Gender equality, youth and social inclusion

Gender and other social differences such as age, wealth and ethnicity, have an enormous influence upon the success of agricultural interventions. To ensure equitable impacts and benefits to rural people, CIMMYT emphasizes inclusive research and development interventions. Starting with the collection of data on gender and social differences, efforts are underway to address these gaps and ensure equitable adoption of technologies and practice. This includes working towards gender-equitable control of productive assets and resources; technologies that reduce women’s labor; and improved capacity of women and youth to participate in decision-making.

Videos

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Workshop participants exchange ideas on expanding opportunities for women in the seed sector.

Features

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On International Youth Day, CIMMYT captures images of sub-Saharan African youth to celebrate their immense contributions to agriculture, farming systems, service provision and research and development.

Projects

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In the media

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Source: Down to Earth (17 Jul 2020)

Study finds that women in India adopt specific strategies to further their interests in the context of wheat-based livelihoods.

Features

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CGIAR socio-economic researchers have developed a standardized set of farm household survey questions to improve dataset comparability over space and time.

Features

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7 ways to make small-scale mechanization work for African farmers.

Features

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CIMMYT Scaling Advisor emphasizes importance of context and systemic thinking in how we do our research and implement projects.

Features

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The two-wheel tractor has proven its worth in Africa’s smallholder farms thanks to the FACASI project.

Publications

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New study presents a typology of women’s decision-making in wheat in India.

Features

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A lack of consistent keywords when tagging research is leading to holes in searches for gender research across CGIAR, the world’s largest network of agricultural researchers. A more systematic and sharper use of keywords when describing datasets will improve findability in searches.

Features

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The use of corn husk as veneer has helped a town to preserve maize biodiversity, protect the environment and reduce migration.

In the media

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Source: The Manila Times (26 May 2020)

Mexican designer Fernando Laposse partnered with CIMMYT and works with a village of Mixtec farmers to transform unused maize husks into furniture.

Publications

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Adoption of mini-tiller is significantly lower in female-headed households, CIMMYT researchers find.

News

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The number of the world’s hungry could double and trade restrictions will harm food importing nations, experts say.

Blogs

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The Scaling Up community of practice discusses challenges and opportunities for an improved “new normal” for agriculture, research and development.