在埃塞俄比亚,性别关系和妇女在小规模灌料生产中的赋权
Immaculate Omondi1, Esther Njuguna-Mungai1, Melkamu Bezabih Derseh2
1Policy Livelihoods and Institution (PIL), The International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI), Nairobi, Kenya.
PloS one
|December 23, 2024
概括
引入小规模灌用于种植的料,大大提高了埃塞俄比亚小农场的妇女赋权. 这种做法正面地改变了性别关系,并改善了女性农民的工作与生活的平衡.
科学领域:
- 农业经济学 农业经济学
- 性别研究是性别研究.
- 农业学是一种农业学.
背景情况:
- 撒哈拉以南非洲地区对改进的料技术的低采用与对料生产和利用中的性别动态的理解不足有关.
- 小规模种植和灌种植的料可以提高动物料的可用性,但可能会改变混合农业系统中现有的性别关系.
- 关于料相关活动中性别动态的实证证据对于改变畜牧系统和促进可持续料干预至关重要.
研究的目的:
- 调查性别关系与妇女在生产和利用种植的料中的赋权之间的关系,在小农农业的背景下.
- 评估为料生产引入小规模灌对埃塞俄比亚妇女赋权的影响.
- 通过解决性别特异性挑战和好处,为改善料干预措施的采用,扩展和可持续性提供见解.
主要方法:
- 混合方法方法结合了定量 (500名农民的横截面调查) 和定性数据 (八个重点小组讨论) 的方法.
- 在埃塞俄比亚的阿姆哈拉和南方国家,民族和人民地区进行的研究,重点关注为料生产引入小规模灌的家庭.
- 妇女在畜牧业的赋权指数工具被用来收集和分析关于男性和女性农民赋权的数据.
主要成果:
- 妇女赋权水平因性别关系的层面,种植的料种类和采用小规模灌而有很大差异.
- 实行小规模灌种植料的家庭显示女性赋权水平明显更高.
- 这些家庭中的绝大多数女性 (80%) 达到"工作平衡"的适当门,表明工作与生活的融合有所改善.
结论:
- 小规模生产和灌种植的料表现出与妇女赋权的积极相关性.
- 这种做法与小农混合作物和牲畜养殖系统中性别关系的有利转变有关.
- 调查结果强调了农业干预中性别敏感方法的重要性,以提高生产力和社会公平.
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