Promise and contradiction: Value chain participation and women's empowerment

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dc.creatorIhalaine, Markus
dc.creatorShaikh, Sumer
dc.creatorMujawamariya, Gaudiose
dc.creatorMayanja, Sarah
dc.creatorAdetonah, Sounkoura
dc.creatorTavenner, Katie
dc.creatorElias, Marlène
dc.date2021-11
dc.date2021-11-12T11:04:15Z
dc.date2021-11-12T11:04:15Z
dc.date.accessioned2026-06-27T13:18:51Z
dc.descriptionWith the expansion of agricultural production for the global market, interest among research and development actors in developing more “inclusive” value chains has grown (Stoian et al. 2018a). While mainstream value chain development (VCD) has focused on enhancing the efficiency of processes along the chain, policies increasingly endeavor to address poverty, emphasizing the inclusion of poor and marginalized people in global markets (Bolwig et al. 2010). In recent decades, scholars and development agencies have directed attention toward the “gender gap in agriculture” (Huyer 2016), encompassing, among other things, women’s lesser access to market opportunities and to the benefits from cash crops (Pyburn et al. 2015). As a consequence, agricultural development initiatives increasingly aim to support the engagement of women in agricultural value chains (Sachs 2019). However, while promoting the engagement of women in markets and value chains is becoming entrenched in the global agenda for gender equality (Stoian et al. 2018a), systematic evidence demonstrating causal linkages or laying out a clear theory of change between participation and empowerment remains limited (Said-Allsopp and Tallontire 2014, Johnson et al. 2018).
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dc.identifierhttps://hdl.handle.net/10568/116030
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/123456789/56237
dc.languageen
dc.publisherInternational Food Policy Research Institute
dc.relationhttps://hdl.handle.net/10568/116021
dc.relationhttps://doi.org/10.2499/9780896294202
dc.relationAdvancing gender equality through agricultural and environmental research
dc.rightsOpen Access
dc.sourceIhalaine, Markus; Shaikh, Sumer; Mujawamariya, Gaudiose; Mayanja, Sarah; Adetonah, Sounkoura; Tavenner, Katie; and Elias, Marlène. 2021. Promise and contradiction: Value chain participation and women’s empowerment. In Advancing gender equality through agricultural and environmental research: Past, present, and future, eds. Rhiannon Pyburn, and Anouka van Eerdewijk. Chapter 4, Pp. 147-186. Washington, DC: International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI). https://doi.org/10.2499/9780896293915_04.
dc.subjectvalue chains
dc.subjectgender
dc.subjectwomen's empowerment
dc.subjectgender equality
dc.subjectagricultural research
dc.subjectresearch
dc.subjectagriculture
dc.subjectempowerment
dc.subjectenvironment
dc.subjectwomen
dc.titlePromise and contradiction: Value chain participation and women's empowerment
dc.typeBook Chapter

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