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UNASSIGNED: In Uganda, sweetpotato [Ipomoea batatas (L.) Lam] is typically a \"woman\'s crop,\" grown, processed, stored and also mainly consumed by smallholder farmers for food and income. Farmers value sweetpotato for its early maturity, resilience to stresses, and minimal input requirements. However, productivity remains low despite the effort of breeding programs to introduce new varieties. Low uptake of new varieties is partly attributed to previous focus by breeders on agronomic traits and much less on quality traits and the diverse preferences of men and women in sweetpotato value chains.
UNASSIGNED: To address this gap, breeders, food scientists, and social scientists (including gender specialists) systematically mainstreamed gender into the breeding program. This multidisciplinary approach, grounded in examining gender roles and their relationship with varietal and trait preferences, integrated important traits into product profiles.
UNASSIGNED: Building on earlier efforts of participatory plant breeding and participatory varietal selection, new interventions showed subtle but important gender differences in preferences. For instance, in a study for the RTBFoods project, women prioritized mealiness, sweetness, firmness and non-fibrous boiled roots. These were further subjected to a rigorous gender analysis using the G+ product profile query tool. The breeding pipelines then incorporated these gender-responsive priority quality traits, prompting the development of standard operating procedures to phenotype these traits.
UNASSIGNED: Following an all-inclusive approach coupled with training of multidisciplinary teams involving food scientists, breeders, biochemists, gender specialists and social scientists, integration into participatory variety selection in Uganda enabled accentuation of women and men\'s trait preferences, contributing to clearer breeding targets. The research has positioned sweetpotato breeding to better respond to the varying needs and preferences of the users.
UNASSIGNED: To address this gap, breeders, food scientists, and social scientists (including gender specialists) systematically mainstreamed gender into the breeding program. This multidisciplinary approach, grounded in examining gender roles and their relationship with varietal and trait preferences, integrated important traits into product profiles.
UNASSIGNED: Building on earlier efforts of participatory plant breeding and participatory varietal selection, new interventions showed subtle but important gender differences in preferences. For instance, in a study for the RTBFoods project, women prioritized mealiness, sweetness, firmness and non-fibrous boiled roots. These were further subjected to a rigorous gender analysis using the G+ product profile query tool. The breeding pipelines then incorporated these gender-responsive priority quality traits, prompting the development of standard operating procedures to phenotype these traits.
UNASSIGNED: Following an all-inclusive approach coupled with training of multidisciplinary teams involving food scientists, breeders, biochemists, gender specialists and social scientists, integration into participatory variety selection in Uganda enabled accentuation of women and men\'s trait preferences, contributing to clearer breeding targets. The research has positioned sweetpotato breeding to better respond to the varying needs and preferences of the users.
摘要：
■在乌干达，甘薯[甘薯(L.)林]通常是“女人的作物，“长大了，已处理,储存，也主要由小农消费，用于食品和收入。农民重视甘薯的早熟，对压力的韧性，和最低的输入要求。然而,尽管育种计划努力引进新品种，但生产率仍然很低。新品种的低吸收部分归因于育种者以前对农艺性状的关注，而对品质性状以及甘薯价值链中男女的不同偏好则少得多。
■为了解决这个问题，育种者,食品科学家,社会科学家（包括性别专家）系统地将性别纳入育种计划的主流。这种多学科方法，以研究性别角色及其与品种和特质偏好的关系为基础，将重要性状整合到产品简介中。
■在参与式植物育种和参与式品种选择的早期努力的基础上，新的干预措施在偏好方面显示出微妙但重要的性别差异.例如,在RTBFoods项目的一项研究中，女性优先吃餐，甜蜜，硬度和非纤维煮沸的根。使用G产品概况查询工具对这些进行了严格的性别分析。然后，育种管道结合了这些对性别敏感的优先品质性状，促使开发标准操作程序来对这些性状进行表型化。
■遵循全面的方法，并培训涉及食品科学家的多学科团队，育种者,生物化学家,性别专家和社会科学家，在乌干达，融入参与性品种选择使女性和男性的特质偏好得到强调，有助于更明确的育种目标。该研究将甘薯育种定位为更好地响应用户的不同需求和偏好。
■为了解决这个问题，育种者,食品科学家,社会科学家（包括性别专家）系统地将性别纳入育种计划的主流。这种多学科方法，以研究性别角色及其与品种和特质偏好的关系为基础，将重要性状整合到产品简介中。
■在参与式植物育种和参与式品种选择的早期努力的基础上，新的干预措施在偏好方面显示出微妙但重要的性别差异.例如,在RTBFoods项目的一项研究中，女性优先吃餐，甜蜜，硬度和非纤维煮沸的根。使用G产品概况查询工具对这些进行了严格的性别分析。然后，育种管道结合了这些对性别敏感的优先品质性状，促使开发标准操作程序来对这些性状进行表型化。
■遵循全面的方法，并培训涉及食品科学家的多学科团队，育种者,生物化学家,性别专家和社会科学家，在乌干达，融入参与性品种选择使女性和男性的特质偏好得到强调，有助于更明确的育种目标。该研究将甘薯育种定位为更好地响应用户的不同需求和偏好。
