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FARMER STORY

“I now look for every chance of investment”

Shoma Khatun’s world came crashing down around her when her father died from a stroke three years ago.

FARMER STORY

In search of technical training for women

Nestan Vibliani is an economist by trade. By day, the 43-year-old female farmer works at the local municipality in the south-central Georgian town of Tsalka, and by night she cares for her four children and husband.

FARMER STORY

The young cassava farmer of Idi-Amu

The 29-year-old Azeez is bucking the trend which sees youth leaving rural areas. He represents a fraction of the smallholder farmers who are youths.

FARMER STORY

Working together for better gari

Practical involvement of women in participatory variety selection, based on the specific cassava work they do, contributes to empowerment, access to new cassava varieties and learning as a citizen scientist.

OUTCOME STORY

Tools to ensure gender-responsive breeding

Two newly developed tools help breeders to respond to the needs, preferences and constraints of all end-users.

OUTCOME STORY

Helping breeders to hear what end users want

A crucial element in plant breeding is to ensure that farmers and others, such as processors and consumers, will adopt and make use of new, improved varieties.

OUTCOME STORY

Expanding ‘gender’ to encompass roles, responsibilities and social norms

The need to pay more attention to gender in breeding becomes even more apparent when one looks at past breeding efforts in any detail.

OUTCOME STORY

Who does what along the entire value chain

The complexities of production systems become more apparent when examining the ways in which different people express their preferences for certain crop or animal traits.

RESEARCH HIGHLIGHT

Uncovering the preferences of women and men

If gender is to be integrated in breeders’ product profiles, researchers need to develop a better understanding of trait preferences.

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When Is Choice Empowering? Examining Gender Differences in Varietal Adoption through Case Studies from Sub-Saharan Africa

2021

Polar, V., Ashby, J. A., Thiele, G., & Tufan, H.
Beyond “women’s traits”: Exploring how gender, social difference and household characteristics influence trait preferences

2021

Teeken, B., Garner, E., Afolabi, A., Balogun, I., Olaosebikan, O., Bello, A., Madu, T., Okoye, B., Egesi, C., Kulakow, P., & Tufan, H. A.
From traits to typologies: piloting new approaches to profiling trait preferences along the cassava value chain in Nigeria

2021

Balogun, I., Garner, E., Amer, P., Fennessy, P., Teeken, B., Olaosebikan, O., et al.
From cassava to gari: mapping of quality characteristics and end-user preferences of food products in Cameroon and Nigeria

2021

Ndjouenkeu, R., Ngoualem Kegah, F., Teeken, B., Okoye, B., Madu, T., Olaosebikan, O. D., Chijioke, U., Bello, A., Osunbade, A. O., Owoade, D., Takam-Tchuente, N. H., Biaton Njeufa, E., Nguiadem Chomdom, I., L, Forsythe, L., Maziya-Dixon, B., Fliedel, G.
Review of varietal change in roots, tubers and bananas: consumer preferences and other drivers of adoption and implications for breeding

2020

Thiele, G., Dufour, D., Vernier, P., Mwanga, R.O., Parker, M., Schulte Geldermann, E., Teeken, B., Wossen, T., Gotor, E., Kikulwe, E., Tufan, H., Sinelle, S., Kouakou, A.M., Friedmann, M., Polar, V. & Hershey, C.
The East African Highland Cooking bananas ‘Matooke’ preferences of farmers and traders: Implications for variety development

2020

Akankwasa K., Marimo P., Tumuhimbise R., Asasira M., Khakasa E., Mpirirwe I., Uli Kleih., Forsythe L., Fliedel G., Dufour D., and Nowakunda K
End-user preferences for plantain food products in Nigeria and implications for genetic improvement

2020

Amah, D., Stuart, E., Mignouna, D., Swennen, R. & Teeken, B.
Gender and trait preferences for banana cultivation and use in Sub-Saharan Africa: A Literature Review

2020

Marimo, P., Caron, C., van den Bergh, I., Crichton, R., Weltzien, E., Ortiz, R. & Tumuhimbise, R.
Prioritizing quality traits for gender-responsive breeding for boiled potato in Uganda

2020

Mudege, N., Mayanja, S., Nyaga, J., Nakitto, M., Tinyiro, S., Magala, S., Achora, J., Kisakye, S., Bamwirire, D., Mendes, T., Muzhingi, T.
Development of a food product profile for boiled and steamed sweetpotato in Uganda for effective breeding

2020

Mwanga, R.O.M, Mayanja, S; Swanckaert, J; Nakitto, M; zum Felde, T ; Grüneberg, W; Moyo, M; Banda, L; Tinyiro, S; Kisakye, S; Anena, B; Bouniol, A; Magala, D; Yada, B; Carey, B; Andrade, M; Johanningsmeier, S; Forsythe, L; Fliedel, G and Muzhingi T.
The implications of gender for modern approaches to crop improvement and plant breeding

2019

Ashby, J., Polar, V.
Gender-based constraints affecting biofortified cassava production, processing and marketing among men and women adopters in Oyo and Benue States, Nigeria

2019

Olaosebikan, O., Abdulrazaq, B., Owoade, D., Ogunade, A., Aina, O., Ilona, P., Muheebwa, A., Teeken, B., Iluebbey, P., Kulakow, P., Bakare, M. & Parkes, E.
Cassava Trait Preferences of Men and Women Farmers in Nigeria: Implications for Breeding

2018

Teeken, B., Olaosebikan, O., Haleegoah, J., Oladejo, E., Madu, T., Bello, A., Parkes, E., Egesi, C., Kulakow, P., Kirscht, H. & Tufan, H.A.
State of the Knowledge for Gender in Breeding: Case Studies for Practitioners

2018

Tufan, H.A.; Grando, S. and Meola, C. (Eds.)

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