Research priorities: Strengthening Gender Intentionality and Accelerating Broad, Equitable Impacts of Genetic Innovations

Genetic innovations hold immense potential to address many global challenges and contribute to income generation opportunities, food and nutrition security, reduced environmental pressure, and climate resilience. However, the current rates of genetic innovation take-up, scaling, and impacts are slow...

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Autores principales: Ragasa, Catherine, Tenneti, Suchaita, Bomuhangi, Allan, Mulwa, Chalmers, Najjar, Dina, Pazos, Mateo, Polar, Vivian, Teeken, Bela, Yila, Jummai
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Lenguaje:Inglés
Publicado: CGIAR System Organization 2025
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Acceso en línea:https://hdl.handle.net/10568/180560
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author Ragasa, Catherine
Tenneti, Suchaita
Bomuhangi, Allan
Mulwa, Chalmers
Najjar, Dina
Pazos, Mateo
Polar, Vivian
Teeken, Bela
Yila, Jummai
author_browse Bomuhangi, Allan
Mulwa, Chalmers
Najjar, Dina
Pazos, Mateo
Polar, Vivian
Ragasa, Catherine
Teeken, Bela
Tenneti, Suchaita
Yila, Jummai
author_facet Ragasa, Catherine
Tenneti, Suchaita
Bomuhangi, Allan
Mulwa, Chalmers
Najjar, Dina
Pazos, Mateo
Polar, Vivian
Teeken, Bela
Yila, Jummai
author_sort Ragasa, Catherine
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description Genetic innovations hold immense potential to address many global challenges and contribute to income generation opportunities, food and nutrition security, reduced environmental pressure, and climate resilience. However, the current rates of genetic innovation take-up, scaling, and impacts are slow and uneven (Walker et al. 2015; Fuglie and Rada 2016; He and Li 2020; Wollburg et al. 2024). Many studies have highlighted the disproportionate lack of access by women and other vulnerable groups to these innovations, and their limited participation and agency in the institutions that govern the design and delivery of these innovations (FAO 2023; Njuki et al. 2025; Puskur et al. 2021). This brief identifies key knowledge gaps and frontier research ideas to achieve broad, gender-equitable impacts from genetic innovation and seed systems development. It is primarily intended to provide recommendations to the new Science Program on Breeding for Tomorrow (B4T). The brief builds on the Genetic Innovation Gender Strategy (2024–2028), which establishes a roadmap for “best bet” investments in gender-intentional breeding, and priorities for gender research (Ashby et al. 2024). It elaborates on several of the Gender Strategy’s priorities and adds recommendations to advance a gender research agenda that could empower women and other marginalized farmers as partners in genetic innovations and seed systems development.
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spelling CGSpace1805602026-01-24T02:09:37Z Research priorities: Strengthening Gender Intentionality and Accelerating Broad, Equitable Impacts of Genetic Innovations Ragasa, Catherine Tenneti, Suchaita Bomuhangi, Allan Mulwa, Chalmers Najjar, Dina Pazos, Mateo Polar, Vivian Teeken, Bela Yila, Jummai gender genetics innovation adoption Genetic innovations hold immense potential to address many global challenges and contribute to income generation opportunities, food and nutrition security, reduced environmental pressure, and climate resilience. However, the current rates of genetic innovation take-up, scaling, and impacts are slow and uneven (Walker et al. 2015; Fuglie and Rada 2016; He and Li 2020; Wollburg et al. 2024). Many studies have highlighted the disproportionate lack of access by women and other vulnerable groups to these innovations, and their limited participation and agency in the institutions that govern the design and delivery of these innovations (FAO 2023; Njuki et al. 2025; Puskur et al. 2021). This brief identifies key knowledge gaps and frontier research ideas to achieve broad, gender-equitable impacts from genetic innovation and seed systems development. It is primarily intended to provide recommendations to the new Science Program on Breeding for Tomorrow (B4T). The brief builds on the Genetic Innovation Gender Strategy (2024–2028), which establishes a roadmap for “best bet” investments in gender-intentional breeding, and priorities for gender research (Ashby et al. 2024). It elaborates on several of the Gender Strategy’s priorities and adds recommendations to advance a gender research agenda that could empower women and other marginalized farmers as partners in genetic innovations and seed systems development. 2025-12 2026-01-23T20:04:03Z 2026-01-23T20:04:03Z Brief https://hdl.handle.net/10568/180560 en Open Access application/pdf CGIAR System Organization Ragasa, C., Tenneti, S., Bomuhangi, A., Mulwa, C., Najjar, D., Pazos, M., Polar, V., Teeken, B. and Yila, J. 2025. Research priorities: Strengthening Gender Intentionality and Accelerating Broad, Equitable Impacts of Genetic Innovations. Agenda Setting Brief - 4. Nairobi, Kenya: CGIAR Gender Equality and Inclusion, CGIAR Sustainable Animal and Aquatic Foods Science Program
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genetics
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Ragasa, Catherine
Tenneti, Suchaita
Bomuhangi, Allan
Mulwa, Chalmers
Najjar, Dina
Pazos, Mateo
Polar, Vivian
Teeken, Bela
Yila, Jummai
Research priorities: Strengthening Gender Intentionality and Accelerating Broad, Equitable Impacts of Genetic Innovations
title Research priorities: Strengthening Gender Intentionality and Accelerating Broad, Equitable Impacts of Genetic Innovations
title_full Research priorities: Strengthening Gender Intentionality and Accelerating Broad, Equitable Impacts of Genetic Innovations
title_fullStr Research priorities: Strengthening Gender Intentionality and Accelerating Broad, Equitable Impacts of Genetic Innovations
title_full_unstemmed Research priorities: Strengthening Gender Intentionality and Accelerating Broad, Equitable Impacts of Genetic Innovations
title_short Research priorities: Strengthening Gender Intentionality and Accelerating Broad, Equitable Impacts of Genetic Innovations
title_sort research priorities strengthening gender intentionality and accelerating broad equitable impacts of genetic innovations
topic gender
genetics
innovation adoption
url https://hdl.handle.net/10568/180560
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