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Empowering smallholder farmers’ organizations through non-public extension service providers: A case study and lessons from Mozambique by Babu, Suresh Chandra, Gêmo, Hélder

“…Younger and more literate farmers (including women) have shown greater motivation and engagement in the training sessions. …”
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Child nutrition and gender relations: Case study of dairy goat and improved root crop project in Mvomero and Kongwa district, Tanzania by Meena, P.H.

“…It is recommended that, training on nutritional education and importance of women contribution on decision making, control and ownership of resources should be provided.…”
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Need for advocacy for effective participatory crop improvement and plant genetic resource enhancement: Case studies on rice-breeding processes from Khotang and JaJarkot Districts,... by Ghale, Yamuna

“…The role of women farmers vital to the process of seed selection, preservation, and maintenance. …”
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Urban open spaces for adolescent girls: An assessment for Islamabad and Rawalpindi, Pakistan by Qutub, Syed Ayub, Anjum, Nomana

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Reflection on the use of mobile phones for monitoring gender indicators related to climate-smart agriculture practices by García, María Alejandra, Orentlicher, Natalie, Twyman, Jennifer, Eitzinger, Anton, Bonilla, Osana

“…The study was conducted in the context of the development of an M&L system for the CGIAR Research Program on Climate Change, Agriculture, and Food Security. …”
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Preface - Agriculture, gender and COVID-19: Impact and recovery by Ringler, Claudia

“…We felt at that time that this was one of the most under-studied topics that was essential to rural women’s future in South Asia and elsewhere. …”
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Factors influencing gender and youth integration in agricultural research and innovation in Africa by Yami, M., Abioye, O., Sore, S.Z., Mugisho, A., Abdoulaye, T.

“…The integration is more critical in Africa due to the prevalence of exclusive gender and age norms that undermine the place and role of women and youth in the food systems. The consideration of women and youth as ‘helpers’ instead of farmers aggravated inequalities in accessing and controlling over land and other resources, opportunities for income and employment, and decision-making processes. …”
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“Seeing is Believing:” Research project on smartphone camera data for agricultural risk management by Kannan, Samyuktha, Kramer, Berber, Singh, Vartika

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Household labor supply and social protection: Evidence from Pakistan’s BISP cash transfer program by Ambler, Kate, de Brauw, Alan

“…Yet many policymakers are concerned that continued receipt of such transfers may have unintended consequences, such as a reduction in labor supply when household income rises. We study this question by evaluating the impact of Pakistan’s Benazir Income Support Program(BISP), a cash transfer program targeted to poor, married women,on male and female labor supply. …”
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Measuring time use in development settings by Seymour, Greg, Malapit, Hazel J., Quisumbing, Agnes R.

“…The paper identifies a significant lack of rigorous empirical research comparing these methods in development settings, and begins to fill this gap by analyzing data from Women’s Empowerment in Agriculture Index surveys in Bangladesh and Uganda. …”
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Gender equality and social inclusion in focus: key insights from Solar Irrigation for Agricultural Resilience (SoLAR) by Agarwal, Tripti, Ravindranath, Darshini

“…The report situates its analysis within persistent structural barriers faced by rural women and marginalized communities, including limited land ownership, constrained access to finance, and exclusion from water and energy governance. …”
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Land tenure, food security, gender and urbanization in Northern Ghana by Nchanji, Eileen Bogweh, Chagomoka, Takemore, Bellwood-Howard, Imogen, Drescher, Axel, Schareika, Nikolaus, Schlesinger, Johannes

“…Urban and periurban dwellers cope with the constraints posed in the communal tenure system by using strategies such as urban–periurban-rural migrant farming and buffer zone cultivation. The role of women in providing nutritious soups is especially important, and they use various mechanisms to circumvent their lack of access to land and provide food for the household. …”
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Stunted child - overweight mother pairs: an emerging policy concern? by Garrett, James L., Ruel, Marie T.

“…Descriptive statistics were derived, and regression analysis was used to model the association between economic development, urbanization, and the prevalence of stunted children and overweight women (SCOWT). The prevalence of SCOWT is generally below 10 percent, except in four countries, of which three are in Latin America. …”
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Training and field report: Identifying and measuring the effectiveness of different combination of socio-technical innovation bundles on empowerment and resilience in Kenya by Ingasia, Oscar Ayuya, Otieno, Arnold Jong, Okutoyi, Getrude Alworah, Nchanji, Eileen Bogweh, Lutomia, Cosmas Kweyu, Waswa, Boaz Shaban, Ouya, Fredrick Ochieng

“…The study was conducted by the Harnessing Gender and Social Equality for Resilience in Agrifood Systems (HER+) initiative in collaboration with UU in the context of the UU learning sites and HER+ learning labs. …”
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Genetically modified maize: Less drudgery for her, more maize for him?: Evidence from smallholder maize farmers in South Africa by Gouse, Marnus, Sengupta, Debdatta, Zambrano, Patricia, Falck-Zepeda, José B.

“…The findings indicate that women farmers value the labor-saving benefit of HT maize alongside the stacked varieties which offer both insect control and labor saving. …”
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Multisectoral community development in Nepal has greater effects on child growth and diet than nutrition education alone by Miller, Laurie C., Neupane, Sumanta, Joshi, Neena, Lohani, Mahendra, Rogers, Beatrice L., Neupane, Shailes

“…To compare the impact on child diet and growth of a multisectoral community intervention v. nutrition education and livestock management training alone.Longitudinal community-based randomized trial involving three groups of villages assigned to receive: (i) Full Package community development activities, delivered via women’s groups; (ii) livestock training and nutrition education alone (Partial Package); or (iii) no intervention (Control). …”
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On-farm diversity and market participation are positively associated with dietary diversity of rural mothers in southern Benin, West Africa by Bellon, M.R., Ntandou-Bouzitou, Gervais D., Caracciolo, Francesco

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Scaled citizen science participatory variety selection provides socially inclusive feedback to the cassava breeding in Nigeria and opens the way to empower women and men crop users... by Teeken, Béla, Occelli, Martina, Sousa, Kaue de, Heerwaarden, Joost van, Madu, Tessy, Onwuka, Samuel, Etten, Jacob van, Nwanze-Olaosebikan, Olamide, Edughaen, Gospel, Owoade, Durodola, Agbona, Afolabi, Tufan, Hale Ann, Iluebbey, Peter, Parkes, Elizabeth Y., Kulakow, Peter A.

“…Women’s expertise is crucial to consult to identify varieties and traits that drive the efficiency and profitability of the value chain as a whole, and for women in particular. …”
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Nutrition-sensitive interventions and programmes: How can they help to accelerate progress in improving maternal and child nutrition? by Ruel, Marie T., Alderman, Harold, the Maternal and Child Nutrition Study Group

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Health and nutrition effects of commercialization of agriculture by Kennedy, Eileen T.

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