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Effective food systems innovations: An inventory of evidence from Bangladesh, Ethiopia, Nigeria, Viet Nam, and other low-and middle-income countries by Lecoutere, Els, Van den Berg, Marrit, de Brauw, Alan

“…Promising innovations influencing consumer behavior include unhealthy food taxes; large-scale information campaigns raising awareness about specific unhealthy food items; and campaigns that provide information and/or fortified food (supplements) to address nutrition of infants and young children. Promoting women’s empowerment and targeting women with nutrition information could be effective food system innovations addressing consumer behavior, but deliberation is needed about risks of emphasizing the instrumental role of gender equity and women’s empowerment for nutrition or reinforcing gender roles and increasing women’s responsibilities. …”
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TH2.3: A gender-responsive approach to designing agricultural risk management bundles by Pattnaik, Subhransu, Kramer, Berber, Ward, Patrick S., Foster, Tim, Adhikari, Roshan, Gaur, Pushkar, Mansabdar, Sanjay

“…At the same time, in the presence of gender differences in existing cultivation practices, there is a chance that women farmers may find these practices and technologies more inaccessible or costly to afford than men, and in that case, incentivizing adoption of risk-reducing practices and technologies could disadvantage women more than men. …”
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Gender roles and masculinities in leveraging milk for household nutrition: Evidence from two districts in Rwanda by Farnworth, Cathy Rozel, Jumba, Humphrey, Otieno, P.E., Galiè, Alessandra, Ouma, Emily A., Flax, Valerie L., Colverson, Kathleen E., Schreiner, M.-A.

“…Using evidence from a study on the Girinka dairy program in Rwanda, this article adds a masculinities lens to nutrition strategies. …”
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Gender dimensions of climate change adaptation strategies among Indigenous communities in the Nilgiri Biosphere Reserve, India by Aiswarya S., Padaria, R.N.

“…‘Adjustment in crop calendar’ was identified as the major adaptation strategy by employing the analytical hierarchy process (AHP).The results of the multivariate probit model revealed that demographic factors like gender, age, education and family size; agricultural factors such as farm and livestock holdings; socioeconomic factors such as non-farm income; access to information, extension services and credit facilities; and the geographical factor of distance to the market were the major determinants of adaptation strategies. The outcomes of the study suggest that policymakers should take into account the distinctions between households headed by women and men in terms of their access to resources like land, information, income and extension services.…”
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Impact of home gardens promoted among urban residents in Dhaka, Bangladesh by Pepijn Schreinemachers, Sandhya S. Kumar, Nasir Md. Uddin

“…Regarding food and nutrition, there is an increase in women’s dietary diversity score (+0.37 on a 0–10 scale; p<0.01), women’s minimum dietary diversity (+4%; p<0.01), and in the number of portions of cooked vegetables eaten (+0.96 portions/day; p<0.01). …”
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Marketing system, socio economic role and intra household dynamics of indigenous chicken in Gomma Wereda, Jimma Zone, Ethiopia by Meseret, M., Solomon, D., Tadelle, D.

“…About 96.7% of the ownership of chicken was held by women and with the exception of poultry house construction all the other activities including marketing are done by women indicating that village chickens are source of self-reliance for women. …”
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Designing a risk communication strategy for health hazards posed by traditional slaughter of goats in Tshwane, South Africa by Qekwana, D.N., McCrindle, C.M.E., Oguttu, J.W.

“…A total of 105 people were interviewed at taxi ranks in Tshwane, Gauteng. Of these, 48 were women and 57 men. The median age of women and men was 40.6 years and 44.3 years, respectively. …”
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Community concept drawing: Application of a participatory tool for analyzing empowerment across African contexts by McOmber C, D'Auria Riley, T., McKune, Sarah, Russo, Sandra

“…Women’s empowerment is a driving concept in feminist and gender scholarship and is seen as an indicator of a woman’s agency in social and economic spheres. …”
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Gendered impacts of COVID-19 on cross-border fish traders in Malawi and Zambia by Mudege, Netsayi, Chepchirchir, Ruth, Kakwasha, Keagan

“…The study demonstrates the disproportionate effects of the pandemic on female traders. …”
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Designing livestock interventions for emergency situations in Southern Africa by Freeman, H.A., Kaitibie, S., Moyo, Siboniso, Perry, Brian D.

“…The study suggests that there are marked differences in ownership of productive assets, in livelihood strategies and in vulnerability between men and women. …”
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Kvinnligt och manligt företagande : lantbrukarnas syn på olikheter och möjligheter i de gröna näringarna by Olander, Cecilia, Broo, Hanna

Agricultural credit’s role in overcoming barriers to sustainable intensification of bovine livestock production in Colombia by Díaz, Manuel Francisco, Hurtado, Angie, Enciso, Karen, Triana Ángel, Natalia, Burkart, Stefan

“…On the other hand, the sector has been experiencing a significant growth and diversification of credit lines, including some focused on rural women and youth, and others on promoting sustainability in livestock production. …”
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Gender-differentiated perception of climate-smart agricultural practices in contrasting landscapes of the Ethiopian highlands by Nigussie, Abebe, Recha, John W.M., Ambaw, Gebermedihin, Radeny, Maren A.O., Tesfaye, Abonesh, Abera, Wuletawu, Tamene, Lulseged D., Solomon, Dawit

