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Improving the livelihoods of dryland farmers through the introduction of potato cropping: a proposal based on detailed SWOT analysis
FAO has identified potato as a crop for ensuring future food security for the global poor,
particularly in the developing countries. Strength of this analysis was demonstrated in
India during 2003 and 2013 in terms of ...
Women, irrigation and social norms in Egypt: “The more things change, the more they stay the same?”
This paper explores how women and men participate in irrigation activities in Egypt, drawing from a survey administered to 200 men and 202 women and qualitative information from 150 interviews. Women participated in ...
Gendered and systemic constraints and opportunities to fodder production systems in Afghanistan
Livestock plays an important role in the livelihoods of many farmers in Baghlan province.
A first reason for limited forage production and forage gap is that fodder crops compete with food crops. In addition, farmers do ...
Gender and Agricultural Extension Services in Ntcheu District of Malawi
There has been an observable shift of extension practices in developing countries across the globe; from micro level centered approach to group centered extension practices. This paper examines the influence of gender ...
Mainstreaming gender in agricultural research key to development
Agricultural researchers and developmental experts learn the why and how of gender-inclusive work at a workshop in Cairo.
Gender Tools for Value Chain Analysis: Examples from Groundnuts in Eastern Province, Zambia
The commercialisation of ICRISAT’s mandate crops may have a negative impact on gender equity if men take control of decisions and roles that were previously controlled by women. This highlights the importance of gender ...
Participatory Methodology Gender preference in dual purpose crops in Niger
Nigerien women face systematic discrimination in terms of access to land, livestock and other assets. Female represents 36% of the economically active population in Agriculture (FAOSTAT, 2013) despite the fact that most ...
Valuation of Ecosystem Services for Improving Agricultural Water Management in Kazakhstan - Project Reports
Project report_2016, RIOS modeling final report, SWAT modeling final report and 2015-7-14-Semi-annual report
A gender Analysis Perspective for Improved Livelihoods in the Karkheh River Basin
This study on gender and livelihood aims to find new ways of improving the incomes of rural households, based on the role of women in agricultural production and the division of labor in socioeconomic activities between ...
Gender & systemic research management - Lecture
A 15 minutes lecture on research management in a gender-responsive manner; suggestions are made to use a systemic approach to management and measure performance of research management by applying 5 viability criteria of ...