For exam- innovation adoption among small- ple, there is the common erroneous assumption holder farmers in Africa that male-household heads speak in the interest of the whole family and that all members of a The development and adoption of innovations household equally benefit from innovations. [...] Distinguishing the tar- ing gendered labour division, care work, access get groups for different types of innovations de- to and control over resources or participation pending on their resource access and ownership, in trainings and decision-making processes or developing and propagating accompanying at household and community level contribute innovative rules of access, can greatly benefit the t. [...] The use of The Gordian knot that ties these together is the participatory and innovation system approach- knowledge, attitude and motivation as well as es that includes diverse stakeholders such as the behaviour of not only the smallholder families financial institutions and the private sector can but also of community leaders, extension agents, contribute to the development of appropriate ministr. [...] Collabora- Given the significant role of policy-makers in tive and social learning processes are even more scaling up and scaling out innovations, it is high- successful when they include co-development ly essential that they are engaged throughout of gender-responsive theories of changes and in- the innovation development processes, and the novation pathways. [...] full inclusion of female and male farmers from various backgrounds and contexts, the marginalised, and other actors in the innovation development process from the on- set, 3.
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