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POSHAN’s abstract digest on maternal and child nutrition research - Issue 39 por Avula, Rasmi

“…Issue 39 features a series of studies that look into the trends and variability in inequality linked with child mortality, stunting, and the double burden of malnutrition. …”
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Transform Nutrition West Africa: Looking back to move forward por Verstraeten, Roosmarijn

“…When the project was initiated in 2017, the region had made only limited and uneven progress in reducing high levels of malnutrition: wasting and stunting were prevalent among children and half of the women of reproductive age were anemic, even as maternal overweight and obesity were becoming increasingly common. …”
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The gender implications of large-scale land deals por Behrman, Julia A., Meinzen-Dick, Ruth S., Quisumbing, Agnes R.

“…It addresses the current information gap on the differential gender effects of large-scale land deals through (1) an overview of the phases of large-scale land deals and discussion of related effects on rural men and women based on new literature on large-scale land deals and past literature on the gender effects of commercialization and contract farming; (2) a presentation of further evidence using several recent case studies on the gender effects of large-scale deals; (3) an identification of knowledge gaps and areas where further research is needed; and (4) a recap of promising initiatives, followed by recommendations and conclusions.…”
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The challenges and pathways to mainstreaming gender in Nigerian’s water sector governance por Appiah, Sarah, Osei-Amponsah, Charity, Sanchez Ramirez, Juan Carlos, Andam, Kwaw S.

“…Water scarcity in Nigeria exacerbated by population growth and climate change disproportionately affects women, girls, and other marginalized groups. This underscores the need for gender-responsive water governance. …”
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Transfers, nutrition programming, and economic well-being: Experimental evidence from Bangladesh por Ahmed, Akhter, Hoddinott, John F., Roy, Shalini, Sraboni, Esha

“…Suggestive evidence indicates that the effects of TMRI’s BCC are plausibly due to the intensive group-based format, which increased social capital for participant women and their household members, as well as improved participant women’s agency and self-confidence, knowledge, and input into household decisions. …”
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Barriers and enablers of crop varietal replacement and adoption among smallholder farmers as influenced by gender: the case of sweetpotato in Katakwi district, Uganda por Bayiyana, I., Okello, J.J., Mayanja, S., Nakitto, M., Namazzi, S., Osaru, F., Ojwang, S.O., Shikuku, Kelvin Mashisia, Lagerkvist, Carl Johan

“…For women, the most important source of planting materials doubled as their most important source of information. …”
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Social impact of soybean in Nigerias southern Guinea savanna por Sanginga, P., Adesina, A.A., Manyong, Victor M., Otite, O., Dashiell, Kenton E.

“…Most impact studies of agricultural technologies use economic models, with little direct attention being paid to the actual impact on the lives of resource-poor farmers. …”
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Gender disparities in the downstream nodes of the rice value chain in Eastern Uganda: Roles, labour, time allocation, and empowerment por Oloo, Augustine

“…Engagement in milled rice trading was found to significantly lower the empowerment scores of women. The study recommends efforts to increase women’s visibility in post-production nodes of agricultural value chains. …”
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FR2.1: Improving agricultural value chain coordination and gender inclusiveness in Papua New Guinea por Kosec, Katrina, Schmidt, Emily, Carrillo, Lucia, Peixun Fang, Ivekolia, Mark, Ovah, Raywin

“…In this study, we analyzed three key value chains in Papua New Guinea—poultry, sweet potato, and fresh vegetables—aiming to draw out information on women's involvement in various nodes within each value chain, as well as the barriers women typically face to benefiting fully from participation at various nodes. …”
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Skogliga studenters syn på yrkesrollen virkesköpare – en jämförelse mellan kvinnor och män por Hermansson, Moa, Sundström, Anna

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Gender, wealth, and participation in community groups in Meru Central District, Kenya por Davis, Kristin E., Negash, Martha

“…This study shows that because men and women traditionally participate in different types of groups and receive agricultural information from different sources, development agencies must target different types of groups and institutions to reach men, women, or poor farmers. …”
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Integrating improved goat breeds with new varieties of sweet potatoes and cassava in the agro-pastoral systems of Tanzania: A gendered analysis por Saghir, P., Njuki, Jemimah, Waithanji, Elizabeth M., Kariuki, Juliet B., Sikira, A.

“…The study concluded that there are gender differences on perceived potential of integrating root crops and dairy goat production, as prevailing tradition may limit women’s participation. …”
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Contribution des femmes a ladoption des varietes de mais tolerantes a la secheresse au Nord Benin por Baco, M.N., Affoukouk, T., Moumouni, I., Yallou, C., Abdoulaye, Tahirou

“…These results showed the importance of women in appropriate technology choosing and the necessity to take into account their preference in the designing of new varieties.This study presents the results of a process of a participatory varietal selection of drought tolerate maize in districts of Kandi, Banikoara and Malanville. …”
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Exploring the gender dynamics in artisanal production of pearl millet and sorghum in Mali por Sylla, Almamy, Yila, Jummai Othniel, Ravula, Padmaja

“…The main research question of the study is to find out how can women’s involvement in agri-foods improve their economic empowerment and combat malnutrition and famine in fragile Mali. …”
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Gender and access to cowpea innovations in West Africa: a review of some critical issues por Adetonah, S., Nouhoheflin, S.T., Aitchedji, C.

“…The study uses a sample of 549 producers including women across Mali, Niger, and Nigeria in West Africa. …”
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Collective agency: A case of common-bean smallholder farmers in Uganda por Lutomia, Cosmas Kweyu, Nchanji, Eileen, Nanyonjo, Grace, Mugagga, Isaac

“…However, systematic differences in outcomes between men and women persist. This study analyzed the role of women’s and men’s agricultural groups operating within the Mastercard Farmer Network (MFN) and non-MFN operators in influencing voice and agency among men and women farmers in 13 districts of Uganda. …”
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Gender Food Mapping for Boiled Sweetpotato in Mozambique. RTB Technical Report por Mayanja, S., Tinyiro, E.S., Kisakye, S., Anena, B., Asasira, M., Abdul, N., Mulwa, C.K., Kawarazuka, Nozomi, Andrade, M.I.

“…This has been attributed to the fact that such varieties rarely meet the gendered preferences of the end users in terms of preferred traits and characteristics. This study sought to identify key preferred traits and characteristics by women and men farmers in Manhica and Marracuenne districts, Mozambique. …”
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Rådgivning angående profylaktisk kastrering av den friska tiken por Brokvist, Katarina

“…Estrogen has a preserving effect on bone mass and osteoporosis is a major problem for women in menopause. The cessation of gonadal hormone production causes a loss of bone mass in dogs as well, but not to the extent that it shows clinical significance. …”

Kartläggning av påverkande faktorer och förslag på åtgärder för att öka antalet kvinnor på Slottegymnasiets skogliga NB-program por Mångs, Sebastian, Söderlund, Erik

“…The study started with preparatory interviews of working women with in the forestry sector and then moved on to a large-scale survey of eight grade students with in the county of Gävleborg and Härjedalen commune. …”

Analysis of Informal Microfinance Institutions Structures in Relation to Performance in Tharaka South Subcounty, Kenya por Kaua, C.G., Thenya, T., Mutune, J.M.

“…Moreover, the study deduced that informal microfinance is a key policy strategy for poverty alleviation, financial inclusion, gender equity and resilience building since participants mainly include women and other vulnerable groups.…”
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