“…Climate-smart agricultural (CSA) practices have been promoted as a prominent strategy to offset the adverse effect of climate change on food production and mitigate greenhouse gas emissions. Even though several studies have shown farmers` perception on CSA practices, gender-differentiated perception has hardly been studied. …”
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Thematic evidencing of youth-empowering interventions in livestock production systems in Sub-Sahara Africa: A systematic review by Nchanji, Eileen Bogweh, Kamunye, Kelvin, Ageyo, Collins Odhiambo

“…There are opportunities presented by small ruminants and poultry where women and youths are getting a voice in the community by becoming relatively income independent and desisting from waiting for the inheritance of large livestock and assets from men. …”
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A conceptual framework of living labs for people for sustainable food systems by Habermann, Birgit, Nehring, Ryan, Zhang, Wei, Hettiarachchi, Upeksha, Leñero, Eva Marina-Valencia, Falk, Thomas, Rietveld, Anne M., Woltering, Lennart, Kumar, Praveen, Wang, Xinxin, Zhou, Yunyi, Chen, Kevin Z., Pham, Thuy Thu, Rodríguez, Luz Ángela, Venegas, Martha

“…Consequently, the framework draws on the living lab literature but tailors existing approaches for sustainable food system transformation and puts people (men, women, and marginalized groups among key food system actors) at the center of innovation processes with a clear intention to address power and social inequity. …”
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A case of transdisciplinarity and collaborative decision making: the co-construction of Gendered Food Product Profiles by Forsythe, L., Olaosebikan, O., Teeken, B., Newilah, G.N., Mayanja, S., Nanyonjo, A.R., Iragaba, P., Okoye, B., Marimo, P., Akankwasa, K., Adinsi, L., Kendine, C., Sounkoura, A., Tinyiro, S.E., Bouniol, A., Dufour, D.L., Akissoé, N.H., Madu, T.

“…This article reviews application of the methodology in 14 GFPPs, presents illustrative case studies and lessons learned. Key lessons are that the transdisciplinary structure and the key role of social scientists helped avoid reductionism, supported co‐learning, and the creation of GFPPs that represented the diverse interests of food system actors, particularly women, in situ. …”
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Evidence of potential impacts of a nutrition-sensitive agroecology program in Andhra Pradesh, India, on dietary diversity, nutritional status, and child development by Ch, Lakshmi Durga, Bharath, Yandrapu, Bliznashka, Lilia, T., Vijay Kumar, Jonnala, Veerendra, Chekka, Vijayalakshmi, Yebushi, Srileka, Roy, Aditi, Venkateshmurthy, Nikhil Srinivasapura, Prabhakaran, Poornima, Jaacks, Lindsay M.

“…Introduction While a number of studies have examined the nutritional impacts of agroecological interventions, few have examined impacts on child development, maternal and child anemia, and men’s dietary diversity. …”
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Drivers and consequences of tenure insecurity and mechanisms for enhancing tenure security: A synthesis of CGIAR research on tenure security (2013-2020) by McLain, Rebecca

“…Their work focused on rights held by individuals and households as well as collectively held rights. Studies found that tenure insecurity has a variety of negative consequences for natural resource management, agricultural productivity, and poverty reduction, but the sources of tenure insecurity differ for men and women, and for individual, household, and collective lands. …”
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The impact of reducing dietary aflatoxin exposure on child linear growth: A cluster randomised controlled trial in Kenya by Hoffmann, Vivian, Jones, Kelly M., Leroy, Jef L.

“…The intervention arm received a swapping (contaminated maize was replaced with safe maize) and a stockist intervention (households were encouraged to purchase from a stockist supplied with clean maize). Women in the fifth to final month of pregnancy were invited to enrol in the study. …”
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D4N2024 Presentation Showcase – Thematic Session 1a: Agriculture and food security & nutrition pathways by Khanam, Taznoore Samina, Singh, Tushar, Kumar, Shalander, Uddin, Md Amin, Burrone; Sara, Scognamillo, A., Poudel, D., Rub, A., Song, C., Jogi, Krishna, Headey, Derek D., Joshi, Ramesh, Sharma, Indu

“…Oral presentations: Linking Agricultural Production Diversity with Household Dietary Diversity: A panel Data Analysis from Rural Bangladesh Taznoore Samina Khanam, Research Fellow, Bangladesh Institute of Development Studies Remoteness, Farm Production, and Dietary Diversity in Nepal Tushar Singh, Senior Research Analyst, International Food Policy Research Institute Addressing Nutrition and Climate Risk Challenges through Assam Millet Mission: Need to connect dots between policy and outcomes Shalander Kumar, Principal Scientist and Cluster Leader: Markets, Institutions and Policies, International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics Suchana’s Excellence in Homestead Food Production Interventions to Improve Food Security and Nutrition Md Amin Uddin, Head of Food Security and Livelihoods, Helen Keller International Integrated e-Extension Increases Farmers’ Resilience: Experimental Evidence from Sri Lanka Sara Burrone, Economist, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations Rapid-fire presentations: Leveraging Women’s Leadership and Empowerment in Value Chain for Resilient Livelihoods Krishna Bahadur Jogi, Deputy Head of Programme, World Food Programme Is rice breaking Bennett’s law? …”
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