{"id":33669,"date":"2026-08-21T15:53:01","date_gmt":"2026-08-21T15:53:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/iita.org\/?post_type=news-item&#038;p=33669"},"modified":"2026-08-21T15:53:03","modified_gmt":"2026-08-21T15:53:03","slug":"mainstreaming-responsible-and-inclusive-approaches-in-scaling-agricultural-mechanization-innovations-in-zambia","status":"publish","type":"news-item","link":"https:\/\/iita.org\/fr\/news-item\/mainstreaming-responsible-and-inclusive-approaches-in-scaling-agricultural-mechanization-innovations-in-zambia\/","title":{"rendered":"Mainstreaming responsible and inclusive approaches in scaling agricultural mechanization innovations in Zambia"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"820\" height=\"411\" src=\"https:\/\/iita.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Mainstreaming-pic-1.png\" alt=\"The GESI workshop brought together stakeholders from research, government, the private sector, development partners and other institutions to explore how agricultural mechanization can be scaled in ways that are equitable and inclusive. \" class=\"wp-image-33700\" srcset=\"https:\/\/iita.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Mainstreaming-pic-1.png 820w, https:\/\/iita.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Mainstreaming-pic-1-300x150.png 300w, https:\/\/iita.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Mainstreaming-pic-1-768x385.png 768w, https:\/\/iita.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Mainstreaming-pic-1-18x9.png 18w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 820px) 100vw, 820px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">The GESI workshop brought together stakeholders from research, government, the private sector, development partners and other institutions to explore how agricultural mechanization can be scaled in ways that are equitable and inclusive. <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Scaling agricultural mechanization innovations has enormous potential to transform Zambia\u2019s food, land, and water systems by improving productivity, reducing labor demands, minimizing post-harvest losses, and creating new business opportunities across agricultural value chains. However, successful mechanization scaling is not simply about increasing the number of machines in rural communities. Rather, it is a question of who benefits and who is left behind. Without deliberate efforts to promote inclusive mechanization innovation, scaling approaches can reinforce existing inequalities by excluding women, youth, and marginalized groups, who often face barriers to accessing technologies and compounding enabling-environment challenges (finance, market systems, gender equality and social inclusion, policy, and regulatory).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">To address some of these issues, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cgiar.org\/\"><u>CGIAR<\/u><\/a>&nbsp;Scaling for Impact Science Program gender researchers, <a href=\"https:\/\/iita.org\/fr\/\"><u>IITA<\/u><\/a>&nbsp;Associate Gender and Social Inclusion Research Scientist,&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/iita.org\/fr\/staff\/millicent-l-liani\/\"><u>Dr Millicent Liani<\/u><\/a>, and Dr Ojongetakah Enokenwa Baa, Gender, Social Inclusion and Youth Researcher at&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.iwmi.org\/\"><u>International Water Management Institute (IWMI)<\/u><\/a>, convened a two-day training 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