Sustainable agricultural intensification and gender-biased land tenure systems: an exploration and conceptualization of interactions
How does sustainable agricultural intensification’s (SAI) tenet of increased productivity on the same area of land relate to prevailing gender-biased land tenure systems? How can one conceptualize the interactions between intensified land use and control over land, labour, crops and benefits – and h...
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| author | Gundula Fischer Akosua Darkwah Judith Kamoto Jessica Kampanje-Phiri Philip Grabowski Ida Djenontin |
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| description | How does sustainable agricultural intensification’s (SAI) tenet of increased productivity on the same area of land relate to prevailing gender-biased land tenure systems? How can one conceptualize the interactions between intensified land use and control over land, labour, crops and benefits – and how can equitable outcomes be facilitated? These questions (which have not yet received sufficient attention in SAI research) are explored in this study using a qualitative methodology and a gender-transformative approach. Semi-structured interviews and focus group discussions with a total of 248 respondents were conducted in matrilineal and patrilineal intensification contexts in Ghana and Malawi. We develop a conceptual framework that extends Kabeer’s institutional analysis to include gender implications of SAI. Selected cases reveal how farmers and key actors link land use intensification to existing land-related institutions with diverse outcomes. We conclude that SAI interventions should adopt gender-transformative approaches. These facilitate equitable outcomes by supporting consensus-based institutional changes and creating positive synergies between multiple scales. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-1d7d64000be94a308cde32fd49a484fb2023-09-19T15:22:21ZengTaylor & Francis GroupInternational Journal of Agricultural Sustainability1473-59031747-762X2021-11-01195-640342210.1080/14735903.2020.17914251791425Sustainable agricultural intensification and gender-biased land tenure systems: an exploration and conceptualization of interactionsGundula Fischer0Akosua Darkwah1Judith Kamoto2Jessica Kampanje-Phiri3Philip Grabowski4Ida Djenontin5International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA)Department of Sociology, University of GhanaDepartment of Forestry, Lilongwe University of Agriculture and Natural ResourcesDepartment of Forestry, Lilongwe University of Agriculture and Natural ResourcesDepartment of Environmental Science, Public Health and Sustainability, Taylor UniversityDepartment of Geography, Environment and Spatial Sciences, Michigan State UniversityHow does sustainable agricultural intensification’s (SAI) tenet of increased productivity on the same area of land relate to prevailing gender-biased land tenure systems? How can one conceptualize the interactions between intensified land use and control over land, labour, crops and benefits – and how can equitable outcomes be facilitated? These questions (which have not yet received sufficient attention in SAI research) are explored in this study using a qualitative methodology and a gender-transformative approach. Semi-structured interviews and focus group discussions with a total of 248 respondents were conducted in matrilineal and patrilineal intensification contexts in Ghana and Malawi. We develop a conceptual framework that extends Kabeer’s institutional analysis to include gender implications of SAI. Selected cases reveal how farmers and key actors link land use intensification to existing land-related institutions with diverse outcomes. We conclude that SAI interventions should adopt gender-transformative approaches. These facilitate equitable outcomes by supporting consensus-based institutional changes and creating positive synergies between multiple scales.http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/14735903.2020.1791425genderlandsustainable agricultural intensificationghanamalawi |
| spellingShingle | Gundula Fischer Akosua Darkwah Judith Kamoto Jessica Kampanje-Phiri Philip Grabowski Ida Djenontin Sustainable agricultural intensification and gender-biased land tenure systems: an exploration and conceptualization of interactions International Journal of Agricultural Sustainability gender land sustainable agricultural intensification ghana malawi |
| title | Sustainable agricultural intensification and gender-biased land tenure systems: an exploration and conceptualization of interactions |
| title_full | Sustainable agricultural intensification and gender-biased land tenure systems: an exploration and conceptualization of interactions |
| title_fullStr | Sustainable agricultural intensification and gender-biased land tenure systems: an exploration and conceptualization of interactions |
| title_full_unstemmed | Sustainable agricultural intensification and gender-biased land tenure systems: an exploration and conceptualization of interactions |
| title_short | Sustainable agricultural intensification and gender-biased land tenure systems: an exploration and conceptualization of interactions |
| title_sort | sustainable agricultural intensification and gender biased land tenure systems an exploration and conceptualization of interactions |
| topic | gender land sustainable agricultural intensification ghana malawi |
| url | http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/14735903.2020.1791425 |
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