Gender in agriculture

  1. Gender Dynamics in Changing Rice-Based Agricultural Systems in Bangladesh
    by Kamala Gurung, Humnath Bhandari, Thelma Paris, and Samarendu Mohanty   Rice and fish are the staple food of more than 150 million people in Bangladesh. Rice provides half of agricultural GDP. Despite its significant contribution to rural livelihood, rice-based farming systems have…
  2. GFAR supports the push for a Gender and Youth Strategy in the CGIAR Research Program (CRP) on Dryland Systems
    At its second meeting in Addis Ababa (16 September 2013) the Steering Committee of the CRP Dryland Systems took the decision to elevate the issues of gender and youth so that they are directly addressed as an Intermediate Development Outcome for the program. The decision was actively promoted…
  3. The Global Rice Science Partnership – Enabling Partnership and Meeting the Needs of Women Farmers
    The CGIAR Research Program on Rice, also known as the Global Rice Science Partnership (GRiSP), brings together over 900 partners from the academic, public, private, and civil society sectors with a stake in rice development. You may have received questions, or have them yourselves about: How…
  4. Gender in Agriculture Partnership (GAP) e-survey results
    GAP partners have come together through their shared concerns at the urgent need for large-scale action on gender-based issues in agriculture, a need that brings together and transcends individual institutional efforts.  Given the enormous and diverse scale of needs, it is crucial that GAP now…
  5. International Women’s Day 2013 - The Gender in Agriculture Partnership (GAP): Empowering Rural Women
    The oppression of hunger and poverty afflict 870 million undernourished people worldwide[1], with women particularly affected in their roles as income generators, producers, mothers, and  managers of their families. Rural women are especially vulnerable given lack of access to education,…
  6. Updates on the Gender in Agriculture Partnership (GAP)
    The teleconference took place on the 23rd of January, 2013.   Participants   Ann Dela Apekey - FARA (teleconference), Ruth Meinzen-Dick - IFPR, Magdalena Blum - FAO/OEKR and GFRAS rep., Harry Palmier - GFAR, Lynn Brown - WFP, Thomas Price - GFAR, Marina Cherbonnier - GFAR/YPARD, Libor…
  7. Taking forward the Gender in Agriculture Partnership (GAP) in Asia
    Brief meeting was held 09-02-2013 at the Directorate for Research on Women in Agriculture, Bhubaneswar, India, alongside the XI National Agricultural Science Congress.   Those present were:   Mark Holderness (GFAR) Uma Lele (for APAARI) Krishna Srinath (Director, DRWA…
  8. Empowering women in agriculture: rethinking agricultural needs and actions through the eyes of women
    The First Global Conference on Women in Agriculture (GCWA), organized in New Delhi on March 13-15 by the Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR) and the Asia-Pacific Association of Agricultural Research Institutions (APAARI), was supported through the Gender in Agriculture Partnership (…
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