Event (DC): “Engendering Agricultural Research”

IFPRI is pleased to announce a joint seminar with the World Bank and IFAD titled

"Engendering Agricultural Research” by Ruth Meinzen-Dick, Ph.D. (Senior Research Fellow, IFPRI)

Thursday, April 29^th 2010 12:00 pm – 1:30 pm

Library—4^th Floor (NOTE ROOM CHANGE) 2033 K Street, NW Washington, D.C. 20006

Abstract: In this seminar Ruth Meinzen-Dick will present on a paper written for and presented at the Global Conference on Agricultural Research for Development  in Montpelier France (March 2010).  This paper makes a case for gender equity in the agricultural R&D system. It reviews the evidence on exactly why it is important to pay attention to gender issues in agriculture and why it is necessary to recognize women’s distinct food-security roles throughout the entire value chain—for both food and nonfood crops, marketed and non-marketed commodities. The authors examine whether women are factored into the work of research institutions, and whether research institutions effectively focus on women’s needs. In short, are these institutions conducting research by and for women? The paper’s conceptual framework demonstrates the need to integrate gender into setting agricultural priorities; conducting the research itself; designing, implementing, and adopting extension services; and evaluating their impacts. It concludes with recommendations regarding how to make these suggested changes.

******************************************************************************************************************Ruth

** Brown Bag Format **

RSVP to B.Pereira@cgiar.org

Meinzen Dick joined the Environment, Protection and Technology Division of IFPRI in 1989.  She co-leads an intra divisional research program on strengthening women’s control of assets and chairs IFPRI’s Gender Task Force.  Meinzen-Dick received her Ph.D. and M.S. degrees in development sociology from Cornell University.

This seminar is part of a seminar series focused on issues of gender, agriculture and natural resource management. The series is co-sponsored by the International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI), the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD), and the World Bank.