Empowering Women and Building Sustainable Food Systems: A Case Study of Cuba's Local Agricultural Innovation Project

Empowering Women and Building Sustainable Food Systems: A Case Study of Cuba's Local Agricultural Innovation Project

This paper presents a case study of Cuba's Local Agricultural Innovation Project (PIAL for its initials in Spanish), with a focus on its gender-specific elements. The PIAL methodology was first introduced in Cuba in the early 2000's as a means of carrying out participatory plant-breeding t...

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Main Authors: Barbara Benítez, Erin Nelson, María Isabel Romero Sarduy, Rodobaldo Ortíz Pérez, Anaisa Crespo Morales, Caridad Casanova Rodríguez, Maybe Campos Gómez, Aliek Méndez Bordón, Annia Martínez Massip, Yaima Hernández Beltrán, Jordan Daniels
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2020-11-01
Series:Frontiers in Sustainable Food Systems
Subjects:
agroecology
women's empowerment and gender equality
community development
participation and inclusion
Cuba
agrobiodiversity conservation
Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fsufs.2020.554414/full

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