Search Results - Women's studies.

Payment for ecosystem services pilot project in Lake Naivasha, Kenya: equitable payment for watershed services scheme in Naivasha by Shaw, Alison, Kristjanson, Patricia M.

“…Context: The need to reduce sediment load in rivers is linked with livelihood improvements in the upper catchment of Navaisha Lake. Hydrological studies are carried out to determine most seriously degraded areas with highest amount of silt load. …”
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Food systems and building back better by Ebata, Ayako, Nisbett, Nicholas, Gillespie, Stuart

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A scoping review of the contributions of farmers’ organizations to smallholder agriculture by Bizikova, Livia, Nkonya, Ephraim M., Minah, Margitta, Hanisch, Markus, Turaga, Rama Mohana Rao

“…Farmers’ organizations (FOs), such as associations, cooperatives, self-help and women’s groups, are common in developing countries and provide services that are widely viewed as contributing to income and productivity for small-scale producers. …”
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Is poverty or wealth driving HIV transmission? by Gillespie, Stuart, Kadiyala, Suneetha, Greener, Robert

“…This brief highlights the key findings of a review of studies that sought to address this question. In most countries, relatively rich and better educated men and women have higher rates of partner change because they have greater personal autonomy and spatial mobility. …”
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What enables agricultural diversification in the Eastern Gangetic Plains? Learning from past success by Jannat, Arifa, Kishore, Avinash, Jackson, Tamara, Rahman, M. Wakilur, Haque, Md. Mojammel, Rashid, Md. Mamunur, Chowdhury, Tapan, Das, Kalyan Kanti, Joshi, Indu Raj

“…Technical advances (improved crop varieties, seeds, and techniques) and institutional involvement (new market arrangements) have resulted in increased incomes, diverse livelihoods, women's empowerment, and new market opportunities. …”
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Developing nutrition-sensitive value chains in Indonesia by Chakrabarti, S., Peña, I. de la, Garrett, J.

“…With funding from the German and Canadian governments, IFAD recently carried out a set of studies to determine how to design nutrition-sensitive value chain (NSVC) projects for smallholders. …”
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Kvinnor och entreprenörskap : vad behöver förändras i samhället för att fler kvinnor ska driva företag? by Jonsson, Emelie, Roos, Annie

The role of food systems in improving maternal and child nutrition in challenging African low-income settings by Domínguez Salas, Paula, Alarcón, Pablo, Häsler, Barbara, Grace, Delia, Alonso, Silvia, Ferguson, E., Cornelsen, L., Fèvre, Eric M., Rushton, Jonathan

“…Linear programing analysis indicated that food-based interventions could ensure women’s dietary adequacy for women, for all of these nutrients except iron, as long as intakes of milk and other ASF could be increased from median intakes. …”
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Finns det ej någon tjej till mig? : kontaktannonser i tidningen Land 1979-2019 by Hedelin, Matilda

Human and animal health in nomadic pastoralist communities of Chad: Zoonosis, morbidity and health services by Schelling, E.

“…A physician clinically examined 1160 women, men and children and completed a survey questionnaire. …”
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Potential collusion and trust: Evidence from a field experiment in Vietnam by Torero, Máximo, Viceisza, Angelino

“…Our findings corroborate well with existing studies on gender differences in decision making, which suggest that women's social preferences are more context-specific than men's.…”
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Ethiopian food-based dietary guidelines: development, evaluation, and adherence monitoring by Bekele, Tesfaye Hailu

“…Most women did not consume fruits, nuts, or animal-sourced foods. …”
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Research priorities: Strengthening Gender Intentionality and Accelerating Broad, Equitable Impacts of Genetic Innovations by Ragasa, Catherine, Tenneti, Suchaita, Bomuhangi, Allan, Mulwa, Chalmers, Najjar, Dina, Pazos, Mateo, Polar, Vivian, Teeken, Bela, Yila, Jummai

“…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). …”
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POSHAN’s abstract digest on maternal and child nutrition research - Issue 47 by Avula, Rasmi

“…Among the two articles covering IYCF practices, one assesses food group consumption patterns among children in 59 countries and the other investigates the association between IYCF practices and nutrition indicators. Other interesting studies in this issue include two articles based on learnings from interventions through women’s self-help groups, an assessment of anthropometric data quality in India’s National Family Health Survey, another on implementation characteristics of father-inclusive interventions in low- and middle-income countries, and one on the perceptions, risk factors, and behaviors of overweight adults.…”
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Malawi stories of change in nutrition: Overview by Harris, Jody, Chalemera, Jacqueline, Nowa, Mphatso, Saha, Devanik, Mhango, Brian, Lupafaya, Phindile, Museka Saidi, Tendai, Northcote, Callum, Bhaiji, Rashida, Roschnik, Natalie

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Review: The potential of the common bean (Phaseolus vulgaris) as a vehicle for iron biofortification by Petry, Nicolai, Boy, Erick, Wirth, James, Hurrell, Richard F.

“…Short-term human isotope studies indicate that iron absorption from beans is low, PA is the major inhibitor, and bean PP play a minor role. …”
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Arbetsmiljö i stora mjölkkobesättningar by Bratt, Jenny, Eriksson, William

“…At the same time they had milked fewer years then the employed men and the dairy producers. The study showed that 86% of the women and 78% of the men have had pain in the musculoskeletal system during the last 12 months. …”
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Q-feber – en yrkesrisk för veterinärer? by Holmberg, Johanna

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Gender in agriculture and food systems: An Evidence Gap Map by Leveraging Evidence for Access and Development

“…The 2007-2008 global food-price crisis disproportionately affected women, particularly smallholder women farmers (Sexsmith et al. 2017).1 The subsequent responses by governments, multilateral agencies and other institutions over the last decade do not seem to have had the intended effect of addressing underlying power imbalances in agriculture and food systems (Botreau and Cohen 2020).2 CGIAR has been at the forefront of a mission to change the status-quo through impactful gender research. …”
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Pathways from livestock to improved human nutrition: lessons learned in East Africa by Flax, V.L., Ouma, Emily A., Baltenweck, Isabelle, Omosa, Esther B., Girard, A.W., Jensen, Nathaniel D., Dominguez-Salas, Paula

“…Eight Livestock CRP projects were reviewed, including five integrated livestock and human nutrition projects, two studies on drivers of food choice, and one study to develop and test a tool to measure nutrition outcomes among pastoralists. …”
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