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Leveraging AI for Inclusive Climate Services in Kenya (and Beyond) por Grossi, Amanda

“…In particular, this presentation shares the results of research conducted through AICCRA with iShamba - a digital advisory platform in Kenya - that sought to analyze five years of gender-disaggregated data from iShamba’s SMS advisories and over 9,000 queries submitted by women farmers. The study synthesizes the results and implications of identified patterns of gendered bias in user engagement and query resolution to provide actionable guidance for designing and training AI systems—particularly large language models like ChatGPT—to provide inclusive, relevant, and culturally grounded advisories tailored to women farmers.…”
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Gender equity and social capital in smallholder farmer groups in central Mozambique por Gotschi, Elisabeth, Njuki, Jemimah, Delve, Robert J.

“…Compared with men, women further found it difficult to transform social relations into improved access to information, access to markets, or help in case of need.…”
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Shaping resilience: Gender insights on weather and climate information services in East Africa por Ouya, Fredrick, Lutomia, Cosmas, Mvuyibwami, Patrick, Byandaga, Livingstone, Kagabo, Desire, Nchanji, Eileen

“…By prioritising inclusivity, fostering partnerships, and leveraging community knowledge, WCIS can empower vulnerable populations, drive sustainable development, and transform agricultural resilience across East Africa. This study also recommends developing synergies and partnerships to institutionalise WCIS in all country programs/projects and working with women and youth to drive climate resilience in rural areas. …”
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Gender and the cattle sector in Latin America: recent trends in literature por Triana Ángel, Natalia, Burkart, Stefan

“…This literature review summarizes the research published in the topic of bovine livestock and gender in Latin America, finding three main perspectives: a) the analysis of dairy, beef, and dual purpose value chains in Central America, where women’s participation (as well as the action nodes where they exert more influence) in the productive process is highlighted; b) the study of cattle production in the Southern Cone, where the roles and responsibilities of family members are dissected; and c) research inputs on forage technologies, genetic breeding and mitigation strategies developed in Central America, in which both women and youth have been identified as central (or potential) agents of change. …”
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Intra-household handling and consumption dynamics of milk in peri-urban informal markets in Tanzania and Kenya: A gender lens por Galiè, Alessandra, Farnworth, Cathy Rozel, Njiru, Nelly, Alonso, Silvia

“…Focus group discussions with 48 women and 45 men and key informant interviews with 8 men and 8 women, all of whom were parents or caretakers to young children, were conducted. …”
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TH1.1: Can I speak to the manager? Unpacking intrahousehold decision-making in maize production in Kenya por Voss, Rachel C., Gitonga, Zachary, Donovan, Jason A., Garcia Medina, Mariana, Muindi, Pauline

“…Research looking at the gender gap in uptake of agricultural technologies often assumes that men and women make farm management decisions as individuals. …”
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Gender, livestock and reducing greenhouse gas emissions in Costa Rica por Farnworth, Cathy Rozel

“…A scoping exercise to identify opportunities to strengthen the gender component was therefore undertaken in 2015 using a case study in Costa Rica and a literature review. This exercise identified women’s roles as (1) co-decision-makers with men in the household, (2) users of milk for making cheese (most households) and (3) farmers directly involved in livestock production activities under some circumstances. …”
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Unpacking 'gender' in India's Joint Forest Management Program: lessons from two Indian states por Elias, Marlène, Grosse, A.

“…Our findings underscore the need to reframe the issue of ‘women’s participation’ to capture inequalities among women from different ethnic groups. …”
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Application of mixed methods to identify small ruminant disease priorities in Ethiopia por Alemu, Biruk G., Desta, Hiwot, Kinati, Wole, Mulema, Annet A., Gizaw, Solomon, Wieland, Barbara

“…To understand disease priorities of men and women livestock keepers and how these impact households, this study used participatory methods to elucidate priorities, reasons for prioritization, knowledge on small ruminant diseases and their transmission pathways. …”
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Strengths and limitations of computer assisted telephone interviews (CATI) for nutrition data collection in rural Kenya por Lamanna, Christine, Hachhethu, Kusum, Chesterman, Sabrina, Singhal, Gaurav, Mwongela, Beatrice, Ng'endo, Mary, Passeri, Silvia, Farhikhtah, Arghanoon, Kadiyala, Suneetha, Bauer, Jean-Martin, Rosenstock, Todd S.

