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Article Title: Enlisting Gender Complementary Roles by Enhancing Capacity Building Opportunities: Indigenous Technological Development and Sustainability in Ekiti State
by Adu, Funmilayo Modupe (Ph.D.)

Abstract:
The GAD model explains the complementarity of gender to aid development. It argues that without the cooperation of men and women, development cannot be achieved and sustained. Capacity building entails the training of personnel or the provision of technical advice, but may include overhauling systems, remodeling physical infrastructure, recruiting new personnel, and improving the efficiency of the use of existing resources.Indigenous knowledge systems is learned and identified by communities and people within a cultural context, it is transcribed and understood by participants through actions, such as, production, methods, verbal; through sayings and myths or cultural events which are unique to the community and environment. Local technologies such as pottery, blacksmithing, palm oil production, garri processing and others have been impacted variedly by technology advantages, increasing production, but delimited by the traditional conception of artisanship and trade model that Africans have practiced since early civilizations. Such are specialization of gender into occupational professional areas that further prevent cross practices. It is the argument of this paper that such practices delimit increased production and capacity building opportunities and further inhibit sustainability through technological innovations that could receive best practices by complementarity of gender participation, in Africa and specifically in Ekiti State. The paper addresses this gap in knowledge to assist Ekiti State, Nigeria in promoting development and its sustainability.

Keywords: Gender Complimentary Roles, Capacity Building opportunity, Indigenous Technology, Development, Sustainability, Ekiti State

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