RTBfoods main Publications

Vivian Polar, Béla Teeken, Janet Mwende, Pricilla Marimo, Hale Ann Tufan, Jacqueline A. Ashby, Steven Cole, Sarah Mayanja, Julius J. Okello, Peter Kulakow & Graham Thiele (2022).  Building Demand-Led and Gender-Responsive Breeding Programs. In: Thiele, G., Friedmann, M., Campos, H., Polar, V., Bentley, J.W. (eds). Root, Tuber and Banana Food System Innovations. Springer International Publishing. pp 483–509. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-92022-7_16

Tarjem, I.A., Ragasa, C., Polar, V., Sylla, A., Teeken, B., Nchanji, E., Mujawamariya, G., Mudege, N. and Marimo, P. 2021. Tools and methods on gendered design, deployment and evaluation of agricultural technologies. CGIAR GENDER Platform Working Paper #003. Nairobi, Kenya: CGIAR GENDER Platform. https://cgspace.cgiar.org/handle/10568/116887

Vivian Polar, Rohini Ram Mohan, Cynthia Mcdougall, Béla Teeken, Annet Abenakyo Mulema, Pricilla Marimo & Jummai Othniel Yila (2021). Examining choice to advance gender equality in breeding research. Book Chapter 2, In: Pyburn Rhiannon, & Van Eerdewijk Anouka (eds). Advancing Gender Equality through Agricultural and Environmental Research: Past, Present, and Future. Washington, DC: International Food Policy Research Institute, pages 77-111. https://doi.org/10.2499/9780896293915_02  direct PDF link: https://ebrary.ifpri.org/utils/getfile/collection/p15738coll2/id/134688/filename/134900.pdf

Béla Teeken, Elisabeth Garner, Afolabi Agbona, Ireti Balogun, Olamide Olaosebikan, Abolore Bello, Tessy Madu, Benjamin Okoye, Chiedozie Egesi, Peter Kulakow & Hale Ann Tufan (2021). Beyond “Women's Traits”: Exploring How Gender, Social Difference, and Household Characteristics Influence Trait Preferences. Frontiers in Sustainable Food Systems. Land, Livelihoods and food security, 14 December 2021 | https://doi.org/10.3389/fsufs.2021.740926

Pricilla Marimo, Cynthia Caron, Inge Van Den Bergh, Rhiannon Crichton, Eva Weltzien, Rodomiro Ortiz & Robooni Tumuhimbise (2020). Gender and Trait Preferences for Banana Cultivation and Use in Sub-Saharan Africa: A Literature Review. Economic Botany, 74(2), 226–241. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12231-020-09496-y

Marimo, P; Karamura, D; Tumuhimbise, R; Shimwela, MM; Van den Bergh, I; Batte, M; Massawe CRS; Okurut, AW; Mbongo, DB; Crichton, R. (2019).  Post-harvest use of banana in Uganda and Tanzania: Product characteristics and cultivar preferences of male and female farmers. Lima (Peru). CGIAR Research Program on Roots, Tubers and Bananas (RTB). RTB Working Paper. No. 3. https://cgspace.cgiar.org/handle/10568/106275

Kawarazuka, N., Damtew, E., Mayanja, S., Okonya, J.S., Rietveld, A., Slavchevska, V., Teeken, B. (2020). A Gender Perspective on Pest and Disease Management From the Cases of Roots, Tubers and Bananas in Asia and Sub-Saharan Africa. Frontiers in Agronomy, 2(7). https://doi.org/10.3389/fagro.2020.00007

Teeken B., Olaosebikan O., Haleegoah J., Oladejo E., Madu T., Bello A., Parkes E. Chiedozi E., Kulakow P., Kirscht H., Tufan H.A. (2018). Cassava Trait Preferences of Men and Women Farmers in Nigeria: Implications for Breeding. Economic Botany, 72(3), 263-277. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12231-018-9421-7

D. Rubin, B. Boonabaana, C. Manfre. (2019). Building an Inclusive Agriculture: Strengthening Gender Equality in Agricultural Value. Resakss Annual Trends and Outlook Report 2019. International Food Policy Research Institute (Ifpri), 14 p. http://ebrary.ifpri.org/utils/getfile/collection/p15738coll2/id/133475/filename/133674.pdf

Rubin, D. & Manfre, C. (2014). Promoting gender‐equitable agricultural value chains: issues, opportunities, and next steps. In: Gender in Agriculture (edited by A. Quisumbing, R. Meinzen‐Dick, T. Raney, A. Kroppenstedt, J. Behrman & A. Peterman). Dordrecht: Springer. Pp. 287– 314. https://doi.org/10.1007%2F978-94-017-8616-4_12

