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

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Making Time for Time-Use Research

Data on how much time individuals devote to tasks like childcare or domestic work can prevent global development programs from creating additional time burdens, especially for women.

ACDI / VOCA

Jun 24, 2021
Gender Monitoring, Evaluation, and Learning
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Marching Towards Gender Equality in Research and Academics: Gender Advancement for Transforming Institutions Pilot in India

Moving towards ensuring gender equality in research and academia in India.

Mahesh Chander

Jun 23, 2021
Education and Extension Gender
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The Gender-Responsive Participatory Market Chain Approach (G+PMCA) Triggers Women's Empowerment in Uganda

Implementing the gender-responsive participatory market chain approach (G+PMCA) to encourage women to venture into areas they are currently absent from.

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Susan Ajambo

Sarah Mayanja

May 28, 2021
Markets and Trade Gender
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Evaluating Seed Systems to Guide Improvement: Variety Diffusion, Disease Management and Benefits

Seed systems are key in the distribution of high-quality seed and improved varieties. New tools for evaluating seed systems highlight the best improvements to provide benefits to all stakeholders.

Karen Garrett

May 26, 2021
Agricultural Productivity Climate and Natural Resources Education and Extension Food Safety Markets and Trade Gender Monitoring, Evaluation, and Learning Nutrition Policy and Governance Resilience Youth
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Diving In: Updates from the Feed the Future Market Systems and Partnerships Activity

Highlights from Feed the Future Market Systems and Partnership's Learning Agenda and partnership facility launch, plus ways to engage.

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Market Systems and Partnerships MSP

Kristin O'Planick

Bronwyn Irwin

May 26, 2021
Agricultural Productivity Markets and Trade Gender Monitoring, Evaluation, and Learning Resilience
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How the Private Sector Measures Return on Investment: A Framework to Inform Future Research

Find out how the private sector defines and measures social inclusion and its return on investment, and to learn how findings will shape research on the business case for social...

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Market Systems and Partnerships MSP

Erin Markel

Friederike Strub

May 25, 2021
Markets and Trade Gender Monitoring, Evaluation, and Learning
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Identifying Entry Points for Effective Seed System Interventions

Seed tracing studies can support the identification of entry points for the introduction of quality seeds and varieties and interventions that limit the spread of pests and diseases.

Conny Almekinders

May 24, 2021
Agricultural Productivity Education and Extension Gender Monitoring, Evaluation, and Learning
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Securing Land Rights for Female Farmers in India

A USAID-PepsiCo partnership in West Bengal is showing that land literacy and land leasing are pathways for women’s economic empowerment in agricultural value chains.

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Feed the Future Advancing Women’s Empowerment (AWE) Program

May 24, 2021
Agricultural Productivity Gender Resilience
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Securing Women’s Land Rights: Challenges and Solutions

Increasing women's right to land is a key element of sustainable development. Yet, around the world, women face weaker access to land tenure, hold less land and hold land of...

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Feed the Future Advancing Women’s Empowerment (AWE) Program

May 21, 2021
Agricultural Productivity Gender Resilience
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Resources for Women's Land and Property Rights

These resources support various aspects of increasing women's access and rights to land.

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Feed the Future Advancing Women’s Empowerment (AWE) Program

May 21, 2021
Agricultural Productivity Gender Policy and Governance

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Animal Source Foods and Child Cognitive Development: A USAID Success Story of University Research to Private Sector Implementation

Nov 14, 2012 Ronald Reagan Building 1300 Pennsylvania Ave, Room M17/M18 Washington, District of Columbia, United States
Animal source foods (ASF), which contain high concentrations of complete protein and readily-available micronutrients, can make a strong positive impact on children in developing countries. At this seminar, Montague Demment...
Gender Markets and Trade Nutrition
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Webinar on FTF's Women's Empowerment in Agriculture Index (WEAI)

Nov 09, 2012 United States
This webinar session provided information on how to calculate the Women's Empowerment in Agriculture Index (WEAI) and its indicators. Emily Hogue of USAID and Hazel Malapit of IFPRI discussed the...
Agricultural Productivity Monitoring, Evaluation, and Learning Gender
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#AskAg Twitter Chat: Women in Cross-Border Agricultural Trade

Nov 01, 2012 United States
Please join us for a discussion on how increasing opportunities for women in cross-border agricultural trade can open new pathways to economic growth, food security, and poverty reduction in developing...
Gender Markets and Trade
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Twitter Chat: Feed the Future Learning Agenda

Sep 19, 2012 Online United States

Please join us for a discussion on the purpose and use of the Learning Agenda and to learn more about what Feed the Future has planned to contribute to the...

Gender Nutrition Policy and Governance Resilience
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The Women’s Empowerment in Agriculture Index

Apr 03, 2012 United States

Ask & Answer: The Women’s Empowerment in Agriculture Index The "Women's Empowerment in Agriculture Index" (WEAI) is the first measure to directly capture women's empowerment and inclusion levels in the...

Monitoring, Evaluation, and Learning Education and Extension Gender Markets and Trade Policy and Governance Resilience
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Empowering Marginalized Youth Through Training in Agriculture and Literacy: Lessons from the USAID/Nepal Education for Income Generation Program

Dec 01, 2010 The QED Group LLC 1250 Eye St. NW 11th Floor Washington, District of Columbia, 20005, United States

USAID/Nepal’s Education for Income Generation (EIG) Program integrated approach combines market driven high value agricultural training with an applied literacy course for marginalized youth. The literacy course covers health, nutrition...

Youth Agricultural Productivity Gender Nutrition

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