Message 47: Helvi Heinonen-Tanski
What should be done to effectively mainstream gender in water management in agriculture?
We should see better the importance of the women in producing food and other agricultural products
What are the feasible steps that need to be taken by the different stakeholders on the ground and at different levels of decision making/interventions.
- Measure the true yield of women' yield! Count its price! See that as the salary of women.
- If women would get more water, could they increase the yields?
- If women use domestic wastewater for irrigation, they increase yields
How do we operationalise some of the steps proposed in the minimum agenda?
- More wastewaters should be used for irrigation of plants. Even small pot cultivation is here useful.
- Compost organic wastes and improve the soil structure.
In the last point, if there is somebody ready for scientific cowork - preferring tropical climate, I would be ready, too.
Dr. Helvi Heinonen-Tanski
Department of Environmental Sciences
University of Kuopio
POB 1627
FIN 70211 Kuopio, Finland
Fax 358-17-163191, Tel 358-17-163152
email: heinotan@uku.fi
tel 358-17-163152
fax 358-17-163191 or 358-17-163230
email: Helvi.HeinonenTanski@uku.fi
