Context: Up to 65% of arable land in Africa is dedicated to maize production. It is a major commodity and source of food yet the constraint is drought, disease and weeds. The project is trying to make 100 varieties of maize in Africa that we are trying to make drought tolerant. Gender has become ...
Landesa, a nongovernmental organization focused on land legislation and programming among poor populations, supports government land allocation and regularization programs in India. This study is based on Nijo Griha, Nijo Bhumi (“My Home, My Land” or NGNB), a...
Santos, F.
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[Can microplots contribute to rural households’ food security? Evaluation of a gender sensitive land allocation program in West Bengal, India.]
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Can microplots contribute to rural households’ food security? Evaluation of a gender sensitive land allocation program in West Bengal, India.
The goal of CARE - Bangladesh’s Strengthening the Dairy Value Chain Project (SDVCP) is to improve the dairy-related incomes of 35,000 households in Northwest Bangladesh. To achieve its goal, SDVCP addresses the major challenges to improving smallholder participation in the value chain, namely far...
Siddiquee, N.A.
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Tanvin, K.
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[Can dairy value chain projects change gender norms in rural Bangladesh? Impacts on assets, gender norms, and time use.]
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Can dairy value chain projects change gender norms in rural Bangladesh? Impacts on assets, gender norms, and time use.
BRAC’s Challenging the Frontiers of Poverty Reduction Targeting the Ultra Poor (CFPR ¬‐ TUP) program aims to assist the ultra poor in rural Bangladesh to rise out of extreme poverty and access mainstream development programming. CFPR—TUP Phase 2 —the focus of ...
Das, N.
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Yasmi, R.
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Ara, J.
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Kamruzzaman, M.
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Davis, P.
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Quisumbing, Agnes R.
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Roy, Q.
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[How do intrahousehold dynamics change when assets are transferred to women? Evidence from BRAC’s “Targeting the Ultra Poor” program in Bangladesh]
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How do intrahousehold dynamics change when assets are transferred to women? Evidence from BRAC’s “Targeting the Ultra Poor” program in Bangladesh
Helen Keller International (HKI) carried out a two-year Enhanced-Homestead Food Production (E-HFP) pilot program (2010–2012) in Gourma Province in eastern Burkina Faso. The program’s goal was to improve women’s and children’s nutrition and health outcomes through...
Bold, M. van den
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Pedehombga, A.
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Ouédraogo, M.
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Quisumbing, Agnes R.
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Olney, D.
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[An integrated agriculture - nutrition program in Burkina Faso can change gender norms on land and asset ownership.]
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An integrated agriculture - nutrition program in Burkina Faso can change gender norms on land and asset ownership.
The CSISA project was launched in 2009 with the goal of reducing food andincome insecurity in South Asia through accelerated development and deployment of new cereal varieties, sustainable crop and resource systems management practices, and better access to informat...
Spielman, David J.
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Magnan, Nicholas
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[Gender dimensions of social networks and technology adoption: Evidence from a field experiment in Uttar Pradesh]
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Gender dimensions of social networks and technology adoption: Evidence from a field experiment in Uttar Pradesh
Initiated in 2007, the Maarifa Centres (Maarifa is the Swahili word for knowledge) are a project that aims through multimedia tools, to facilitate the exchange of ideas, experiences, and knowledge among communities to enhance learning for improved socio-economic empowerment. The project involves ...
Social survey (quantitative research) and participatory rural appraisal (PRA) (qualitative research) were carried out in a study conducted in Merek (Kermanshah Province) and Honam (Lorestan Province) in Iran. The study aims to find new ways of improving the incomes of rural households, based on t...
Gonsalves, Julian
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[A gender analysis perspective for improved livelihoods in the Karkheh River basin]
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A gender analysis perspective for improved livelihoods in the Karkheh River basin
The project ‘Reinforcing the resilience of poor rural communities in the face of food insecurity, poverty and climate change through on-farm conservation of local agrobiodiversity’ will: investigate the use of neglected and underutilized species in increasing the adaptation and resilience of prod...
The project engages farm families in participatory varietal selection (PVS) strategy to accelerate NERICA dissemination. The objective of the project is to help small-scale producers in the seven pilot countries to improve rice production and incomes through the dissemination of NERICA and other ...