In this info-note, we explain the body mass index calculations (BMI) for adults in agricultural Guatemalan households, as well as the implementation of indicators to assess the nutritional status of children under 5 years (height for age, weight for age and weight for height). This work is part o...
Consenza, Emma
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Talsma, Elise F.
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Arora, Diksha
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Twyman, Jennifer
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Useche, Pilar
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González, Carolina
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Lopera, Diana Carolina
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Muriel, Juliana
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[Nutritional status of adults and children under 5 years of age in two areas of Guatemala Project results for “His and Hers, time and income: how intra-household dynamics impact nutrition in agricultural households”.]
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Nutritional status of adults and children under 5 years of age in two areas of Guatemala Project results for “His and Hers, time and income: how intra-household dynamics impact nutrition in agricultural households”.
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.
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Locke, C.
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Seeley, J.
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[Women bargaining with patriarchy in coastal Kenya: Contradictions, creative agency and food provisioning.]
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Women bargaining with patriarchy in coastal Kenya: Contradictions, creative agency and food provisioning.
Interest in understanding the inequalities between rural men and women, and in particular, the obstacles and limitations that women face in order to have greater inclusion in the agricultural sector, has generated the need to construct empowerment indicators which enable analysts to identify acti...
Muriel, Juliana
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Twyman, Jennifer
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Useche, Pilar
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Lopera, Diana Carolina
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González, Carolina
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Talsma, Elise F.
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[The Abbreviated Women’s Empowerment in Agriculture Index (A-WEIA). Project results for “His and Hers, time and income: How intra-household dynamics impact nutrition in agricultural households”.]
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The Abbreviated Women’s Empowerment in Agriculture Index (A-WEIA). Project results for “His and Hers, time and income: How intra-household dynamics impact nutrition in agricultural households”.
In 1995, the CGIAR Gender Analysis Program published the first inventory of gender-related research, training, and information dissemination activities. This second inventory takes us from 1996 to 1998.
Feldstein, H
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[An inventory of gender-related research and training in the Consultative Group on International Agricultural Research (CGIAR) Centers]
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An inventory of gender-related research and training in the Consultative Group on International Agricultural Research (CGIAR) Centers
In recent years, there has been increasing interest in farmer research groups (FRG) to catalyse farmer
participation in research, and to widen the impact of participatory research. However, there is dearth of
systematic empirical studies that evaluates the quality of participation in FRG. Using e...
Sanginga, Pascal C.
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Lilja, Nina
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Tumwine, Jackson K.
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[Assessing the quality of participation in farmers' research groups in the Highlands of Kabale, Uganda]
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Assessing the quality of participation in farmers' research groups in the Highlands of Kabale, Uganda
This paper explores how and to what extent women and men have benefited from the social capital build-up
(referred to as the ability of men and women farmers to develop and use various kinds of social networks
and the resources that become available thereof) in technology uptake, and the role of ...
Bantilan, Cynthia
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Ravula, Padmaja
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[Empowerment through technology uptake: gender dimensions in social capital build-up]
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Empowerment through technology uptake: gender dimensions in social capital build-up
International Livestock Research Institute
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[Gender-equitable livestock options for better lives of men and women]
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Gender-equitable livestock options for better lives of men and women
Mulema, Annet A.
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Boonabaana, B.
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Kaaria, Susan K.
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Debevec, Liza
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Alemu, M.
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[Understanding rural women's empowerment: A qualitative case study of the UNJP-RWEE project, Ethiopia]
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Understanding rural women's empowerment: A qualitative case study of the UNJP-RWEE project, Ethiopia
Lidth de Jeude, Marije van
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[Gender capacity assessment of the African chicken genetic gains project partners in Tanzania]
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Gender capacity assessment of the African chicken genetic gains project partners in Tanzania