
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10568/102203
dc.titleUnderstanding gender roles and practices in the household and on the farm: Implications for banana disease management innovation processes in Burundien
dcterms.abstractBanana and plantain are one of the most important staple food crops and a significant source of income to smallholder farmers in the East African Great Lakes Region. Banana Xanthomonas Wilt (BXW) is a devastating bacterial disease that threatens smallholder production and livelihoods. We use a systems approach to describe how gender shapes roles and practices in the household, on the farm and in innovation processes. We draw on a case study in Burundi, where single disease stem removal (SDSR) has been introduced as a labour-saving package to reduce BXW incidence. Banana is grown by an estimated 90% of farmers, and BXW poses a critical threat to food security. We use qualitative data that include focus group discussions, interviews and transcripts from farmer learning group (FLG) discussions to describe gender norms, roles and practices and implications for awareness and uptake of SDSR in households. We identify gender patterns in innovation process, namely that men gain higher levels of access to information in FLGs than women and men are also primarily responsible for implementing SDSR. These patterns reflect gender-differentiated norms, roles and practices that are common in the household and in banana-based farming systems, thus demonstrating the ways that innovation processes perpetuate and reinforce common gender roles and practices. Women’s participation in FLGs, albeit lower than men, increases the potential of women to implement specific practices of the SDSR package. Systems approaches may be similarly used in different contexts where awareness and uptake of banana disease management packages, and other technical innovations, are not well understood. We found that gender norms, roles and practices significantly influence uptake of SDSR practices and warrant further investigation across the region, where smallholder uptake remains a pressing challenge to establish household food security.en
dcterms.accessRightsOpen Access
dcterms.available2019-03-01
dcterms.bibliographicCitationIradukunda, F.; Bullock, R.; Rietveld, A.; van Schagen, B. (2019) Understanding gender roles and practices in the household and on the farm: Implications for banana disease management innovation processes in Burundi. Outlook on Agriculture, 48(1), p. 37–47. ISSN: 0030-7270en
dcterms.extentp. 37-47
dcterms.issued2019-02-04
dcterms.languageen
dcterms.licenseCopyrighted; all rights reserved
dcterms.publisherSAGE Publications
dcterms.subjectgenderen
dcterms.subjectfarming systemsen
dcterms.subjectbananasen
dcterms.subjectxanthomonas campestrisen
dcterms.subjectmusaen
dcterms.subjectinnovationen
dcterms.subjecton-farm researchen
dcterms.typeJournal Article

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