Carolyn Sachs & Paige Castellanos 
Women and smallholder farming [EPUB ebook] 
Addressing global inequities in agriculture

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, Kenya;


• 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), Vietnam;


• 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 Mc Clean, 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;