在“与Dani Nierenberg的食物谈话”中Mariame Maiga博士- 区域性别和社会发展顾问West and Central African Council for Agricultural Research and Development (CORAF)- 对政策制定者的呼吁，以研究性别在农业和可持续发展中的作用。迈加说：“除非我们弥合农业部门的性别差距，以促进公平地获得农业生产资源，否则我们将无法达到[粮食安全的区域目标]。”
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麦加说：“这种挑战需要每天对抗。”“相关国家知道，他们需要在任何计划或过程中处理性别，因为他们需要考虑如何应对文化挑战。”根据科拉夫的说法，妇女至少代表62 percent非洲活跃的农业人口。麦加说：“我们说，至少有40％的妇女应从Coraf项目中受益。”
科拉夫（Coraf）通过性别智能和气候智能技术吸引妇女，这些技术可以帮助妇女进行日常劳动和长期业务发展 - 这些技术从提高产量的资源到鱼类干燥和吸烟设备。“在布基纳法索，我们有一项用于干燥芒果的技术。一位使用该技术的妇女现在正在与100多名妇女和年轻人合作，因为她发展了一家业务。我们对这样的性别结果有很多材料。”迈加说。
“[Our policies and strategies] aim to ensure equitable access to agricultural research and social development resources and opportunities for women and men—especially for anyone from marginalized communities in West and Central Africa,” says Maiga. For CORAF, gender equity efforts must involve strategies to support men as well, amplifying their voices in projects. “For example, men are often not allowed to cook or even go to kitchens. This is the socio-cultural perception [we’re trying to transform],” says Maiga. By transforming these cultural perceptions, Maiga hopes CORAF can help men access resources normally out of their reach, improving their livelihoods.
科拉夫hopes to build a sustainable agriculture industry by improving representation for youth and women in all sectors of the industry, including in research and policy-making. Maiga outlines youth scholarship programs and women’s scientific capacity building projects that aim to integrate these voices into national agricultural research. And the policy-making realm, “policymakers need to know it is important to facilitate access to decision making positions for women in agricultural and sustainable development projects for the future.”
