Acknowledging the role of gender in agricultural research and extension: review of experiences of a project in Zimbabwe.

This paper reviews the learning process that the project 'Conservation Tillage for Sustainable Crop Production Systems' in Zimbabwe went through with regard to gender issues in research/ technology development and extension. The factors which made the project adopt a gender perspective, the methodology applied and the impact which was achieved are described.
The paper concludes that promotion of gender as an isolated theme or component can be counterproductive and that it should be an integral element of any project.