External Publications of Interest

Abhishek Das, Kavitha Kasala, and Shalander Kumar (2023). Gender inclusive food systems for sustainable healthy diets in low and middle-income countries. Agroecology and Sustainable Food Systems 2023, 47(7), 1052–1074. https://doi.org/10.1080/21683565.2023.2215192
Victoria A. Adeniyi, Jones A. Akangbe, Ayorinde E. Kolawole, Matthew D. Ayeni & David O. Olorunfemi (2023) Women cassava processors’ livelihood; implications for improved processing technology usage in Nigeria, Cogent Social Sciences, 9(1), https://doi.org/10.1080/23311886.2023.2191898

Olaosebikan, O.; Bello, A.; Utoblo, O.; Okoye, B.; Olutegbe, N.; Garner, E.; Teeken, B.; Bryan, E.; Forsythe, L.; Cole, S.; et al. (2023) Stressors and Resilience within the Cassava Value Chain in Nigeria: Preferred Cassava Variety Traits and Response Strategies of Men and Women to Inform Breeding. Sustainability , 15, 7837. https://doi.org/10.3390/su15107837

Nasirumbi Sanya, L.; Ssali, R.T.; Namuddu, M.G.; Kyotalimye, M.; Marimo, P.; Mayanja, S. (2023) Why Gender Matters in Breeding: Lessons from Cooking Bananas in Uganda. Sustainability, 15, 7024. https:// doi.org/10.3390/su15097024

Ida Arff Tarjem, Ola Tveitereid Westengen,  Poul Wisborg & Katharina Glaab ( 2022). “Whose demand?” The co-construction of markets, demand and gender in development-oriented crop breeding. Agriculture and Human Values. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10460-022-10337-y

Liticia Effah-Manu, Faustina D. Wireko-Manu, Jacob K. Agbenorhevi, Bussie Maziya-Dixon , Ibok N. Oduro, Theresa Y. Baah-EnnumT (2022). The effect of gender on end-user preferences for yam quality descriptors. Food Science & Nutrition, Volume10, Issue11, Pages 3890-3904 https://doi.org/10.1002/fsn3.2986

Cynthia McDougall, Juliet Kariuki, Birhanu M. Lenjiso, Pricilla Marimo, Mamta Mehar, Seamus Murphy, Béla Teeken, Michael J. Akester, John A. H. Benzie, Alessandra Galiè, Peter Kulakow, Wagdy Mekkawy, Lilian Nkengla-Asi, Julie M. K. Ojango, Robooni Tumuhimbise, Brigitte Uwimana, Alastair Orr (2022). Understanding gendered trait preferences: Implications for client-responsive breeding programs. PLOS Sustainability and Transformation 1(8):e0000025. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pstr.0000025

Hanna Ewell (2021) Breeding for impact: perspectives on gender-responsive cassava breeding in Nigeria. Gender, Technology and Development, 25(2), 217-232. https://doi.org/10.1080/09718524.2021.1939962

Molina, Carlos A., David Dudenhoefer, Vivian Polar, Maria Scurrah, Raul C. Ccanto, and Bettina Heider. (2022). Gender Roles and Native Potato Diversity Management in Highland Communities of Peru. Sustainability 14(6): 3455. https://www.mdpi.com/2071-1050/14/6/3455 

Jacqueline A. Ashby, & Vivian Polar (2021). User guide to the G+ product profile query tool (G+PP). CGIAR Research Program on Roots, Tubers and Bananas, User Guide 2021-2. International Potato Center: Lima, Peru. https://doi.org/10.4160/9789290605959  ; https://cgspace.cgiar.org/bitstream/handle/10568/113167/9789290605959.pdf?sequence=1&isAllowed=y

Pyburn Rhiannon, & Van Eerdewijk Anouka (eds). (2021). Advancing Gender Equality through Agricultural and Environmental Research: Past, Present, and Future. Washington, DC: International Food Policy Research Institute, 430 pages. https://doi.org/10.2499/9780896293915 Open access PDF: https://ebrary.ifpri.org/utils/getfile/collection/p15738coll2/id/134679/filename/134888.pdf

Vivian Polar, Jaqueline A. Ashby, Graham Thiele, Hale Tufan (2021). When Is Choice Empowering? Examining Gender Differences in Varietal Adoption through Case Studies from Sub-Saharan Africa. Sustainability ,13(7), n°3678. https://doi.org/10.3390/su13073678

 Weltzien, E., Rattunde, F., Christinck, A. & Ashby, J. (2020). Gender and farmer preferences for varietal traits: evidence and issues for crop improvement. Plant Breeding Reviews, 43, 243– 278. https://doi.org/10.1002/9781119616801.ch7

Jacqueline A. Ashby & Vivian Polar (2019) The implications of gender relations for modern approaches to crop improvement and plant breeding. In: Carolyn E. Sachs, Gender, Agriculture and Agrarian Transformations. Changing Relations in Africa, Latin America and Asia, Routledge, chapter 2, 24 pages. https://doi.org/10.4324/9780429427381-2