ISBN:
9780415728522
Language:
English
Pages:
Online-Ressource (561 p)
Edition:
Online-Ausg.
Series Statement:
Earthscan Studies in Natural Resource Management
Parallel Title:
Erscheint auch als Gender Research in Natural Resource Management : Building Capacities in the Middle East and North Africa
DDC:
305.409172/4
Keywords:
Electronic books
Abstract:
The aim of this book is to highlight the role that gender research can play in understanding natural resource management and rural development issues in the Middle East and North Africa region and how hands-on training and mentoring can be used as a capacity enhancement approach. It presents findings of four research teams, working in three countries, Algeria, Lebanon and Morocco. The approach was to build the capacity of national teams through hands-on field research, mentoring and technical support, which is different from traditional training. The chapters present the results of the case
Description / Table of Contents:
Cover; Half Title; Title Page; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; List of illustrations; Contributors; Acronyms and abbreviations; Acknowledgements; Preface; 1. The emergence of the capacity development initiative on social and gender analysis in MENA; Introduction; Gender, poverty and environment and natural resource management in the Middle East and North Africa: development challenges; Challenges and opportunities for social and gender analysis and capacity building in MENA; Social and gender analyis in environment and natural resource management research
Description / Table of Contents:
Capacity building for social and gender analyis in environment and natural resource management researchSocial and gender analysis research and the capacity building project; Overarching research questions; Access to and use of natural resources; Technologies and markets; Vulnerability and adaptation; Empowerment; Program design: case studies and capacity building efforts; Concluding remarks; Notes; References; 2. Marginalisation of women's work as a result of changes in pastoral societies and natural resources; Introduction; Study location; Role of tribes; Role of women; Climatic situation
Description / Table of Contents:
MethodologySpecifc research tools; The following tools were used to confirm or reject our hypothesis; Results; Monetised access to feed and the upheaval in livestock production tasks and activities: unequal power of men and women; Availability of raw material: local 'wabar',19 an increasingly rare and expensive material; Access to expertise and related locations: the role and contribution of women's associations; Discussion; A trend towards inequality between women and men: vulnerability of women; Consequences of exclusion from decision making: a risk facing animal genetic resources
Description / Table of Contents:
How to reverse the current trends: empowerment of womenConclusions; Notes; References; 3. The potential loss of traditional know-how of qashabiya production in Djelfa, Algeria; Introduction; Methodology; Tools used; Analysis tools: evaluation matrices; Results; Historical background to the use of the qashabiya; Types and places of origin of the qashabiya: Djelfa administrative town, a production centre of excellence; Qashabiya production process; Production: difference depending on the nature of the raw material; Potential devaluation of traditional know-how and mitigating factors
Description / Table of Contents:
Demotivating production conditions: unpaid effortsTendency toward breaking down the know-how and a shift toward mass production; Discussion; Worrying results: potential devaluation of traditional know-how; Advantages and disadvantages of participatory approaches applied; Conclusion; Notes; References; 4. Gender and marketing of qashabiya in Djelfa (Algeria); Introduction; Research questions; Methodology; Results and discussion; A perfectly organised marketing system that is integrated at local, domestic (Wilaya of Djelfa) and international (Maghreb, Arab world) level
Description / Table of Contents:
Marketing channels of qashabiya
Note:
Description based upon print version of record
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