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Community gender profiles help target small ruminant value chain interventions in Ethiopia
The design of research and development interventions in Ethiopia has long been hampered by a lack of gender disaggregated data. Working to overcome these data shortages, a participatory rural appraisal (PRA) exercise was ...
Mainstreaming gender in agricultural research key to development
The day-long workshop on “Gender mainstreaming for inclusive research and developmental outcomes: Concepts, approaches and lessons learned” was held on October 9 in Cairo, Egypt. Jointly organized by ICARDA, FAO and CGIAR ...
The Interview: How can we integrate gender in the research process?
We sat with Mrs. Bezaiet Dessalegn, a livelihoods and development specialist to discuss the challenges
of integrating gender in the research process in order to increase the participation and empowerment
of women in rural ...
Participatory Systems Analysis: Why invest women less in agriculture and agro-business than men
A newly tested approach to participtory systems analysis is presented, which has been used to analyse why women invest less in agriculture and agro-business than men in Eastern Africa (Tanzania, Kenya, Uganda)
Reflections on Afghanistan forage initiative event blog
The blog provides a reflection and thoughts of Afghani participants about the visit of Ministry of Agriculture, Irrigation and Livestock (MAIL) delegation and its stakeholders with the support of ICARDA to Jordan and Egypt ...
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.
Women Farmers Show the Way
The blog is based on book chapter Najjar, D. (2015). Women's Contributions to Climate Change Adaptation in Egypt's Mubarak Resettlement Scheme through Cactus Cultivation and Adjusted Irrigation. In Buechler, S. and Hanson, ...
Advancing the gender agenda in small ruminant value chains in Ethiopia
A recent gender capacity assessment study by the International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI) and the International Center for Agricultural Research in the Dry Areas (ICARDA) revealed that low or lack of gender ...
Cactus cultivation as adaptation method for women in Egypt
The blog is based on book chapter Najjar, D. (2015). Women's Contributions to Climate Change Adaptation in Egypt's Mubarak Resettlement Scheme through Cactus Cultivation and Adjusted Irrigation. In Buechler, S. and Hanson, ...
Shedding light on women's wages and working conditions in the agricultural sector in Morocco
Blog on Shedding light on women's wages and working conditions in the agricultural sector in Morocco