Introduction -- Promotion of participatory technology in potato farming -- Ethiopia -- Evaluation of the gender and social perspectives in choice and profitability of soil fertility management technologies for smallholder maize production in Kenya -- Access, control and use of natural resources in southern Malawi : a gender analysis -- Gender analysis of risks from exposure to chemical contaminants among Kirinya wetland users in Jinja District of Uganda -- Gender issues in fish farming in the Lake Victoria Basin : with a focus on development and dissemination of wetland clariid fishes breeding technologies -- Southern African programme for improved transboundary NRM : equitable access and benefit sharing -- Conclusion and recommendations