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A guidebook meant to provide useful examples and hints on how issues on gender and participation can be tackled in the daily agricultural development project work.
55 pp. colour pictures, cartoon poster, ISBN 92-5-104069-9 |  |
The last thing that busy, senior, and experienced development practitioners want is another lecture on how important it is for them to be `gender aware' in their work. However, the agricultural and engineering technology projects in which they are involved will only be successful if they understand the needs of different groups of people within a community, and utilise techniques which incorporate these needs into project design and implementation. 'Making Every Farmer Count' presents six case studies on agricultural engineering projects in East and Southern Africa which have employed a range of techniques to get farmers to participate in projects, and adopt and adapt technologies. Some of the techniques worked; many of them failed. The booklet intends to convince middle and senior level agricultural engineers working in government; university academics; and project practitioners that adopting a gender approach is nothing more than a clever way of making sure that every farmer counts. It is intended to encourage those involved in agricultural engineering and technology projects to consider finding out more about such techniques and methods, and to employ them, and experiment with them, in their own work. Besides the six case studies, the booklet contains a pull out poster which presents two cartoon picture stories which are out of 'project reality'. Furthermore a general introduction, glossary and further reading chapter.