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To handle the issue of gender in agriculture is a combined effort and all participants must understand the reason and the main objective which is strengthening the African economies. African traditional cultures to some extent have contributed to the imbalance in gender in agriculture for instance, Mulenga a subsistence farmer and fisherman in Luapula province Zambia owns a 2ha traditional land and only uses his piece of land during the rainy season (November-April), during this period the whole family is expected to participate in securing food when the rains are no more. During off season Mulenga is a full time fisherman, he sales his fish at the fish markets and to wholesalers. From the scenario above one would realise that only the head of the house responsibilities are recognized more to the feeding of the family and the community, and here thus the were the problem comes. During the farming season mulenga leaves with the wife and children to go farm, after their day's work she collects firewood and vegetables for the family and when she gets home she fetches water and prepares dinner for her family.(The tasks that Mulenga's wife does are not recognized as effort to build an economy in our African traditional society)
African communities need to appreciate one another's effort in the building of our economies. Each member plays an important role. In Africa for the Gender in Agriculture to be a success it must start from the grassroot, everyone should understand the objective and this can be done by training peer to peer trainings in our communities to share knowledge and get people involved in the gender gap. In some communities there crops known to be only farmed by men and some by women only, this can balanced by first analyzing the nutritional value of the crops and its value on the market when traded and when both men and women efforts are put together. Small scale farmers, Marginalized men and women and youths efforts have to be recognized in the building of the economy, finding markets for their produce and providing them advisory services and know how.
To handle the issue of gender
Soumis par Lishuko Ndatoya le lun, 26/06/2017 - 17:14 Permalien
To handle the issue of gender in agriculture is a combined effort and all participants must understand the reason and the main objective which is strengthening the African economies. African traditional cultures to some extent have contributed to the imbalance in gender in agriculture for instance, Mulenga a subsistence farmer and fisherman in Luapula province Zambia owns a 2ha traditional land and only uses his piece of land during the rainy season (November-April), during this period the whole family is expected to participate in securing food when the rains are no more. During off season Mulenga is a full time fisherman, he sales his fish at the fish markets and to wholesalers. From the scenario above one would realise that only the head of the house responsibilities are recognized more to the feeding of the family and the community, and here thus the were the problem comes. During the farming season mulenga leaves with the wife and children to go farm, after their day's work she collects firewood and vegetables for the family and when she gets home she fetches water and prepares dinner for her family.(The tasks that Mulenga's wife does are not recognized as effort to build an economy in our African traditional society)
African communities need to appreciate one another's effort in the building of our economies. Each member plays an important role. In Africa for the Gender in Agriculture to be a success it must start from the grassroot, everyone should understand the objective and this can be done by training peer to peer trainings in our communities to share knowledge and get people involved in the gender gap. In some communities there crops known to be only farmed by men and some by women only, this can balanced by first analyzing the nutritional value of the crops and its value on the market when traded and when both men and women efforts are put together. Small scale farmers, Marginalized men and women and youths efforts have to be recognized in the building of the economy, finding markets for their produce and providing them advisory services and know how.