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Title Community typology framed by normative climate for agricultural innovation, empowerment, and poverty reduction
 
Names Petesch, P.
Feldman, S.
Elias, M.
Badstue, L.B.
Najjar, D.
Rietveld, A.
Bullock, R.
Kawarazuka, N.
Luis, J.
Date Issued 2018 (iso8601)
Abstract This paper employs the concepts of gender norms and agency to advance understanding of inclusive agricultural innovation processes and their contributions to empowerment and poverty reduction at the village level. We present a community typology informed by normative influences on how people assess conditions and trends for village women and men to make important decisions (or to exercise agency) and for local households to escape poverty. The typology is comprised of three village typestransforming, climbing and churning with each type depicting a different normative climate and trajectory of change in agency and poverty levels. Across “transforming” villages with significant increases in people’s agency and poverty reduction, we found a highly inclusive normative climate that is fueling gender equality and agricultural innovation, as well as infrastructural improvements, expanded markets, and male labor migration. The research, part of the GENNOVATE initiative, includes a qualitative comparative methodology and dataset of 79 village cases from 17 countries.
Genre Article
Access Condition Open Access
Identifier 2413-922X