Inclusive and gender-transformative seed systems: Concepts and applications

作者：Alessandra Galié, Berber Kramer, David J. Spielman, Nozomi Kawarazuka, Anne M. Rietveld, Stellamaris Aju · 发表于：Agricultural Systems · 年份：2025 · DOI：10.1016/j.agsy.2025.104320 · 被引用次数：8 · 研究领域：Agricultural Innovations and Practices、Agriculture, Land Use, Rural Development、Land Rights and Reforms

Seed is vital to the nutrition and livelihoods of millions of women and men small-scale farmers in low- and middle-income countries. Seed systems interventions can significantly enhance food security and nutrition by accelerating the adoption of improved varieties and the use of quality seed, which in turn increase the rate of genetic gain, productivity, and household welfare. These interventions can be particularly effective when advancing gender equality by supporting women's empowerment and addressing discriminatory gender norms. However, there is relatively little evidence on the ways in which seed systems can be an entry point for advancing gender equality by transforming discriminatory gender norms. We develop and illustrate a gender transformative approach applied to seed sector development. Our first objective is to provide a framework to better understand how seed systems interventions can contribute to gender equality by (1) integrating gender-accommodative and gender-transformative approaches; and (2) assessing their gendered impacts. Our second objective is to apply this framework to a particular innovation – gender messaging via information and communications technologies (ICTs) – and explore how seed system interventions can be made more gender-transformative. We first reviewed the existing literature to develop a framework that defines gender-transformative and accommodative seed system interventions and their impacts. We then synthesized lessons learned from t...