Women and Smallholder Farming

Dr Carolyn Sachs is Professor Emerita of Rural Sociology at The Pennsylvania State University, USA. She serves on an expert panel to the United Nations Programme on Gender, Water and Sanitation and is involved in several extension and outreach programmes, including the Pennsylvania Women’s Agricultural Network (PAWAgN), in which she provides agricultural, entrepreneurship and leadership training.Dr Paige Castellanos is Senior Manager of Gender Justice and Inclusion at Oxfam America, USA. Before moving into her new role in 2022, Dr Castellanos was previously Director for the Gender Equity through Agriculture Research and Education (GEARE) Initiative at The Pennsylvania State University, USA. From 2016-2019, Dr Castellanos acted as Project Manager for the Women in Agriculture Network (WAgN): Honduras – a project funded by the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) to improve women’s participation in the horticulture value chain in Honduras.

• Part 1 Women smallholders and global agricultural production1.The role of women smallholder farmers in achieving global food security: an overview: Caroline Muchiri, Els Lecoutere and Nicoline de Haan, GENDER Impact Platform – CGIAR, Kenya;2.Women smallholder farmers and the achievement of the UN Sustainable Development Goals: Rhiannon Pyburn and Julie Newton, KIT Royal Tropical Institute, The Netherlands;3.The adoption of climate change mitigation strategies by women smallholder farmers: Margaret Alston, University of Newcastle and Monash University, Australia; and Zhaoen Pan, Monash University, Australia;Part 2 Sociocultural factors and their effects on women smallholder farmers4. Socio-cultural factors affecting women smallholder farmers’ empowerment in Uganda: Brenda Boonabaana, The University of Texas at Austin, USA; Florence Kyoheirwe Muhanguzi, Losira Nasirumbi Sanya, Susan Namirembe Kavuma, Grace Kyomuhendo Bantebya and Pius Okello, Makerere University, Uganda; Laura Meinzen-Dick, Villanova University, USA; and Nargiza Ludgate, University of Florida, USA;5.Sociocultural factors affecting women smallholders: the case of ethnic minority women in the highlands of Southeast Asia: Nozomi Kawarazuka, International Potato Center, Vietnam; Nguyen Thi Van Anh and Vu Xuan Thai, Formerly Institute for Social Development Studies, Vietnam;6.Women smallholder farmers in South America, Central America and the Caribbean: Janet Momsen, University of California-Davis, USA;7.The impact of sociocultural factors on women smallholder farmers Middle East and North Africa: Dina Najjar, International Center for Agricultural Research in the Dry Areas, Morocco and Bipasha Baruah Western University, Canada;Part 3 Gender negotiations for women smallholders8.Rebranding and reconstructing masculinity in agriculture: an overview: Angie Carter, Michigan Technological University, USA;9.Sexuality and small-scale farmers: Prisca Pfammatter, University of Bern, Switzerland; and Michaela Hoffelmeyer, University of Wisconsin-Madison, USA;10.Negotiating the intersection of gender and race in agriculture: Hannah Whitley, Independent Scholar, USA;11.Agriculture, power and gender-based violence in the Dedza and Salima districts of Malawi: Veronica Kaitano, World Relief, USA; and Vincent Achikulire Kaitano, University of Bolton, UK;12.The impact of migration on women smallholders in Ghana: Jemima Nomunume Baada, University of British Columbia, Canada;Part 4 Facilitating access to resources and technology13.Addressing gender inequities in accessing agricultural extension and advisory services: Kathleen Colverson, Arati Joshi, and Fallon Y Riaño J, University of Florida, USA; and Steven Franzel, Independent Consultant, USA;14.Women smallholders and technology: facilitating access to improve farm productivity and profitability: Girma Gezimu Gebre, Leibniz-Centre for Agricultural Landscape Research (ZALF), Germany; and Stefan Sieber, Leibniz-Centre for Agricultural Landscape Research (ZALF), Germany and Humboldt Universität zu Berlin, Germany;15.Advancing a feminist intersectional lens in gender transformative work with women smallholder farmers: Diana E. Lopez, KIT Royal Tropical Institute, The Netherlands; Ekaterina Gualoto, SDW Hamburg e.V, Germany; and Rhiannon Pyburn, KIT Royal Tropical Institute, The Netherlands;16.Financial support for women smallholders: experience in Bangladesh: M. Jahangir Alam Chowdhury, University of Dhaka, Bangladesh;17.Approaches to strengthen women’s land rights and tenure security through agricultural programming: Krista Jacobs, Caitlin Kieran, Tatiana Gumucio and Nayna Jhaveri, Landesa, USA;18.Supporting women smallholder farmers: the role of the public and private sectors: Margaret Alston, University of Newcastle and Monash University, Australia; and Zhaoen Pan, Monash University, Australia;Part 5 Case studies19.Women smallholder farmers and water resource management: Sandra Nereida Barrera Galvis, University of Bogotá Jorge Tadeo Lozano, Colombia; Stephanie Buechler, Pennsylvania State University, USA; and Magnolia Longo, University of Bogotá Jorge Tadeo Lozano, Colombia;20.Women smallholder farmers growing horticultural crops: Francis Denisse McLean-Rodríguez and Arie Sanders, Zamorano University, Honduras;21.Women smallholder farmers growing beverage crops: Alissa Bilfield, Tulane University, USA;22.Enhancing gender equality in agroforestry systems: Marlène Elias, Bioversity International, Italy; Gloria Adeyiga, Bangor University, UK, World Agroforestry (ICRAF), Kenya and Forestry Research Institute of Ghana (FORIG), Ghana; Elisabeth Simelton, Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency, Sweden; Yovita Ivanova, Bioversity International, Peru; Ana Maria Paez Valencia, Bioversity International, Costa Rica; Barbara Vinceti, Bioversity International, Italy; and Tim Pagella, Bangor University, United Kingdom;23.Women in smallholder pig farming: negotiating inequalities in Uganda’s pig value chain: Rosemirta Birungi, Florence Kyazze Birungi, Frank B. Matsiko and Justine Nambi-Kasozi, Makerere University, Uganda; Maria Jones, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, USA; Woldegebrial Zeweld and Dawit Gebregziabher, Mekelle University, Ethiopia;24.Supporting women smallholders involved in small-scale chicken production: Brigitte Bagnol, Tufts University, USA; Catherine Kaluwa, Jemimah Oduma, Tevin Konde, Angela Opondoh and Diana Muta, University of Nairobi, Nairobi, Kenya; Meghan Stanley, Marieke Rosenbaum and Hellen Amuguni, Tufts University, USA; and Robyn Alders, Tufts University, USA and Australian National University, Australia;