Global award PDC-0100-O-8144 · 1989 · agriculture · Tropical Research and Development, Inc.

Forty-eight researchers and extensionists working on farming systems projects were surveyed on the use in their projects of gender analysis - a conceptual tool which expands research on women's role in development beyond questions of equity to include gender roles of efficiency and productivity and intra-household dynamics. The present report analyzes the responses to the survey questionnaire. Questions 1-10 of the questionnaire elicited basic information about the projects (e.g., location, institutional affiliation, aims, components, and target groups), while questions 11-16 asked about use of gender analysis, the incorporation of analysis results into project development, and the training of project personnel in gender issues. Questions 17-20 asked respondents to describe: obstacles to the inclusion of gender issues and to the participation of women, strategies used to overcome these obstacles, and the benefits deriving from attention to gender issues. Although most respondents recognized the need to consider gender in agricultural development, significant confusion was reported over the meaning, implications, and methodology of gender analysis, the major obstacle to which is the

Source: DEC abstract, PN-ABC-177 (1989). The source's own text.