[HTML][HTML] Myths about the feminization of agriculture: Implications for global food security

N Kawarazuka, CR Doss, CR Farnworth, R Pyburn - Global Food Security, 2022 - Elsevier
The term “feminization of agriculture” is used to describe changing labor markets that pull
men out of agriculture, increasing women's roles. However, simplified understandings of this …

Gender inclusivity through maize breeding in Africa: A review of the issues and options for future engagement

RC Voss, J Donovan, P Rutsaert… - Outlook on …, 2021 - journals.sagepub.com
With the prioritization of social inclusion in agricultural development, donors and research
centers have shown growing interest in gender-intentional varietal development and …

How education empowers women in developing countries

K Le, M Nguyen - The BE Journal of Economic Analysis & Policy, 2021 - degruyter.com
This paper evaluates the impacts of education on women's relational empowerment, within a
context of 70 developing countries across the world. Exploiting the variation in educational …

Taking power: women's empowerment and household well-being in Sub-Saharan Africa

J Annan, A Donald, M Goldstein, PG Martinez… - World Development, 2021 - Elsevier
This paper examines women's power relative to that of their husbands in 23 Sub-Saharan
African countries to determine how it affects women's health, reproductive outcomes …

[HTML][HTML] Empowering women through targeting information or role models: Evidence from an experiment in agricultural extension in Uganda

E Lecoutere, DJ Spielman, B Van Campenhout - World Development, 2023 - Elsevier
Agricultural advisory services are generally biased towards men, with information targeted
mainly to male members within the household, and in formats that often reinforce male …

[HTML][HTML] What about her? Oil palm cultivation and intra-household gender roles

N Mehraban, BL Debela, U Kalsum, M Qaim - Food Policy, 2022 - Elsevier
Oil palm is one of the fastest expanding crops in tropical regions, leading to massive land-
use changes and far-reaching social implications. In Indonesia, much of the oil palm land is …

[HTML][HTML] Hitting the target and missing the point? On the risks of measuring women's empowerment in agricultural development

K Tavenner, TA Crane - Agriculture and Human Values, 2022 - Springer
There is a strong impetus in international agricultural development to close 'gender gaps' in
agricultural productivity. The goal of empowering women is often framed as the solution to …

[HTML][HTML] Weathering the storm or storming the norms? Moving gender equality forward in climate-resilient agriculture: Introduction to the Special Issue on Gender …

S Huyer, S Partey - Climatic Change, 2020 - Springer
Much is known about the effects of climate change on women, and most research on the
topic focuses on women's greater vulnerability as a result of their reliance on natural …

[HTML][HTML] Gender relations in livestock production and animal-source food acquisition and consumption among smallholders in rural Timor-Leste: A mixed-methods …

G Bonis-Profumo, D do Rosario Pereira… - Journal of Rural …, 2022 - Elsevier
Among smallholders, gender relations shape how agricultural products are produced and
how foods are acquired and consumed, which impacts food security and nutrition. In Timor …

Adoption of climate-resilient potato varieties under partial population exposure and its determinants: Case of smallholder farmers in Meru County, Kenya

SM Kimathi, OI Ayuya, B Mutai - Cogent Food & Agriculture, 2021 - Taylor & Francis
Abstract Production of Potato (Solanum tuberosum. L) has been declining over the years in
Sub-Saharan Africa due to climate change resulting into low food supply and low income …