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Over the years the CGIAR Research Program on Roots, Tubers and Bananas (RTB) has conducted research and developed seed systems’ interventions to promote the availability, accessibility and utilization of clean seed. As part of this work RTB has developed a seed systems framework for intervening i...


Mudege, Netsayi N.Torres, S.[Gender mainstreaming in root tuber and banana crops seed systems interventions: identification of lessons learnt and gaps.]Gender mainstreaming in root tuber and banana crops seed systems interventions: identification of lessons learnt and gaps.

There is a high degree of interest in the potential for agricultural programs to be designed and implemented to achieve health and nutrition objectives. Policymakers have often looked to the experience of civil society organizations in designing and implementing such programs, particularly in dif...


Bold, M. van denPedehombga, A.Ouédraogo, M.Quisumbing, Agnes R.Olney, S.[Can integrated agriculture - nutrition programs change gender norms on land and asset ownership? Evidence from Burkina Faso.]Can integrated agriculture - nutrition programs change gender norms on land and asset ownership? Evidence from Burkina Faso.

The Scaling Community Seed Banks and Farmer Seed Enterprises in East and Southern Africa workshop was held in Entebbe, Uganda on 2-4 October 2019, to share experiences about community seed bank management and to develop national pilot scaling proposals. The workshop was organized under the umbrel...


Adokorach, JoyceVernooy, RonnieKakeeto, Ronald[Scaling community seedbanks and farmer seed enterprises in East and Southern Africa: Workshop Highlights, 2-4 October 2019, Entebbe, Uganda]Scaling community seedbanks and farmer seed enterprises in East and Southern Africa: Workshop Highlights, 2-4 October 2019, Entebbe, Uganda

Small reservoirs are a critical coping mechanism in water-stressed rural areas in Africa, providing immense livelihood benefits that include improved food and water security, entrepreneurial activities and climate resilience. Challenges associated with the implementation of investments in small r...


Saruchera, DavisonLautze, Jonathan[Small reservoirs in Africa: a review and synthesis to strengthen future investment]Small reservoirs in Africa: a review and synthesis to strengthen future investment

Central to understanding the usefulness of climate and weather forecasts in support of agricultural decision-making is addressing the issue of who receives what information. Many contend that improved climate forecasts since the late 1990s have had limited impact on smallholder farming communitie...


Tall, ArameKristjanson, Patricia M.Chaudhury, M.McKune, SarahZougmoré, Robert B.[Who gets the information? Gender, power and equity considerations in the design of climate services for farmers]Who gets the information? Gender, power and equity considerations in the design of climate services for farmers

Using a 9-country dataset from sub-Saharan Africa, and integrating quantitative household-level analyses with qualitative work, the paper shows that gender relations affect agricultural practices and adaptation. The women farmers in our sample control less land than men, the land they control is ...


Pérez, CarlosJones, E.Kristjanson, Patricia M.Cramer, LauraThornton, Philip K.Förch, WiebkeBarahona, C.[How resilient are farming households, communities, men and women to a changing climate in Africa?]How resilient are farming households, communities, men and women to a changing climate in Africa?

Farnworth, Cathy R.Sultana, NasrinKantor, PaulaChoudhury, A.[Gender integration in aquaculture research and technology adoption processes: Lessons learned in Bangladesh]Gender integration in aquaculture research and technology adoption processes: Lessons learned in Bangladesh

Understanding the gender dimensions of community-based groundwater governance is important because men and women differ in their need for and having access to groundwater, and their participation in the development, management and monitoring of the resource. The leading role played by women in ob...


Nigussie, LikimyeleshBarron, JennieHaile, Alemseged TamiruLefore, NicoleGowing, J.[Gender dimensions of community-based groundwater governance in Ethiopia: using citizen science as an entry point]Gender dimensions of community-based groundwater governance in Ethiopia: using citizen science as an entry point

The Climate Change, Agriculture and Food Security Research Program (CCAFS) of the Consultative Group for International Agricultural Resources (CGIAR) CCAFS “seeks to overcome the threats to agriculture and food security in a changing climate, exploring new ways of helping vulnerable rural communi...


Edmunds, D.Sasser JWollenberg, Eva K.[A gender strategy for pro-poor climate change mitigation]A gender strategy for pro-poor climate change mitigation

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