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Turning Point in Systems Research
Turning Point in Systems Research
Gender in Agroforestry: Implications for Action-Research
Women in sub-Saharan Africa are major contributors
to the agricultural economy, but their lower access
than men to productive resources and opportunities,
limits them from achieving optimal production. This
paper gives a ...
Women voice in marketing and management decision making in West African drylands’ households
Arinloye A.D 1., Binam J.N, Sissoko M.M., Traore P.C.S., Kalinganire A. and P. Savadogo (2016). Women voice in marketing and management decision making in West African drylands’ households. Poster presented at the CGIAR ...
Impacts of Gender Mainstreaming Interventions on Women’s and Youth’s Empowerment in Burkina-Faso
The aim of the present research is to assess the impacts of gender mainstreaming interventions on women’s and youth’s empowerment (WE) in the Dryland systems program in the north region of Burkina Faso. Through the program, ...
Gender Differentiated Preferences for a Community-Based Conservation Initiative
Community-based conservation (CBC) aims to benefit local people as well as to achieve
conservation goals, but has been criticised for taking a simplistic view of “community” and
failing to recognise differences in the ...
CRP-GLDC Annual Report 2020
The CGIAR Research Program on Grain Legumes and Dryland Cereals (CRP-GLDC) is an international consortium led by the International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics (ICRISAT) and implemented by CGIAR, and ...
ICRAF-DS Annual Report 2015
In 2015 ICRAF undertook drylands research in two transects of the West African Sahel (WAS) and the Ethiopian action site in East and Southern Africa (ESA). The research was supported through 0.7 million USD of W1/2 funding ...
Gender in decision making, access to and control over labor and extension services: A Perception survey in Niger
For decades, agricultural policies have focused on promoting rural areas where more than 80%
of the populations of Niger live. To this end, new knowledge, technologies, practices and
policies have been developed through ...
Gender Roles in Agriculture: The Case of Afghanistan
Technological interventions aiming to improve livelihoods that bring
gender equity can become successful only when the prevailing gender
roles in society and access to different livelihood opportunities are fully
understood. ...
Pastoralism and ecosystem-based adaptation in Kenyan Masailand
Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to assess the potential for pastoral communities inhabiting. Kenyan Masailand to adapt to climate change using conservancies and payments for ecosystem services. Design/methodology/approach ...