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Gendered aspirations and occupations among rural youth, in agriculture and beyond: A cross-regional perspective
Based on 25 case studies from the global comparative study ‘GENNOVATE: Enabling gender equality in agricultural and environmental innovation’, this paper explores rural young women’s and men’s occupational aspirations and ...
Qualitative, comparative, and collaborative research at large scale: The GENNOVATE field methodology
We present a field-tested “medium-n” qualitative comparative methodology, which
enhances understanding of the strong and fluid influence of gender norms on processes of
local agricultural innovation in the Global South. ...
CGIAR modeling approaches for resource-constrained scenarios: II. Models for analyzing socioeconomic factors to improve policy recommendations
International crop‐related research as conducted by the CGIAR uses crop modeling for a variety of purposes. By linking crop models with economic models and approaches, crop model outputs can be effectively used as inputs ...
CGIAR modeling approaches for resource‐constrained scenarios: I. Accelerating crop breeding for a changing climate
Crop improvement efforts aiming at increasing crop production (quantity, quality) and adapting to climate change have been subject of active research over the past years. But, the question remains ‘to what extent can ...
Community typology framed by normative climate for agricultural innovation, empowerment, and poverty reduction
This paper employs the concepts of gender norms and agency to advance understanding of
inclusive agricultural innovation processes and their contributions to empowerment and poverty
reduction at the village level. We present ...
Mobilizing Crop Biodiversity
Over the past 70 years, the world has witnessed extraordinary growth in crop productivity, enabled by a suite of technological advances, including higher yielding crop varieties, improved farm management, synthetic ...
Qualitative, comparative, and collaborative research at large scale: An introduction to GENNOVATE
What is the relationship between gender norms, agency, and agricultural innovation? How might
we undertake and what can we learn from a comparative approach to this question?
GENNOVATE—a comparative and collaborative ...
Moving Beyond Reaching Women in Seed Systems Development
Seed is critical to food security as the first link in the food value chain and can be a powerful agent of change. Similarly, women’s empowerment and gender equality are key to food and nutrition security. The interplay ...