Key messages
- Agricultural technologies for land restoration present both opportunities and risks for women’s empowerment.
- Activities such as digging planting basins can increase women’s autonomy to carry out farming activities that usually require male assistance, however they take additional time and labor.
- Planting fruit trees brings benefits for both men and women farmers, without significant issues relating to labor or timing, however water availability is a constraining factor.
- To ensure restoration efforts advance gender equality rather than perpetuate existing inequalities, projects need to assess these potential synergies and trade-offs, involving both men and women in the design of project activities so as to meet their needs and ensure that benefits outweigh costs.
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Publication year
2018
Authors
Paez Valencia, A.M.; Crossland, M.
Language
English
Keywords
gender, ecological restoration
Geographic
Kenya
