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Mixed-methods gender analysis country report, Ghana: Building equitable climate resilient African bean and insect sectors by Acheampong, Patricia, Yeboah, Stephen, Fening, Kennedy Okwae, Asibuo, James, Lutomia, Cosmas, Ouya, Frederick, Ketema, Dessalegn, Nchanji, Eileen

“…This study examines the challenges and opportunities faced by men, women and youth farmers in Ghana’s bean/ cowpea, fruit tree, and insect value chains, focusing on their access to resources, training needs, and market engagement. …”
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Gender mainstreaming in local potato seed system in Georgia by Girard, I.

“…It also incorporates information from the results of gender training conducted within the framework of the USAID Potato Program in Georgia. The study had three major aims: 1) to understand the gender-related opportunities and constraints impacting the participation of men and women in potato seed systems in Georgia; 2) to test the multistakeholder framework for intervening in root, tuber, and banana (RTB) seed systems as a means to understand the systems themselves and the possibilities of improving gender-related interventions in the potato seed system; and 3) to develop farmers’ leadership skills to facilitate women’s active involvement in project activities. …”
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Bridging norms and resources: Enhancing gender equality and adaptive capacities in Bangladesh's climate-stricken agrifood systems by Akhter, Sadika, Lecoutere, Els, Kihoro, E., Kamruzzaman, M., Dey, Durjoy

“…Our study findings confirm some of the hypotheses, indicating that challenging structural barriers to gender inequality associated with discriminatory norms and attitudes, and challenging unequal access to resources and extension services can support women’s empowerment in climate-affected AFS. …”
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A qualitative assessment of gender and irrigation technology in Kenya and Tanzania by Njuki, Jemimah, Waithanji, Elizabeth M., Sakwa, B., Kariuki, Juliet B., Mukewa, E., Ngige, J.

“…The study recommends further research to find out whether market-based approaches on their own can guarantee women access to and ownership of technologies, and the specific measures that need to be taken by businesses to achieve the goal of reaching and benefiting women.…”
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Gender-differentiated farmers' perception of climate risk and its impact, access to climate information, and adaptation strategies in Senegal by Kumar, Shalander, Pramanik, Soumitra, Yessoufou, Adjani Nourou-Dine, Gondwe, Therese, Worou, Nadine, Whitbread, Anthony M.

“…The climate related literacy among the women respondents in the study regions was found that more than 80% of both women and men were aware of climate change. …”
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Agricultural extension in Ethiopia through a gender and governance lens by Mogues, Tewodaj, Cohen, Marc J., Birner, Regina, Lemma, Mamusha, Randriamamonjy, Josee, Tadesse, Fanaye, Paulos, Zelekawork

“…This suggests the need to revisit or refine the Citizen Report Card method of eliciting satisfaction with services in this type of empirical context. Women's groups (e.g. the women's associations at the kebele level in rural areas) may be a promising approach to reach women with extension services; in some of the study sites, they were able to successfully link extension agents with women farmers and circumvent the socially sensitive issue of (male) extension agents providing advice to women one-on-one. …”
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On the coattails of globalization: migration, migrants and COVID-19 in Asia by Suhardiman, Diana, Rigg, J., Bandur, M., Marschke, Melissa J., Miller, M. A., Pheuangsavanh, N., Sayatham, M., Taylor, D.

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Community participation in forest and water management planning in Kenya: challenges and opportunities by Ombogoh, D.B., Mwamgi, E., Larson, A.M.

“…A practical way forward is to improve current processes, by ensuring local participation and generating local ownership through improved facilitation and engagement of community members, including women. This includes the integration of community participants from both spheres into both forest and water management planning.…”
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Intergenerational nutrition benefits of India’s national school feeding program by Chakrabarti, Suman, Scott, Samuel P., Alderman, Harold, Menon, Purnima, Gilligan, Daniel O.

“…Associations were stronger in low socioeconomic strata and likely work through women’s education, fertility, and health service utilization. …”
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Natural disasters and population mobility in Bangladesh by Gray, Clark L., Mueller, Valerie

“…The results indicate that flooding has modest effects on mobility that are most visible at moderate intensities and for women and the poor. However, crop failures unrelated to flooding have strong effects on mobility in which households that are not directly affected but live in severely affected areas are the most likely to move. …”
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Intrahousehold allocation and gender relations: new empirical evidence from four developing countries by 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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Gender equality and investments in adolescents in the rural Philippines by Bouis, Howarth E., Palabrica-Costello, Marilou, Solon, Orville, Westbrook, M. Daniel, Limbo, Azucena B.

