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Bangladesh, Commercial Vegetable and Polyculture Fish Production 1996-1997 by International Food Policy Research Institute

“…Topics in the household survey include income, household value of consumed goods; social capital; shock history; credit given and obtained; inheritance/assets at wedding/divorce; family background; health care and birth control use; household sanitation behavior; reproductive history and mortality; nutrition knowledge; food preferences; women's autonomy and decision making. …”
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Gender and innovation for climate-smart agriculture. Assessment of gender-responsiveness of RAN's agricultural-focused innovations by Okello, Dorothy, Mayega, Roy William, Muhumuza, Christine, Amuge, Peace Oliver, Kakamagi, Edna, Amollo, Matthew, Amuka, Isaac, Kayiwa, Ronald, Bazeyo, William

“…What lessons could be learned from Women of Uganda Network (WOUGNET) in their history of engagement with women farmers to co-create a gender-responsive innovation process to strengthen resilience through the agricultural sector? …”
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Madagascar assessment by Resnick, Danielle

“…For instance, 39.8% of children under age five are stunted, and 37.8% of reproductive age women suffer from anemia (Development Initiatives 2022). …”
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Kvinnligt företagande by Blomquist, Lisa

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Integration of allotment garden in public green space for the social wellbeing of urban residents : a study of Ekebydalen allotment garden, Uppsala, Sweden by Hadgu, Semhal Mehari

“…Also, as an input to the proposal, the history of allotment gardens and the theory of sustainable wellbeing was reviewed, and local public participation was investigated. …”

Adaptation by agricultural communities to climate change through participatory and supply chain inclusive management by Shaw, Alison, Kristjanson, Patricia M.

“…Youth and women are more engaged in participatory workshops. …”
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Coffee Under Pressure by Shaw, Alison, Kristjanson, Patricia M.

“…Youth and women are more engaged in participatory workshops. …”
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Vem är det som kör egentligen? : maskinanvändande och könsroller inom lantbruket : en intervjustudie med kvinnliga lantbrukare by Andermo, Stella

“…Research makes it clear that machinery, throughout history and even today, has been seen as a male area. …”

The complex distribution of plantain cultivars (Musa sp., AAB subgroup) in the Bas-Uele province of the Democratic Republic of Congo by Losimba, J.K., Giria, J.A., Djailo, B.D., Karamura, D., Blomme, Guy, Swennen, Rony L., Langhe, E. de

“…The aim of this study was to shed light on the history of plantain cultivars through a linguistic/synonymy study in northern Democratic Republic of Congo. …”
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SP innovation ‘pires’ (pathways) in Mozambique: A historical and gendered perspective by Forsythe, Lora, Chipenembe, Maria Judite, Madroba, Gonzaga Luis, Lamboll, Richard, Mulwa, Chalmers K.

“…Throughout history, the movement of people has brought with it the movement of food crops. …”
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Protective effects of diversified diets for dietary folate adequacy and serum homocysteine in breastfeeding mothers amid historic drought by Fujita, M., Asthana, A., Wamwere-Njoroge, George J.

“…Objectives The United Nations recommends that women consume ≥5 food groups, also known as the minimum dietary diversity score for women (MDD-W), for nutritional health. …”
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Perceptions, attitudes and behaviours toward urban surface water quality in Accra, Ghana by Abraham, Ernest M., Martin, A., Cofie, Olufunke O.

“…Four separate focus group discussions (FGDs) were carried out in each community, with a mixed group of older and young adult men and women, a group of men only, a group of women only, and a group of young adults only. …”
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Climbing up the ladder and watching out for the fall: Poverty dynamics in rural Bangladesh by Ahmed, Akhter, Tauseef, Salauddin

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From bark to hartwood: gender issues in sustainable forest management by Colfer, C.J.P., Wadley, R.L., Woelfel, J., Harwell, E.

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Urbanization, food security and nutrition by Ruel, Marie T., Garrett, J., Yosef, S., Olivier, M.

“…For the first time in history, more than half of the world’s population lives in urban areas. …”
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Pakistan Panel Survey, 1986-1991 by International Food Policy Research Institute

“…Topics include household characteristics and composition; anthropometry, child health and nutrition; land ownership and tenure; agricultural production and disposition by season; household expenditures on labor, factors of production, food and other nonfood elements; male and female labor use; time allocation of household members(male and female); household asset ownership; long and short term credits; livestock and poultry ownership and income; male and female nonfarm activities and income; women's fertility history; pensions, other transfer incomes, income from trade and crafts. …”
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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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A comparison in attitudes and activity among different groups of private forest owners in Noarootsi municipality, Estonia by Zeigler, Emma

“…Naturally, only Estonians lived permanently on their properties but a greater share of the Estonian men than women lived permanently on their property. Of the survey’s all respondents, a greater proportion were men than women. …”

Securing dryland resources for multiple users by CGIAR Program on Collective Action and Property Rights

“…However, despite their history of complementary interactions, pastoralists and sedentary farmers increasingly face conflicting claims over land and other natural resources. …”
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Innovative approaches to integrating gender into conventional maize breeding : lessons from the Seed Production Technology for Africa project by Voss, Rachel C., Cairns, Jill E., Olsen, Michael, Muteti, Francisca Ndinda, Magambo, George, Hamadziripi, Esnath, Ligeyo, Dickson, Mashingaidze, Kingstone, Collinson, Sarah, Wanderi, Susan, Woyengo, Vincent

“…The integration of gender concerns in crop breeding programs aims to improve the suitability and appeal of new varieties to both women and men, in response to concerns about unequal adoption of improved seed. …”
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