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In southern Africa the repeated cultivation of maize (Zea mays) and climate variability (especially frequent and extended droughts) have created conditions favouring parasitic weed infestation (e.g., Striga asiatica). In the past decade, Striga has reduced maize yields for smallholder farmers (cu...


Silberg, T.R.Richardson, R.B.Lopez, M.C.[Maize farmer preferences for intercropping systems to reduce Striga in Malawi]Maize farmer preferences for intercropping systems to reduce Striga in Malawi

Agricultural transformation is key to poverty reduction and food security in sub -Saharan Africa (SSA). In Rwanda, this transformation has focused on shifting subsistence – based production to market - oriented farming. Over the last one decade and a half, major emphasis has been placed on the in...


Ingabire, C.Mshenga, M.P.Langat, K.Bigler, C.Musoni, AugustineButare, L.Birachi, Eliud Abucheli[Towards commercial agriculture in Rwanda: Understanding the determinants of market participation among smallholder bean farmers]Towards commercial agriculture in Rwanda: Understanding the determinants of market participation among smallholder bean farmers
Gumucio, TatianaAlves, Marina de AlmeidaOrentlicher, NatalieHernández Ceballos, María Camila[Analysis of gender research on forest, tree and agroforestry value chains in Latin America]Analysis of gender research on forest, tree and agroforestry value chains in Latin America

It is widely recognized that women are significant actors in crop-livestock, pastoralist and fish systems. However, too little is known about agricultural development projects which deliberately work towards gender equity in livestock and fish value chains. Research insights into gender roles and...


Farnworth, Cathy R.Kantor, PaulaKruijssen, FroukjeLongley, C.Colverson, Kathleen E.[Gender integration in livestock and fisheries value chains: Emerging good practices from analysis to action]Gender integration in livestock and fisheries value chains: Emerging good practices from analysis to action

Water security has become the new buzzword for water and development programmes in the rural South. The concept has potential to focus policymakers and practitioners on the inequalities and injustices that lie behind lack of access to affordable, safe, and clean water. The concept of women’s empo...


Leder, StephanieClement, FlorianeKarki, Emma[Reframing women’s empowerment in water security programmes in western Nepal]Reframing women’s empowerment in water security programmes in western Nepal

Gender analysts have long recognised that challenging existing patriarchal structures involves risks for women, who may lose both long-term support and protection from kin. However, understanding the specific ways in which they ‘bargain with patriarchy’ in particular contexts is relatively poorly...


Kawarazuka, N.Locke, C.Seeley, J.[Women bargaining with patriarchy in coastal Kenya: Contradictions, creative agency and food provisioning.]Women bargaining with patriarchy in coastal Kenya: Contradictions, creative agency and food provisioning.

Maize is one of the most important food crops in the world and, together with rice and wheat, provides at least 30% of the food calories to more than 4.5 billion people in 94 developing countries. (Bekele Shiferawet al, 2011). It is produced across Benin and mainly women and young people are invo...


Adetonah, S.Coulibaly, O.Satoguina, H.Sangare, A.Dossavi-yovo, N.H.[Gender analysis in grain maize value chain in Northern and Central Benin]Gender analysis in grain maize value chain in Northern and Central Benin
Pouliot, M.Elias, M.[To process or not to process? Factors enabling and constraining shea butter production and income in Burkina Faso]To process or not to process? Factors enabling and constraining shea butter production and income in Burkina Faso

Vodouhe,R.Dansi, M.Avohou, H.T.Kpei, B.Azihou, F.[Plant domestication and its contributions to in situ conservation of genetic resources in Benin]Plant domestication and its contributions to in situ conservation of genetic resources in Benin

When the agricultural value chain involves profit making, it results in changes in the production and distribution relationships among men and women in terms of access to and control of markets, resources and benefits emanating from product value chain participation. This affects not only individ...


Masamha, B.Uzokwe, Veronica N.E.Ntagwabira, F.E.Gabagambi, D.Mamiro, P.[Gender influence on participation in cassava value chains in smallholder farming sectors: evidence from Kigoma region, Tanzania]Gender influence on participation in cassava value chains in smallholder farming sectors: evidence from Kigoma region, Tanzania

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