“…...Many studies have looked at the way resources are distributed to men, women, and especially to small children, but one age group within the family has been largely ignored: the adolescents. …”
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Improved forage grasses: Bringing their integration into humid- to sub-humid livestock production systems to scale by Sibiko, Kenneth W, Odhiambo, Ruth, Muthomi, Fredrick, Kipkosgei, Solomon, Mwema, Emmanuel, Hansen, Andreas, Mwendia, Solomon, Notenbaert, An

“…It was a 2-day physical meeting with 26 participants from CIAT, KALRO, Ripple Effect, Advantage Crops Ltd, the Department of Livestock (Kakamega), dairy cooperatives, forage business groups/CBOs, extension trainers, and men, women and youth farmers from Meru, Uasin-Gishu, Kakamega, Bungoma, Busia and Siaya counties of Kenya. …”
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STELARR Volume I—Global opportunities for rangelands restoration through livestock value chains by Baker, Derek

“…This report is part of the project Sustainable Investments for Large-Scale Rangelands Restoration (STELARR), whose general objective is to reverse the degradation of rangelands globally through sustainable livestock value chains, reduce poverty and ensure livelihoods with inclusive benefits for women and youth. It is accompanied by three regional studies undertaken in Latin America, Africa, and Middle East and Central Asia. …”
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Devolution as a threat to democratic-decision making in forestry?: findings from three states in India by Sarin, M., Singh, N.M., Sundar, N., Boghal, R.K.

“…This paper is based on research studies undertaken in three states, Orissa, Madya Pradesh and Uttarakhan region of Uttar Pradesh. …”
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Review of dairy marketing and processing in a semi-arid pastoral system in Ethiopia by Coppock, D. Layne, Holden, S.J., Assefa, M.

“…Studies were conducted among pastoralists on the Borana Plateau in 1986-89. …”
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Review of CCAFS Capacity Enhancement activities by Climate Futures

“…Reported activities in 2011, 2012 and 2013 include CE outputs, and some reported outcomes and case studies also include CE. CCAFS is scheduled for an external evaluation in 2015 by CGIAR’s Independent Evaluation Arrangement (IEA). …”
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Organizational implications for mainstreaming participatory research and gender analysis by Gurung, Barun

“…T he effectiveness of Participatory Research and Gender Analysis (PR&GA) approaches is critically constrained by an organizational structure based on a supply-driven system of innovation. Results of several studies conducted by the Program with the Consultative Group on International Agricultural Research (CGIAR) centers demonstrates three separate but inter-related constraints: 1) Fragmented investment in and application of PR&GA approaches across the CGIAR system leads to repeated testing of proven approaches and as a result of which international agricultural research centers (IARCs) do not evolve beyond a researcher-led type of participation. 2) In a researcher-driven participatory research process, the likelihood of technologies matching farmers’ priorities is small because end-users, such as women, tend to be brought into the participatory research process at a relatively late stage, to evaluate technologies that have already been developed and are ready for dissemination. 3) Even in those cases where innovations have resulted from farmers’ feedback, it is unlikely that such learning and change can be sustained beyond the life of the project. …”
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Formative research in Ethiopia and Bangladesh: Strengthening household survey measures of maternal micronutrient supplementation in low- and middle-income countries by Walton, Shelley, Wood, Ellina, Berhane, Hanna Y., Workneh, Firehiwot, Ferdaweke, Fiker, Billah, Sk Masum, Lotus, Sharif Uddin, Munos, Melinda, Kim, Sunny S., Manohar, Swetha, Nguyen, Phuong Hong, Azeem, Syed Shehryar, Heidkamp, Rebecca

“…In Phase III, we iteratively tested and refined the draft tools through cognitive interviews with women. Results The total number of study participants, including CPW, RDW, healthcare workers, and retailers, was 73 in Ethiopia and 132 in Bangladesh. …”
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Pembagian peran gender dan dampak kegiatan rehabilitasi: penelitian aspek gender dan tipologi masyarakat dalam kegiatan rehabilitasi hutan di PHBM Sukabumi by Hiyama, C., Widiarti, A., Indarti

“…This study focused on the aspect of gender and diversity, it was found that both men and women were involved in almost all stages of rehabilitation activities. …”
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