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Quisumbing, Agnes R.Meinzen-Dick, Ruth S.Njuki, JemimahJohnson, Nancy L.[Gender, agriculture, and assets: Learning from eight agricultural development interventions in Africa and South Asia]Gender, agriculture, and assets: Learning from eight agricultural development interventions in Africa and South Asia

This paper analyses gender differences in awareness and adoption of climate-smart agricultural (CSA) practices. It examines what factors are associated with the likelihood of adoption of a wide range of CSA practices for 376 women and 375 men in two different areas of Kenya. This information is a...


Bernier, QuinnMeinzen-Dick, Ruth S.Kristjanson, Patricia M.Haglund, EKovarik, C.Bryan, ElisabethRingler, ClaudiaSilvestri, Silvia[Gender and Institutional Aspects of Climate-Smart Agricultural Practices: Evidence from Kenya]Gender and Institutional Aspects of Climate-Smart Agricultural Practices: Evidence from Kenya

Meinzen-Dick, Ruth S.Doss, C.Flintan, Fiona E.Larson, A.M.Monterroso, I.Knight, R.[Women's tenure security on collective lands: Implications for measurement and policy]Women's tenure security on collective lands: Implications for measurement and policy

Ownership of assets is important for poverty reduction, and women’s control of assets is associated with positive development outcomes at the household and individual levels. This research was undertaken to provide guidance for agricultural development programs on how to incorporate gender and as...


Johnson, Nancy L.Kovarik, C.Meinzen-Dick, Ruth S.Njuki, JemimahQuisumbing, Agnes R.[Gender, assets, and agricultural development: Lessons from eight projects]Gender, assets, and agricultural development: Lessons from eight projects

This article explores the effects that gender composition of forest user groups has on property rights and forestry governance, based on data from 290 forest user groups in Kenya, Uganda, Bolivia, and Mexico. Findings indicate gender composition of user groups is important, but not always in the ...


Sun, Y.Mwangi, E.Meinzen-Dick, Ruth S.[Is gender an important factor influencing user groups’ property rights and forestry governance?: Empirical analysis from East Africa and Latin America]Is gender an important factor influencing user groups’ property rights and forestry governance?: Empirical analysis from East Africa and Latin America
Meinzen-Dick, Ruth S.Johnson, Nancy L.Quisumbing, Agnes R.Njuki, JemimahBehrman, Julia A.Rubin, DeborahPeterman, A.Waithanji, Elizabeth M.[The gender asset gap and its implications for agricultural and rural development]The gender asset gap and its implications for agricultural and rural development

Strengthening the abilities of smallholder farmers in developing countries, particularly women farmers, to produce for both home and the market is currently a development priority. In many contexts, ownership of assets is strongly gendered, reflecting existing gender norms and limiting women’s ab...


Quisumbing, Agnes R.Rubin, DeborahManfre, C.Waithanji, Elizabeth M.Bold, M. van denOlney, D.Johnson, Nancy L.Meinzen-Dick, Ruth S.[Gender, assets, and market-oriented agriculture: learning from high-value crop and livestock projects in Africa and Asia]Gender, assets, and market-oriented agriculture: learning from high-value crop and livestock projects in Africa and Asia

Healthy soils play a critical role in supporting agricultural productivity, climate change mitigation and resilience, and a range of ecosystem services. Degraded and poorly responsive soils cover large areas of Africa and represent the majority of poor farmers’ fields in certain regions. While th...


Zhang, WeiWalker, DominicHernandez, Carlos CalvoElias, MarlèneMeinzen-Dick, Ruth S.Nkonya, Ephraim M.[Gendered opportunities for improving soil health: A conceptual framework to help set the research agenda]Gendered opportunities for improving soil health: A conceptual framework to help set the research agenda

Agricultural development efforts that do not address persistent gender gaps miss opportunities for greater impact. This synthesis reflects on key findings from integrated quantitative and qualitative analyses at the nexus of gender, agricultural development, and climate change. Linked farm househ...


Kristjanson, Patricia M.Bryan, ElisabethBernier, QuinnTwyman, JenniferMeinzen-Dick, Ruth S.Kieran, CaitlinRingler, ClaudiaJost, ChristineDoss, Cheryl[Addressing gender in agricultural research for development in the face of a changing climate: where are we and where should we be going?]Addressing gender in agricultural research for development in the face of a changing climate: where are we and where should we be going?

Research has shown that women, when given the capital and opportunity, make unique, positive contributions to development outcomes ranging from agricultural productivity to poverty reduction. It comes as little surprise, then, that agricultural research, development, and extension systems are gen...


Meinzen-Dick, Ruth S.Quisumbing, Agnes R.Behrman, Julia A.Biermayr Jenzano, PatriciaWilde, VickiNoordeloos, MarcoRagasa, CatherineBeintema, Neinke M.[Engendering agricultural research, development, and extension]Engendering agricultural research, development, and extension

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