Table of Contents
Part 1 Women smallholders and global agricultural production
- 1.The role of women smallholder farmers in achieving global food security: an overview: Nicoline de Haan, Gender Platform Director - CGIAR, France;
- 2.The role of women smallholders in achieving the UN Sustainable Development Goals: Rhiannon Pyburn, KIT Royal Tropical Institute, The Netherlands;
- 3.The adoption of climate change mitigation strategies by women smallholder farmers: Margaret Alston, Monash University and University of Newcastle, Australia;
Part 2 Sociocultural factors and their effects on women smallholder farmers
- 4.Challenges facing women smallholder farmers: an overview: Sabin Bieri, University of Bern, Switzerland;
- 5.The impact of sociocultural factors on women smallholder farmers: Africa: Brenda Boonabaana, Makerere University, Uganda;
- 6.The impact of sociocultural factors on women smallholder farmers: Asia: Nozomi Kawarazuka, International Potato Centre (CIP), USA;
- 7.The impact of sociocultural factors on women smallholder farmers: Latin America: Janet Momsen, University of California-Davis, USA;
- 8.The impact of sociocultural factors on women smallholder farmers: Middle East: Dina Najjar, ICARDA, Lebanon;
Part 3 Gender negotiations for women smallholders
- 9.The role and influence of care work responsibilities on agricultural production: Paige Castellanos, Oxfam, USA;
- 10.Confronting masculinities and patriarchal gender norms in agriculture: an overview: Angie Carter, Michigan Tech, USA;
- 11.Sexuality and women smallholders: Prisca Pfammatter, Kanton Basel-Stadt, Switzerland;
- 12.Negotiating the intersection of gender and race in agriculture: Hannah Whitley, Penn State University, USA;
- 13.Agriculture, power and gender-based violence: Veronica Kaitano, Independent Gender Consultant, Malawi;
- 14.The impact of migration on women smallholders: Jemima Baada, University of British Columbia, Canada;
Part 4 Facilitating access to resources and technology
- 15.Challenges facing women smallholder farmers: access to markets: Margaret Adesugba, Newcastle University, UK;
- 16.Improving access of women smallholders to technical training and extension programmes: Kathleen Colverson, University of Florida, USA;
- 17.Women smallholders and technology: facilitating access to improve farm productivity and profitability: Girma Gezimu Gebre, Ritsumeikan University, Japan;
- 18.Gender-transformative approaches/programmes: role and benefits for women smallholders: Rhiannon Pyburn, KIT Royal Tropical Institute, The Netherlands;
- 19.Financial support initiatives for women smallholders: access and availability: M. Jahangir Alam Chowdhury, University of Dhaka, Bangladesh;
- 20.Challenges facing women smallholder farmers: land tenure/land rights: Krista Jacobs, Landesa, USA;
- 21.Supporting women smallholder farmers: the role of the public and private sectors: Margaret Alston, Monash University and University of Newcastle, Australia;
- 22.Supporting women smallholder farmers: the establishment of women empowerment programmes: Janelle Larson, Penn State University, USA;
Part 5 Case studies
- 23.Women smallholder farmers and water resource management: Stephanie Buechler, Penn State University, USA;
- 24.Women smallholder farmers growing horticultural crops: Francis Denisse McClean, Zamorano University, Honduras;
- 25.Women smallholder farmers growing beverage crops: Alissa Bilfield, University of Washington, USA;
- 26.Women smallholder farmers growing roots, tubers and pulses: Linley Chiwona-Karltun, Swedish Unviersity of Life Sciences, Sweden;
- 27.Women smallholder farmers growing oil bearing crops: Hudu Zakaria, University of Development Studies, Ghana;
- 28.Women smallholder farmers and agroforestry systems: Marlène Elias, Bioversity International, Italy;
- 29.Supporting women smallholders involved in pig farming: Rosemirta Birungi, International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI), Kenya;
- 30.Supporting women smallholders involved in poultry farming: Brigitte Bagnol, International Rural Poultry Centre, Mozambique;
