Participatory Research and Gender Analysis
Agricultural development research aims to generate new knowledge or to retrieve and apply existing forms of knowledge in ways that can be used to improve the welfare of people who are living in poverty or are otherwise excluded, for instance by genderbased discrimination. Its effective application therefore requires ongoing dialogue with and the strong engagement of men and women from poor marginal farming communities.
This edited volume discusses opportunities afforded by effective knowledge pathways linking researchers and farmers, underpinned by participatory research and gender analysis. It sets out practices and debates in gender-sensitive participatory research and technology development, concentrating on the empirical issues of implementation, impact assessment, and institutionalisation of approaches for the wider development and research community. It includes six full-length chapters and eight brief practical notes as well as an annotated resources list of relevant publications, organisations, and websites adding to the portfolio of approaches and tools discussed. Most of the 33 contributors work in the specialised agencies that form part of the Consultative Group on International Agricultural Research (CGIAR).
This book is based on a special issue of Development in Practice, Volume 18, Numbers 4 & 5 (August 2008).
Nina Lilja is Director of International Agricultural Programs in the College of Agriculture K-State Research and Extension, Kansas State University. She was previously Impact Assessment Economist at the CGIAR Systemwide Program on Participatory Research and Gender Analysis for Technology Development and Institutional Innovation (PRGA Program) in Colombia.
John Dixon is Senior Advisor for the Cropping Systems and Economics (CSE) program and Regional Coordinator, South Asia, at the Australian Centre for International Agricultural Research (ACIAR). He was previously Director of Impacts Targeting and Assessment at the International Wheat and Maize Improvement Center (CIMMYT) in Mexico.
Deborah Eade is a freelance writer and editor on international development and humanitarian issues, based near Geneva. She was Editor-in-Chief of Development in Practice from 1991 to 2010, prior to which she spent 10 years working for various NGOs in Mexico and Central America.
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Series Editor: Deborah Eade
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Participatory Research and Gender Analysis
New Approaches
Edited by Nina Lilja, John Dixon, and Deborah Eade
Achieving Education for All through publicprivate partnerships?
Non-state provision of education in developing countries
Edited by Pauline Rose
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Contents
Deborah Eade
Nina Lilja and John Dixon
Nina Lilja and Mauricio Bellon
Stephen Biggs
Esbern Friis-Hansen
Andrew Bartlett
Francesc Mancini and Janice Jiggins
Annita Tipilda, Arega Alene, and Victor M. Manyong
Aden A. Aw-Hassan
Andreas Neef
Nina Lilja and Mauricio Bellon
Li Xiaoyun and Joe Remenyi
Delia Grace, Tom Randolph, Janice Olawoye, Morenike Dipelou, and Erastus Kangethe
Ahmad Salahuddin, Paul Van Mele, and Noel P. Magor
Jon Hellin and John Dixon
Jemimah Njuki, Mariam Mapila, Susan Kaaria, and Tennyson Magombo
Chanda Gurung Goodrich, Scott Justice, Stephen Biggs, and Ganesh Sah
Elisabeth Gotschi, Jemimah Njuki, and Robert Delve
Guy Manners
Series Editor: Deborah Eade
Practical Action Publishing, Rugby
Deconstructing Development Discourse: Buzzwords and Fuzzwords (2010)
Edited by Andrea Cornwall and Deborah Eade
Kumarian Press, Bloomfield, CT
Development and Humanitarianism: Practical Issues (2007)
Edited by Deborah Eade and Tony Vaux
Development and the Private Sector: Consuming Interests (2006)
Edited by Deborah Eade and John Sayer
Development NGOs and Labor Unions: Terms of Engagement (2005)
Edited by Deborah Eade and Alan Leather
Oxfam GB, Oxford
Development, Women, and War: Feminist Perspectives (2004)
Edited by Haleh Afshar and Deborah Eade
Development Methods and Approaches: Critical Reflections (2003)
Edited by Deborah Eade
Development and the Learning Organisation (2003) (in association with the Institute of Development Studies and Oxfam America)
Edited by Laura Roper, Jethro Pettit, and Deborah Eade
Development and Culture (2002) (in association with World Faiths Dialogue on Development)
Edited by Deborah Eade
Development and Cities (2002) (in association with UNRISD)
Edited by David Westendorff and Deborah Eade
Development and Agroforestry: Scaling Up the Impact of Research (2002) (in association with the World Forestry Centre, CGIAR)
