On Wednesday, October 15, the CGIAR Research Program on Climate Change, Agriculture, and Food Security (CCAFS) and the World Agroforestry Center (ICRAF) will organize a special event launching the Gender & Inclusion Toolbox: Participatory Research in Climate Change & Agriculture. The Gender and Inclusion Toolbox is a participatory methodology guide on how to create socially >> Read more
New updates to GAAP toolkit for collecting gender and asset data
The Gender, Agriculture, and Assets Project (GAAP) Gender & Assets toolkit, originally created in February 2012, has been updated to include case studies from each of the portfolio projects, a new section on key "lessons learned", and links to the tools used in each project. The new version of the toolkit can be found here. >> Read more
New Blogpost: The Mighty Shea: How women and men sculpt landscapes – and why this matters for restoration
Marlène Elias, Gender Specialist, Bioversity International & CGIAR Research Program on Forests, Trees and Agroforestry, shares a case study in Burkina Faso on gender and landscape restoration with IUCN. She writes: The shea tree is a prime example of how considerations of gender may be vitally important for the success of landscape restoration efforts. Gendered experiences and expertise shape the >> Read more
Training Opportunity: Designing for Behavior Change in Agriculture and Gender
The TOPS (Technical and Operational Performance Support) program is hosting a five-day Designing for Behavior Change in Agriculture and Gender training in Washington, D.C., November 3-7. The Designing for Behavior Change (DBC) framework helps practitioners to identify behavioral determinants and create a behavior change strategy in their programs. This training will equip participants to utilize the entire >> Read more
New blogpost: Women’s landownership: Why we need to set the record straight
New blogpost by Cheryl Doss (Senior Lecturer in African Studies and Economics at Yale University and Leader of cross-cutting gender research, CGIAR Research Program on Policies, Institutions and Markets – PIM) and Caitlin Kieran (Senior Research Assistant on Gender, PIM) as part of the CGIAR Talking Science blog competition: Women’s landownership: Why we need to set the >> Read more
New CCAFS Working Paper reveals gender gap in adaptation capacity to climate change in Africa
The CGIAR Research Program on Climate Change, Agriculture, and Food Security (CCAFS) has published a new working paper, How resilient are farming households, communities, men and women to a changing climate in Africa? (PDF), that highlights the gender gap in ownership of productive land and access to agricultural support services in Sub-Saharan Africa-- both of which are critical >> Read more
New article from Melinda Gates: “Putting women and girls at the center of development”
The development field needs to be more serious about gender inequities and women’s empowerment. By ignoring gender inequities, many development projects fail to achieve their objective. And when development organizations do not focus on women’s empowerment, they neglect the fact that empowered women have the potential to transform their societies. I also review the Gates >> Read more
Call for Proposals: Horticulture Innovation Lab
The Horticulture Innovation Lab invites researchers at US public universities, along with their colleagues in developing countries, to submit proposals for five year projects that address one of the following three topics: Horticulture and Nutrition Postharvest Practices in Horticulture Gender, Social Equity, and Horticulture Each project will be funded from January 1, 2015 to August 31, >> Read more
IFPRI Gender Methods Seminars Now Online
Since June of 2013, the IFPRI Gender Task Force has been hosting Gender Methods Seminars for IFPRI staff. These seminars rose out of a need, identified by IFPRI researchers, for guidance from top researchers in the field (both from IFPRI and from other organizations) on key gender methods to incorporate in research. The seminars are >> Read more
Two new videos on gender and agriculture
The following is a new video from Danielle Nierenberg, Food Tank, and the Global Forum on Agricultural Research (GFAR) entitled "Funding Female Farmers for a Less Hungry World". [youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qTlvri4RIg8] The following is a training video targeting community forestry practitioners, entitled "A Fair Climate: Gender Equity in REDD+", hosted on the website of The Center >> Read more
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