Profil des membres
Mme Comfort Eze
Organisation:
Nigeria Institute of Soil Science (NISS)
Pays:
Nigéria
Domaine(s) de spécialisation
I am working on:
I am currently working to promote gender equity and women's empowerment in research, capacity-development and institutional strengthening in the agricultural sector towards ensuring Food Security at household, community and national growth in Nigeria.
Mme Comfort Eze
MAINSTREAMING GENDER FOR SUSTAINABLE SOIL MANAGEMENT.
WHAT IS THE RELATION BETWEEN SUSTAINABLE SOIL USE, MANAGEMENT AND CONSERVATION AND GENDER EQUALITY
Sustainable use of soil is the use, management and conservation of soil to meet the changing human needs of the present generation while at the same time ensuring that the soil can also meet the needs of the future generation. To achieve this, men, women, boy and girl have to be involved actively. For the soil use to be sustainable, soil has to be managed properly and its inherent qualities has to be conserved.
WHAT ARE THE DISTINCT ROLES FOR WOMEN, MEN, BOYS, AND GIRLS IN SUSTAINABLE SOIL MANAGEMENT
In the rural areas, women, men and boys play a prominent roles in farming activities from land clearing, tillage operations and other agronomic practices including fertilizer application while the girls are engage in domestic chores.
WHAT ARE THE MAIN GENDER-BASED CONSTRAINTS?
The main gender-based constraints in sustainable soil management is the significant gender-based gap and inequalities in land ownership, secondly putting women behind in important discussions settings from the local to the global world, about the nature of the problems and possible solutions or coping strategies.
WHAT PRACTICAL SOLUTIONS AND APPROACHES COULD HELP OVERCOMING SUCH BARRIERS?
Women play vital roles in agricultural systems, thus they have good knowledge about plants and agricultural techniques that might help adaptation strategies. If women aren’t at the “table” when coping strategies and adaptation approaches are discussed, this knowledge won’t be represented. And the solutions include:
HOW CAN THE PROMOTION OF GENDER EQUALITY AND WOMEN’S EMPOWERMENT CONTRIBUTE TO SUSTAINABLE SOIL MANAGEMENT AND CONSERVATION.
WHICH INTERVENTIONS AT POLICY AND PROJECT/FIELD LEVEL ARE OF UTMOST PRIORITY?
Policy interventions of utmost Priority include: