Improving gender equity in irrigation: application of a tool to promote learning and performance in Malawi and Uzbekistan

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dc.creatorLefore, Nicole
dc.creatorWeight, Elizabeth
dc.creatorMukhamedova, Nozilakhon
dc.date2017
dc.date2018-04-16T08:41:36Z
dc.date2018-04-16T08:41:36Z
dc.date.accessioned2026-06-27T18:28:41Z
dc.descriptionThis paper provides a brief synthesis of research conducted on gender in irrigation, and the tools and frameworks used in the past to promote improvement for women in on-farm agricultural water management. It then presents results from the pilot of the Gender in Irrigation Learning and Improvement Tool (GILIT) in locations in Malawi and Uzbekistan in 2015. Through the results of the tool, the paper looks at benefit sharing between men and women farmers: (i) access to irrigation scheme resources (including information, for example, in the design phase; land, water and other inputs); (ii) participation in scheme management; and (iii) access to scheme benefits, including access to market information, packaging and payments. The indicators for the tool were modelled after principles reflected in existing gender policies and strategies, and intended to improve performance at field level in line with national and regional goals. The paper concludes with informal and formal constraints to gender-equitable outcomes from irrigation investments identified during the pilot, and suggests how the tool can be used by various development actors to improve the benefits for women from investments in agricultural water management.
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dc.identifierhttps://hdl.handle.net/10568/92079
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/123456789/157073
dc.languageen
dc.publisherInternational Water Management Institute
dc.rightsOpen Access
dc.sourceLefore, Nicole; Weight, Elizabeth; Mukhamedova, Nozilakhon. 2017. Improving gender equity in irrigation: application of a tool to promote learning and performance in Malawi and Uzbekistan. Colombo, Sri Lanka: International Water Management Institute (IWMI). CGIAR Research Program on Water, Land and Ecosystems (WLE). 31p. (WLE Research for Development (R4D) Learning Series 6) doi: 10.5337/2017.217
dc.subjectresearch and development
dc.subjectgender equity
dc.subjecttraining programmes
dc.subjecton-farm production
dc.subjectassessment
dc.subjectirrigation schemes
dc.subjectwomen's participation
dc.subjectwomen
dc.subjectproductivity
dc.subjectcommunity involvement
dc.subjectwater management
dc.subjectagricultural production
dc.subjectwater allocation
dc.subjectparticipation
dc.subjectperformance evaluation
dc.subjectresource management
dc.subjectdecision making
dc.subjectinvestment
dc.subjectfarmers
dc.titleImproving gender equity in irrigation: application of a tool to promote learning and performance in Malawi and Uzbekistan
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