The Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) and the Global Forum on Agricultural Research (GFAR), in collaboration with the International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI), are collecting innovative and promising approaches that: (a) promote access to and uptake of technologies by both women and men small-scale farmers in developing countries (with a particular focus on women); >> Read more
Publication: Gender Implications of Biofuels Expansion in Africa: The Case of Mozambique
We use a gendered dynamic CGE model to assess the implications of biofuels expansion in a low-income, land-abundant setting. Mozambique is chosen as a representative case. We compare scenarios with different gender employment intensities in producing jatropha feedstock for biodiesel. Under all scenarios, biofuels investments accelerate GDP growth and reduce poverty. However, a stronger trade-off >> Read more
Call for Participation: Gender Mapping of Agriculture in Africa
The International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) and the International Water Management Institute (IWMI) are undertaking a gender mapping of agriculture in Africa in order to better understand how to best target small-scale water management strategies to farmers. In order to ensure our information is as accurate as possible we are inviting people who are >> Read more
Publication: Upcoming FAO Report: SOFA 2010/11 “Women in agriculture: closing the gender gap for development”.
The State of Food and Agriculture (SOFA) report 2010–11, launched on March 7th 2011, provides comprehensive data and analysis documenting and assessing the costs of the gender gap in access to land, livestock, education, financial services, extension, fertilizers, tools and employment opportunities. It presents sex-disaggregated statistics on a range of socio-economic indicators and compelling empirical >> Read more
New resources from USAID
In follow-up to the February FTF CSO Stakeholder Meeting focused on Gender Integration into Agriculture and Food Security Programs, the following multimedia event resources are now available. Links to the referenced new gender resources are listed below. Event Materials Ambassador William Garvelink (written remarks) Sharon Phillipps, USAID Africa Bureau (audio) Sylvia Cabus, USAID Bureau for >> Read more
Publication: Planting Hybrids, Keeping Landraces: Agricultural Modernization and Tradition Among Small-Scale Maize Farmers in Chiapas, Mexico
Publication year: 2011 Source: World Development, In Press, Corrected Proof, Available online 22 February 2011 Mauricio R., Bellon , Jon, Hellin This paper examines how agricultural modernization and tradition interact among small-scale commercially-oriented maize farmers by studying shifts in area and number of farmers planting hybrids and landraces. Results show substantial yield increases but reductions >> Read more
PUBLICATION: Women at the Center of Climate-friendly Approaches to Agriculture and Water Use
In a new paper, Shiney Varghese of the Institute for Agriculture and Trade Policy (IATP) examines proven agricultural practices that reduce greenhouse gas emissions and strengthen resilience to climate change through a case study of the Tamilnadu Women’s Collective in India. The collective, a federation of village-level women’s groups with over 150,000 members—the majority of >> Read more
Publication: The wealth and gender distribution of rural services in Ethiopia
Over the past several years, the Ethiopian government has committed a substantial portion of the public budget to expanding public services and infrastructure in rural areas. This paper assesses who exactly is benefiting from this public spending. To do so, this paper undertakes a public expenditure benefit incidence analysis across gender and wealth groups of >> Read more
Publication: Women at the Center of Climate-friendly Approaches to Agriculture and Water – New IATP Paper
February 8, 2011 – Extreme weather events consistent with climate change are already playing havoc with the livelihoods and food security of much of the world’s poor. This is particularly true for arid and semi-arid areas of the global south. Yet, most proposals for agriculture being discussed at the U.N. global climate talks and elsewhere >> Read more
Publication: IFPRI 2020 Brief on ‘Gender: A key dimension linking agricultural programs to improved nutrition and health’
Improving the livelihoods and well-being of the rural poor is an important aim of agricultural development, promoted through agricultural intensification and commercialization strategies. But improved agricultural productivity does not necessarily translate into improved health and nutrition, either for producers or consumers. How can standard agricultural development strategies—promoting agricultural intensification, greater linkages to markets, and high-value >> Read more
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