“…To assess the feasibility and biases of collecting nutrition data via computer assisted telephone interviews (CATI) to mobile phones, we measured Minimum Dietary Diversity for Women (MDD-W) and Minimum Acceptable Diet for Infants and Young Children (MAD) using a one-week test-retest study on 1,821 households in Kenya. …”
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Report on gender stakeholder co-creation workshops held in Mukono and Masaka districts, Uganda por Omondi, Immaculate A., Namatovu, Jane, Achandi, Esther, Galiè, Alessandra, Ouma, Emily A.

“…The Initiative’s gender agenda is to empower women and youth to fully benefit from livestock. …”
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Youth as game-changers? : Young people’s voices on social equity and climate adaptation in Kenya por Ebenstål Almeida, Olivia, Chelagat, Jeruto, Cherutich, Reuben Kiptoo, Fisher, Eleanor, Hellin, Jon, Lindbäck, Tilde, Kimaru, Daisy Jepchirchir, Kimaru, Wilson, Kimosop Ngetich, Benson, Petesch, Patti, Jemase Yator, Caroline

“…Despite these challenges, both young women and men in the study had attained education at high school or college level, and felt empowered by their academic achievements. …”
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Social and gender determinants of risk of cryptosporidiosis, an emerging zoonosis, in Dagoretti, Nairobi, Kenya por Kimani, V.N., Mitoko, G., McDermott, B., Grace, Delia, Ambia, J., Kiragu, M.W., Njehu, A.N., Sinja, J., Monda, J.G., Kang'ethe, Erastus K.

“…Adult women had more daily contact with cattle faeces than adult men, and older women had more contact than older men. …”
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From feminism to gender equality por Huynh, Samantha

“…This not only obscures the struggles of those who fall outside of this description but also reproduces the notion that inequality only exists between women and men. This study suggests that there is a lack of intersectional perspectives to understand the complexity of inequality and marginalisation in regards to energy policy in Sweden and that future research could take this into consideration.…”
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Kvinnligt ledarskap inom teknisk förvaltning por Wennström, Mikaela

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Toward more nutritious diets for young children in southern Bangladesh: Assessing the contribution of Community Nutrition Scholars and identifying constraints to utilization of ora... por Prain, Gordon

“…The intervention strategy to achieve that output involved combining nutrition and hygiene education given by a cadre of community nutrition scholars (CNS) to mothers of small children combined with the distribution of planting material of nutritionally beneficial crops to those women. This assessment uses sexspecific Focus Group Discussions (FGDs) with selected women participants in the training and selected male spouses or other male relatives of women who participated, with one female and one male FGD located in each of the sub-districts (upazilas) targeted in the training interventions. …”
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Navigating social expectations: the gendered impact of men’s rural-to-urban migration on banana-cultivating households in Burundi por Iradukunda, Francois, Rietveld, Anne, Zaremba, Haley

“…We suggest that gender transformative approaches could help to mitigate these risks while encouraging more just and joint household decision-making, including about banana crops. Finally, the study emphasizes the nuanced, multiple, and dynamic nature of gender roles and norms, reflecting men’s and women’s realities as heterogeneous groups with divergent lived experiences.…”
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Common bean entrepreneurial development in Sub-Saharan Africa por Nchanji, Eileen, Lutomia, Cosmas, Nyamolo, Victor

“…Entrepreneurship is pivotal for social and economic development, particularly in agri-food systems, where small and medium-scale enterprises, often women-led, face considerable challenges. This study explores the common bean value chain in six African countries—Cameroon, Kenya, Rwanda, Tanzania, Uganda, and Zambia—focusing on traders and processors. …”
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A gender analysis perspective for improved livelihoods in the Karkheh River basin por Gonsalves, Julian Francis

“…The study aims to find new ways of improving the incomes of rural households, based on the role of women in agricultural production and the division of labor in socioeconomic activities between men and women.…”
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Foodborne zoonotic trematode infections in Yen Bai, Vietnam: a situational analysis on knowledge, attitude, and practice (KAP) and risk behaviors por Ngan Thi Thuy Phi, Thao Thi Bich Nguyen, Trang Thi Huyen Le, Dung Trung Do, Lenaerts, M., Losson, B., Vandenberg, O., Dorny, P., Gerven, M. Van, Boere-Boonkamp, M., Dung Thi Bui

“…There were differences in the frequency of eating raw fish between men and women (men higher than women, p<0.001) with the average practice score between men and women (women higher than men, p=0.028). …”
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