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Can innovations in agri-food systems deliver gender equity and resilience? por Johnstone, Kevin, Aung, May Thazin, Barrett, Sam

“…Highlighting a huge evidence gap, the study calls for stronger evaluation and learning mechanisms and greater investment in rigorous, longitudinal studies.…”
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Highlights of recent IFPRI research and partnerships in Bangladesh: Reducing poverty and hunger through food policy research por International Food Policy Research Institute

“…Working closely with the Bangladesh Ministry of Food and Disaster Management and its Food Planning and Monitoring Unit, the Ministry of Agriculture, the Bangladesh Institute of Development Studies, BRAC, CARE International, and civil society organizations, IFPRI has supported Bangladesh in its goals of improving nutrition, women’s empowerment, social protection, and coping with natural disasters. …”
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Intrahousehold allocation and gender relations: new empirical evidence from four developing countries por Quisumbing, Agnes R., Maluccio, John A.

“…Results suggest that assets controlled by women have a positive and significant effect on expenditure allocations toward the next generation, such as education and children's clothing. …”
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Training video on the integration of the leguminous Mucuna cover crop in coffee and banana systems in central Africa. por Ntamwira, Jules Bagula, Kitumaini Safari, Nancy, Blomme, Guy, Katera, Issa, Ocimati, Walter

“…The video will also be regularly updated to capture new success stories and case studies.…”
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Handbook on vitamin A tracer dilution methods to assess status and evaluate intervention programs por Haskell, Marjorie J., Ribaya-Mercado, Judy D., The Vitamin A Tracer Task Force

“…Vitamin A deficiency is a serious public health problem affecting 140 million children and 20 million pregnant women annually in many developing nations worldwide. …”
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What do we know about the future of food systems in West and Central Africa? por Enahoro, Dolapo K., Mensah, Charles, Gbegbelegbe, Sika

“…Foresight studies that account for the future can help guide the transformation of food, land, and water systems in WCA in response to climate change. …”
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From bark to hartwood: gender issues in sustainable forest management por Colfer, C.J.P., Wadley, R.L., Woelfel, J., Harwell, E.

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Rural labor supply and recall window sensitivity por Ambler, Kate, Herskowitz, Sylvan, Maredia, Mywish K.

“…The profile of households’ primary respondents, predominantly male and older, can induce meaningful biases against women and youth. The study additionally shows that recall window choice can significantly alter estimates of the relationship between labor supply and education. …”
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Human health and forests: a global overview of issues, practice and policy por Colfer, C.J.P.

“…Part I is a set of synthesis chapters, addressing policy, public health, environmental conservation, and ecological perspectives on health and forests including women and child health, medicinal plants and viral diseases such as Ebola, SARS and Nipah Encephalitis. …”
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An Evaluation of the Limitations and Opportunities for out-scaling the small-holder irrigation sector. The Case of Gwanda District, Limpopo Basin Zimbabwe. por Felistus, Muchape

“…In terms of gender distribution there are more women irrigating than males. Age distribution – more than 70% of the plot holders are above the age of 51 - This is contrary to previous studies which emphasized that small-holder irrigation creates employment since the majority of the plot holders are elderly people. …”
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Does the gender composition of forest and fishery management groups affect resource governance and conservation outcomes: A systematic map protocol por Leisher, C., Temsah, G., Booker, F., Day, M., Agarwal, B., Matthews, E., Roe, D., Russell, D., Samberg, L., Sunderland, Terry C.H., Wilkie, D.

“…In the fields of environmental governance and biodiversity conservation, there is a growing awareness that gender has an influence on resource use and management. Several studies argue that empowering women in resource governance can lead to beneficial outcomes for resource sustainability and biodiversity conservation. …”
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Gendered decision making and adaptation to climate change in Mt. Elgon Region, Eastern Uganda por Bomuhangi, Allan, Nabanoga, Gorettie, Namaalwa, Justine J., Jacobson, Michael G., Gombya-Ssembajjwe, W.

“…Seldom were decisions made individually by the wife or jointly with other household members. The study concludes that men or women may make decisions on certain coping and adaptation practices and not others implying that the kinds of coping and or adaptation practices will also determine who makes decisions.…”
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Human Preference and Fractal Dimension por Pihel, Johan

“…The mean age was 29,95 years, six of the subjects where women. The study consited of analysis of fractal dimension in images of pastoral landscapes from an earlier study and an experiment with human participants. …”
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Dietary intake, forest foods, and anemia in Southwest Cameroon por Tata, C.Y., Ickowitz, A., Powell, B., Colecraft, E.K.

“…The results of this study suggest that plant foods from the forest may make important contributions to iron intake and reduce the risk of anemia in women. …”
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Intimate partner relationships and gender norms in Mali: The scope of cash transfers targeted to men to reduce intimate partner violence por Lees, Shelley, Kyegombe, Nambusi, Diatta, Ampa Dogui, Zongrone, Amanda, Roy, Shalini, Hidrobo, Melissa

“…Whereas sexual violence was contested, some women described sexual force as violence but men and women asserted that compliance in sexual matters by women was expected. …”
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Gendered Matooke product profile in Uganda por Nowakunda, Kephas, Akankwasa, Kenneth, Khakasa, Elizabeth, Asasira, Moreen, Kisakye, Sarah, Arnaud, Elizabeth, Mukasa, Yusuf, Nuwamanya, Ephraim, Uwimana, Brigitte, Bugaud, Christophe, Dahdough, Layal, Bouniol, Alexandre, Ricci, Julien

“…This methodology includes: step 1) interdisciplinary state of knowledge of the product ; step 2) gendered food mapping, which includes participatory research with men and women in rural communities regarding their product preferences and priorities; step 3) participatory processing diagnosis and quality characteristics ; and step 4) consumer testing studies in rural and urban areas of the product using contrasted RTB varieties. …”
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To eat or not to eat – Uncovering gender normative biases in Food Environment por Shijagurumayum, Meghajit, Rietveld, Anne M., Farnworth, Cathy Rozel

“…We studied gender norms across multiple scales of the food environment as part of a larger study which examined normative constraints within food systems in relation to women’s economic resilience in a context of climate change. …”
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Få kvinnor som är chefer i en mansdominerad skogsbransch por Persson Ek, My, Sjöstedt, Linda

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Training of health workers and traditional leaders on maternal and child nutrition and optimal practices for inclusion of animal-source foods in healthy diets in Uganda por Ouma, Emily A., Ahumuza, Ronnie, Ahmed, Hardi, Omosa, Esther, Achandi, Esther, Ngalombi, Sarah, Ahumuza, Laura, Teufel, Nils, Molina, Teresa

“…An exploratory study conducted by the CGIAR’s Sustainable Animal Productivity for Livelihoods, Nutrition and Gender inclusion (SAPLING) work package 2 in March–April 2023 in Masaka, Mukono and Wakiso districts in Uganda showed nutrition knowledge gaps for both men and women livestock farmers. …”
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Community perception of ecosystem services from commercially managed forests in Bhutan por Wangchuk, J., Choden, K., Sears, R.R., Baral, H., Yoezer, D., Tamang, K.T.D., Choden, T., Wangdi, N., Dorji, S., Dukpa, D., Tshering, K., Thinley, C., Dhendup, T.

“…We held focus group discussions separately with women and men associated with five FMUs in the central belt of the country. …”
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