Gendered Perspectives for Conservation Agriculture: Local soil knowledge and crop-livestock interaction Cross-cutting Research Activity (CCRA)

Duration: 2010 - 2014

Country/Countries: Bolivia, Cambodia, the Philippines, Uganda

This project was supported by the Feed the Future Innovation Lab for Collaborative Research on Sustainable Agriculture and Natural Resource Management (SANREM IL) with funding from the United States Agency for International Development (USAID).

Partner Organizations: The Foundation for the Promotion and Research of Andean Products (PROINPA), North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University (NC A&T), Project to Support Agricultural Development in Cambodia (PADAC), Centre de Coopération International en Recherche Agronomique pour le Développement (CIRAD), University of the Philippines-Los Baños, (UPLB), World Agroforestry Centre (ICRAF), University of Wyoming, AT Uganda

Project Summary:

The Gendered Perspectives for Conservation Agriculture: Local soil knowledge and crop-livestock interaction Cross-cutting Research Activity was a qualitative, case study-based research program carried out by Dr. Christie in coordination with individual SANREM IL research projects based on their interests, opportunities, and resources. Within the context of the two objectives below, SANREM research projects were asked to apply a common methodology to the following overall goals: 1. Identify gender-related factors that contribute to the success or failure of Conservation Agriculture Production Systems (CAPS) across sites, and 2. recommend gender-related practices and policies to improve the success of CAPS while reducing inequities between women and men. The Gender CCRA provided guidance (methodology and background literature) and conducted research activities in targeted sites in collaboration with SANREM IL research projects and other cross-cutting research activities.

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