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.
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Torres, S.
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[Gender mainstreaming in root tuber and banana crops seed systems interventions: identification of lessons learnt and gaps.]
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Gender mainstreaming in root tuber and banana crops seed systems interventions: identification of lessons learnt and gaps.
A two‐day technical workshop was organized by the International Potato Center (CIP) and held in Nairobi in November 2018 to review SUSTAIN project study findings (to understand how commercialization of sweetpotato value chains affected the wellbeing of smallholder farmers) and develop recommendat...
Mudege, Netsayi N.
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Kebaara, K.
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Mukewa, E.
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[Effects of commercialization of sweetpotato on gender relations and wellbeing among smallholder farmers: Technical workshop to review study findings and develop recommendations for improved programming.]
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Effects of commercialization of sweetpotato on gender relations and wellbeing among smallholder farmers: Technical workshop to review study findings and develop recommendations for improved programming.
Using data gathered from projects implemented by the International Potato Center (CIP) and the CGIAR Research Program on Roots, Tubers and Bananas, this paper first seeks to debunk some common myths and highlights ways to engage young men and women in agriculture in ways that are beneficial to th...
Mudege, Netsayi N.
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Mbiri, D.
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Mdege, N.
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[Making the agriculture sector work for youth: A tool to promote young men and women’s engagement in growing root, tuber and banana crops.]
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Making the agriculture sector work for youth: A tool to promote young men and women’s engagement in growing root, tuber and banana crops.
Based on a qualitative study conducted in Chikwawa and Phalombe in Malawi, this paper looks at farmers perceived economic, health and social benefits of production, commercialization and consumption of orange fleshed sweet potato (OFSP). Findings demonstrate that perceived health and economic ben...
Mudege, Netsayi N.
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Mayanja, S.
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Muzhingi, T.
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[Women and men farmer perceptions of economic and health benefits of orange fleshed sweet potato (OFSP) in Phalombe and Chikwawa districts in Malawi.]
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Women and men farmer perceptions of economic and health benefits of orange fleshed sweet potato (OFSP) in Phalombe and Chikwawa districts in Malawi.
This paper adopts a feminist approach to analyse how processes of scaling up of technologies to promote adoption can reinforce or reduce gender inequalities. It focuses on sweetpotato vine multiplication in Phalombe and Chikwawa districts in Malawi, and uses data from focus group discussions and ...
Mudege, Netsayi N.
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Mwanga, R.O.M.
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Mdege, N.
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Chevo, T.
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Abidin, P.E.
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[Scaling up of sweetpotato vine multiplication technologies in Phalombe and Chikwawa districts in Malawi: A gender analysis.]
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Scaling up of sweetpotato vine multiplication technologies in Phalombe and Chikwawa districts in Malawi: A gender analysis.
Sustainable Development Goals 5 calls for addressing gender equality and women empowerment by, among other things, eliminating all forms of discrimination against women. At CIP we interpret this to mean strengthening the use of gender approaches in research and ensuring that research products are...
Mudege, Netsayi N.
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Sarapura Escobar, S.
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Polar, V.
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[Gender topics on potato research and development.]
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Gender topics on potato research and development.
Okonya, J.
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Mudege, Netsayi N.
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Rietveld, A.M.
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Nduwayezu, A.
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Kantungeko, D.
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Hakizimana, B.M.
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Nyaga, J.N.
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Blomme, Guy
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Legg, J.P.
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Kroschel, J.
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[Women and RTB crops in Rwanda and Burundi: Do men decide, and women work?]
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Women and RTB crops in Rwanda and Burundi: Do men decide, and women work?
Improving food and nutrition security through the introduction of more nutritious orangefleshed sweetpotato (OFSP) cultivars requires full understanding of the sweetpotato value chain, from seed production to root sales in local and urban markets. This study was conducted to understand how gender...
Mudege, Netsayi N.
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Temesgen, B.B.
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Brouwer, A.R.
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[Gender situational analysis of the sweetpotato value chain in selected districts in Sidama and Gedeo Zones in southern Ethiopia.]
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Gender situational analysis of the sweetpotato value chain in selected districts in Sidama and Gedeo Zones in southern Ethiopia.
Under the auspices of the CIP‐led Scaling Up Sweetpotato through Agriculture and Nutrition project (SUSTAIN), the study reported here sought to understand how the introduction and commercialization of orange-fleshed sweetpotato has affected opportunities and constraints for smallholder sweetpotat...
Mudege, Netsayi N.
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Kwikiriza, Norman
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Heck, Simon
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[Gender analysis of sweetpotato value chains: The impact of introducing orange-fleshed varieties to industrial buyers in Homa Bay and Bungoma, Kenya.]
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Gender analysis of sweetpotato value chains: The impact of introducing orange-fleshed varieties to industrial buyers in Homa Bay and Bungoma, Kenya.
Using literature review this paper seeks to discuss gender integration into design and understanding of seed system interventions in roots, tubers, and bananas (RTB) crops. It focuses mainly on offering a critique of the multi-stakeholder framework for intervening in RTB seed systems, and offerin...
Mudege, Netsayi N.
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Walsh, S.
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[Gender and Roots Tubers and Bananas Seed Systems: a literature review.]
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Gender and Roots Tubers and Bananas Seed Systems: a literature review.