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Fully integrating gender into development programs is proven to improve lives, livelihoods and development outcomes.

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A woman feeds livestock using a large bag of food. The food is placed in a trough.

Women-Inclusive Livestock Development Helps Improve Women Empowerment

When women do most of the animal husbandry tasks, their contributions should be recognized.

Mahesh Chander

Jan 26, 2023
Education and Extension Gender Policy and Governance
A woman stands in a chicken coop.

Social Media and Drone Technology: Transforming Gender Norms for Women Livestock Farmers

This post is written by Madison Spinelli and Madeline Wong, International Livestock Research Institute.Small ruminants and chickens, which are often cared for by women in low- and middle-income countries, have...

Agrilinks Team

Jan 26, 2023
Agricultural Productivity Gender
A man and woman stand in a field of crops. Photo credit: ILRI/Georgina Smith

Building a Community: The Gender and Livestock Data Community of Practice

Discover how to collect, analyse and interpret livestock and gender data: a Livestock & Gender Data community of practice
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Fiona Allan

Johanna Wong

Anni McLeod

Alessandra Galie

Beth Miller

Jan 25, 2023
Agricultural Productivity Gender Monitoring, Evaluation, and Learning
Women in Kenya sort green beans on a metal table in an indoor facility.

Alignment with the Private Sector Achieves Inclusive Development Results

In this learning burst, you will find articles and resources on Getting to Shared Value: Creating Alignment with the Private Sector to Achieve Inclusive Development Results.
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Feed the Future Advancing Women’s Empowerment (AWE) Program

Jan 25, 2023
Markets and Trade Gender
Person harvesting soy.

How Do You Find “Common Ground” for Women’s Empowerment with the Private Sector?

Three ideas on how to identify and align private sector and development interests for inclusion and empowerment.
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Feed the Future Advancing Women’s Empowerment (AWE) Program

Jan 18, 2023
Markets and Trade Gender
A goatkeeper tends to her herd in Odisha, India.

Who Is Working on What, and Where? Explore This Map of Livestock Projects

The interactive map of livestock projects aims to support better coordination of investments and activities.
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Vanessa Meadu

Jan 18, 2023
Agricultural Productivity Climate and Natural Resources Gender Monitoring, Evaluation, and Learning Nutrition Policy and Governance
three women in Ethiopia are sorting through large piles of dried forages for cattle

Livestock and Gender Research Lacks Climate Crisis Context

Looking into the current and ongoing research on the intersection of gender, climate change and livestock production in low- and middle-income countries (LMIC).
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Feed the Future Innovation Lab for Livestock Systems

Jan 17, 2023
Gender
Betty Muleya speaking during the nutrition training in Siavonga, Zambia.

A Community Health Worker Becomes a FishFirst! Zambia Champion and Local Catalyst for Change

Betty Muleya has been an active, local advocate for the Fish Innovation Lab activity, FishFirst! Zambia, spreading the word about the benefits of fish consumption for mothers and children.
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Feed the Future Innovation Lab for Fish

Jan 12, 2023
Gender Nutrition Resilience Youth
People gather at a food distribution center in Afghanistan. Tents are in the background.

Women, Girls and the Food Crisis in Afghanistan

Find out how women and girls in Afghanistan are experiencing the current hunger crisis, and what we need to do to improve responses.

Emily Janoch

Jan 11, 2023
Agricultural Productivity Gender Nutrition
Group attends a workshop outdoors

Exploring Gendered Trait Preference Differences for Finger Millet and Sorghum in Uganda

With a goal to better understand finger millet and sorghum value chain actors, a study from the Center of Innovation for Finger Millet and Sorghum used a mixed-method approach to...
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Feed the Future Innovation Lab for Crop Improvement

Jan 06, 2023
Agricultural Productivity Gender Nutrition Resilience

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Strengthening Livestock Systems through Climate-Smart and Gender-Sensitive Approaches

Jan 18, 2023 online
An event on Feed the Future efforts to strengthen animal feed, fodder and forage production and feeding approaches as a major solution for the climate crisis and women’s empowerment.
Climate and Natural Resources Gender
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Farming under the Rainbow: LGBTQI+ Inclusive Development in Agriculture Programs in Honduras and Central America

Sep 28, 2022 online
Join the webinar to learn about important considerations and promising practices for advancing LGBTQI+ inclusive development in agriculture and food security programming.
Agricultural Productivity Gender Policy and Governance Youth
A woman counsels a survivor of gender-based violence.
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Addressing Gender-Based Violence in Agriculture and Market Systems Development

Jul 14, 2022 online
Introducing the Toolkit to Address Gender-based Violence in Agriculture and Market Systems Development to provide practical, how-to guidance for agriculture.
Gender
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Using Digital Finance to Promote Women’s Economic Empowerment in Agriculture

Mar 30, 2022 online
Learn about promoting women’s economic empowerment in agriculture using digital financial services.
Gender
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Women’s Empowerment in Beyond-Production Activities

Mar 31, 2021 online
Women engage in a variety of agricultural roles across the value chain. Many approaches, promising practices, and tools to support women’s empowerment in production have emerged in recent years. However...
Markets and Trade Gender
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Why Inclusion Matters: Featuring Voices from the Field

Jul 29, 2020 online
Inclusive Development Month on Agrilinks is wrapping up with with a webinar that will report on the most recent evidence on what inclusion means across varying contexts, why inclusion is so important to reaching our goals of reducing hunger and poverty, and hearing voices from the field regarding their own experiences on why inclusion matters.
Gender Policy and Governance Youth
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Webinar: What’s lurking in your value chain? Uncovering the hidden costs of gender-based violence in agriculture

Oct 30, 2019 online
Please join Agrilinks and the Feed the Future Advancing Women’s Empowerment Program on the eve of Halloween for a webinar on gender dimensions in agriculture. This webinar will explore the...
Gender
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Overcoming Gender Barriers to Accessing and Using Climate Information Services

Apr 25, 2018 online
Women play a unique role guaranteeing household food security and building resilience to shocks and stresses. While discussions at the intersection of gender equity/social inclusion and resilience often focus on...
Agricultural Productivity Climate and Natural Resources Gender Resilience
Woman pulling water from a well
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Can Small-Scale Irrigation Empower Women?

Oct 31, 2017 online
Can small-scale irrigation empower women? This is one of the critical questions that the Feed the Future Innovation Lab for Small-Scale Irrigation (ILSSI), led by Texas A&M University, has been...
Agricultural Productivity Climate and Natural Resources Gender
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Your Input is Requested: The new Global Food Security Strategy Indicators

Jun 15, 2017 to Jun 30, 2017 online
See final list of GFSS indicators submitted to the U.S. Congress in October 2017. [Note: Now that the indicators have been sent to Congress, the other documents and links on...
Monitoring, Evaluation, and Learning Agricultural Productivity Food Safety Markets and Trade Gender Monitoring, Evaluation, and Learning

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