Gender equity and the sustainability of farming improved vegetable varieties: An analysis of tomato and African eggplant production in southern Mali

Fischer, G and Cavicchioli, M and Traore, A S and Tignegre, J B and Jimah, K and Wittich, S and Badolo, F and Dicko, M and Diallo, C (2025) Gender equity and the sustainability of farming improved vegetable varieties: An analysis of tomato and African eggplant production in southern Mali. PLOS Sustainability and Transformation, 4 (10). pp. 1-23. ISSN 2767-3197

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Abstract

Despite its low integration into breeding programs in Africa, vegetable cultivation is increasingly seen as contributing to the achievement of several Sustainable Development Goals, including gender equality and women’s empowerment. Seeking evidence of this, we analyze a genetic intensification activity offering improved tomato and African eggplant varieties to women and men farmers in southern Mali. We use a sustainable intensification assessment framework (SIAF), with a mixed methods approach, to conduct a gender analysis of this activity in five sustainability domains. Results and recommendations underline that breeding initiatives need to be accompanied by measures that transform the gender relations in which production is embedded. Equity emerges as a precondition for sustainable vegetable farming.

Item Type:	Article
Divisions:	Research Program : West & Central Africa
CRP:	UNSPECIFIED
Uncontrolled Keywords:	gender, vegetable, sustainable farming, tomato production, African eggplant production, southern mali
Subjects:	Others > Vegetable and Field crops Others > Sustainable Development Others > Gender Research Others > Mali
Depositing User:	Mr Nagaraju T
Date Deposited:	11 Mar 2026 04:25
Last Modified:	11 Mar 2026 04:25
URI:	http://oar.icrisat.org/id/eprint/13537
Official URL:	https://journals.plos.org/sustainabilitytransforma...
Projects:	UNSPECIFIED
Funders:	UNSPECIFIED
Acknowledgement:	This research was funded by United States Agency for International Development with grant number ARG#: AID-BFS-G-11-00002. It was implemented under the Africa RISING West Africa project, a multi-stakeholder initiative in which all authors collaborated. The funder had no role in study design, data collection and analysis, decision to publish, or preparation of the manuscript.
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