The CGIAR Research Program on Climate Change, Agriculture and Food Security (CCAFS) is a 10-year strategic partnership of the CGIAR Consortium and the Earth System Science Partnership (ESSP), CCAFS also partners with all 15 CGIAR Centers and intersects with the other CGIAR Research Programs (“CRP...
CGIAR Research Program on Climate Change, Agriculture and Food Security
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[CGIAR Research Program on Climate Change, Agriculture and Food Security (CCAFS) - Gender Strategy]
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CGIAR Research Program on Climate Change, Agriculture and Food Security (CCAFS) - Gender Strategy
Farmers and other rural actors are not homogeneous. Particularly in the developing world, their abilities to initiate and expand agricultural activities are frequently shaped by gender roles, responsibilities, and resources. Reducing gender disparities has been widely recognized as a critical iss...
CGIAR Research Program on Policies, Institutions, and Markets
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[CGIAR Research Program on Policies, Institutions and Markets - Gender Strategy]
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CGIAR Research Program on Policies, Institutions and Markets - Gender Strategy
At the end of 2012, GRiSP initiated a process to review and revise its gender strategy. The main purpose is to strengthen its effectiveness by establishing a results-based performance system in line with the overall recommendations included in the CGIAR "Strategy and Results Framework Action Plan...
The CGIAR Research Program on Roots, Tubers and Bananas (RTB) has developed a multi-faceted gender strategy that will be woven through its research and development portfolio during the first three-year phase of the program and beyond. The strategy has been developed over several months and is bas...
CGIAR Research Program on Roots, Tubers and Bananas
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[CGIAR Research Program on Roots, Tubers and Bananas (RTB) - Gender Strategy]
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CGIAR Research Program on Roots, Tubers and Bananas (RTB) - Gender Strategy
Wilhelm, L. P.
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[Sanitation, female literacy and child stunting: lessons for Swachh Bharat Mission]
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Sanitation, female literacy and child stunting: lessons for Swachh Bharat Mission
Nyagaya, Martha
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[Improve Food Security, Nutrition and Health of Vulnerable Communities]
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Improve Food Security, Nutrition and Health of Vulnerable Communities
The objective of this study was to examine the determinants of technical efficiency (TE) of soybean production in the Guinea savannas. A stochastic frontier production function, using maximum likelihood estimation (MLE) technique was applied in the analysis of data collected in 2006 from a sample...
Amaza, P.
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Ogundari, K.
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[An investigation of factors that influence the technical efficiency of soybean production in the Guinea savannas of Nigeria]
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An investigation of factors that influence the technical efficiency of soybean production in the Guinea savannas of Nigeria
As a result of their relatively limited access to production resources, it has been variously reported that women obtain lower yields from their individual crop fields than men. Cassava root yields obtained from farmers' fields in three villages of southeast Nigeria were compared using separate o...
Enete, A.A.
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Nweke, F.I.
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Achike, A.I.
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Tollens, E.
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[Defferentiated gender ownership of cassava fields and implications for root yield variations in small holder agriculture of southeast Nigeria]
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Defferentiated gender ownership of cassava fields and implications for root yield variations in small holder agriculture of southeast Nigeria
Crop diseases significantly suppress plant yields and in extreme cases wipe out entire crop species threatening food security and eroding rural livelihoods. It is therefore critical to estimate the extent to which shocks like disease epidemics can affect food availability and the capacity of smal...
Kikulwe, E.M.
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Okurut, S.
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Ajambo, S.
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Gotor, E.
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Ssali, R.T.
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Kubiriba, J.
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Karamura, E.B.
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[Does gender matter in effective management of plant disease epidemics? Insights from a survey among rural banana farming households in Uganda]
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Does gender matter in effective management of plant disease epidemics? Insights from a survey among rural banana farming households in Uganda