Irrigation technology schemes can dramatically improve crop yields, but evidence from Ghana suggests that women are not adopting them. What changes should be made to encourage gender equality in the employment of new irrigation technology?
Agricultural intensification is commonly identified as one way to both address growing food security concerns and improve the income of smallholder farmers. However on a recent trip I took to Northern Ghana, I noticed that agricultural intensification could lead to adverse effects, affecting men and women in ways we perhaps haven’t yet considered.
