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Viet Nam Alive & Thrive Baseline Survey 2010: Facility Assessment by International Food Policy Research Institute

“…Among several activities, the franchise model is a core initiative of the community model to provide quality nutrition counseling to women and families at health facilities at all levels. …”
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Preconception micronutrient supplementation with iron and folic acid compared with folic acid alone affects linear growth and fine motor development at 2 years of age: A randomized... by Nguyen, Phuong Hong, Gonzalez-Casanova, Ines, Young, Melissa F., Truong, Truong V., Hoang, Hue, Nguyen, Huong, Nguyen, Son, DiGirolamo, Ann M., Martorell, Reynaldo, Ramakrishnan, Usha

“…Methods We followed 1599 offspring born to women who participated in a randomized controlled trial of preconception supplementation in Vietnam. …”
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The need for awareness raising on the causes and treatment of mastitis in livestock among pastoralists in southern Ethiopia by Amenu, K., Grace, Delia, Szonyi, Barbara, Wieland, Barbara

“…Individual interviews were held with 40 women using a pre-tested semi-structured questionnaire guide. …”
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Labor force activities and income among young Guatemalan adults by Hoddinott, John F., Behrman, Jere R., Martorell, Reynaldo

“…Women are much more likely to be engaged in some type of income-generating activity than their mothers. …”
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Husbands’ and wives’ risk preferences and improved maize adoption in Tanzania by Magnan, Nicholas, Love, Abby M., Mishili, Fulgence J., Sheremenko, Ganna

“…Research on technology adoption typically assumes that the preferences of a single individual—the household head—determine household‐level decisions. This study uses experimentally derived prospect theory‐based risk preferences from couples in Tanzania to test whether men's and women's risk preferences, which often diverge, influence the adoption of improved maize varieties. …”
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Importance of livestock diseases identified using participatory epidemiology in the highlands of Ethiopia by Gizaw, Solomon, Desta, Hiwot, Alemu, Biruk G., Tegegne, Azage, Wieland, Barbara

“…Seasonality and agro-ecology were also factors associated with disease occurrence. The study also documents that adult men and women are more involved in activities related to disease transmission compared with other family members. …”
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Skilda vägar : rumsliga statistiska analyser av kvinnors och mäns rörelsemönster by Sevelin, Göran

Gender-smart agriculture: What, Why and How by Huyer, Sophia, Chanana, Nitya

“…This InfoNote expands on the AICCRA gender case study on women-targeted strategies to develop gender-responsive CSA and explains the broad steps and indicators to implement, monitor and measure gender-responsive CSA. …”
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FR2.1: Is Forum Theatre a Gender Transformative Tool: Experience from Bangladesh by Haque, S.M. Faridul

“…It examines the efficiency of forum theatre to enable people to identify and adopt alternatives to the existing gender-biased practices. A qualitative study was conducted in March 2022 with 30 men and 30 women in the Northwestern part of Bangladesh. …”
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Unveiling gender dynamics and disparities in the aquaculture value chain: evidence from Ogun and Delta States, Nigeria by Adam, R., Njogu, L.G., Ouko, K., Rajaratnam, S., Adeleke, L., Ogunya, L., Akuwa, E.I., Farnworth, C.R., Fregene, B.

“…This paper offers new insights into gender norms, roles, participation, relations, and benefits derived by women and men engaged in the aquaculture sector in Ogun and Delta States in Nigeria. …”
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Gender dynamics in banana seed systems and impact on banana bunchy top disease recovery in Cameroon by Nkengla-Asi, Lilian, Omondi, Aman Bonaventure, Che Simo, Vincent, Assam, Elizabeth, Ngatat, Sergine, Boonabaana, Brenda

“…Enhancing opportunities for women and men in banana production is vital for promoting gender equity in sub-Saharan Africa. …”
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Can integrated agriculture-nutrition programs change gender norms on land and asset ownership? Evidence from Burkina Faso by van den Bold, Mara, Pedehombga, Abdoulaye, Ouédraogo, Marcellin, Quisumbing, Agnes R., Olney, Deanna K.

“…Even though men continue to own and control most land and specific assets in the study area, women’s control over and ownership of assets has started to change, both in terms of quantifiable changes as well as changes in people’s perceptions and opinions about who can own and control certain assets. …”
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Påverkas människans hälsa av att äga en hund? : fysiska och psykiska aspekter by Streng Lindström, Linnea

Are animal breeding and digital technologies shifting gender norms and dynamics? The case of Tanzanian small-scale dairy farming households by Okeke, I.I.

“…Introducing dairy breeding technologies reduced women’s control over milk incomes in two ways. First, improved breeds led to women and men participating in milking, previously carried out solely by women. …”
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Kvinnors trygghet i det offentliga rummet : en undersökning av hur stadsbyggnadsförvaltningen i Uppsala kommun arbetar med kvinnors trygghet by Fjellström, Mia

Kvinnligt företagande by Blomquist, Lisa

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To defer or differ: Experimental evidence on the role of cash transfers on Nigerian couples’ decision-making by Bakhtiar, M. Mehrab, Fafchamps, Marcel, Goldstein, Markus, Leonard, Kenneth L., Papineni, Sreelakshmi

“…Our study follows a randomized controlled trial that ended a year earlier and gave large cash transfers over eighteen months to half of the women in the study. …”
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Gender-responsive nature-positive solutions for resilient agri-food systems by Kinuthia, Dickson, Wallin, Elsa, Bryan, Elizabeth, Davis, Kristin E., Oingo, Balentine

“…Accelerating the uptake of NPS requires addressing these gendered constraints to adopting these practices. This study suggests this can be accomplished by promoting solutions such as NPS gendered-training, and ensuring that women have the resources and services to support their uptake, leading to more resilient and sustainable agri-food systems.…”
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Gendered behavioral drivers in the adoption and sustained use of improved common bean varieties in Eastern Uganda by Lutomia, Cosmas Kweyu, Ayuya, Oscar Ingasia, Yila, Jummai Othniel, Bomuhangi, Allan, Nchanji, Eileen Bogweh

“…An ordered logit model was used to analyse data collected from 323 common bean men and women farmers. Results indicate that women had greater access to and sustained use of improved common bean varieties. …”
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Unveiling gender dynamics and disparities in the aquaculture value chain: evidence from Ogun and Delta States, Nigeria by Adam, Rahma, Njogu, Lucy, Ouko, Kevin, Rajaratnam, Surendran, Adeleke, Lydia, Ogunya, Lydia, Akuwa, Elizabeth, Farnworth, Cathy, Fregene, Bernadette

“…This paper offers new insights into gender norms, roles, participation, relations, and benefits derived by women and men engaged in the aquaculture sector in Ogun and Delta States in Nigeria. …”
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