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.
Women empowerment vital to achieve food security: Australian envoy
Gender equality, youth and social inclusion
Source: Bangladesh Sangbad Sangstha (9 Mar 2019)
Australian High Commissioner to Bangladesh visited female farmers adopting conservation agriculture for sustainable intensification technologies through CIMMYT project funded by ACIAR.
Workshops, seminars mark Women’s Day in city
Gender equality, youth and social inclusion
Source: Times of India (9 Mar 2019)
CIMMYT and Icar-Atari Ludhiana organized a workshop on the eve of International Women’s Day titled ‘Empowering rural women for addressing agricultural air pollution’.
How gender equity and social inclusion are improving the lives of rural families in Africa
Gender equality, youth and social inclusion
Women have the potential to be drivers of agricultural transformation.
Tribal women in India find value in maize cultivation
Gender equality, youth and social inclusion
This year the group harvested more than 3,300 kg from seven acres of land.
International Women’s Day 2019: Women in seed systems in Africa
Gender equality, youth and social inclusion
These entrepreneurs are breaking social barriers while improving household nutrition and livelihoods.
New publication: Gender and agricultural innovation in Oromia Region, Ethiopia
Gender equality, youth and social inclusion
Source: Addis Standard (1 Mar 2019)
Drawing on GENNOVATE case studies from two wheat-growing communities, the authors examine how women and men smallholders innovate with improved wheat seed, row planting and the broad bed maker.
New publications: Gender and agricultural innovation in Oromia region, Ethiopia
Gender equality, youth and social inclusion
Authors examine how smallholders attempt to innovate with improved wheat seed, row planting, and the broad bed maker, introduced through the Ethiopian agricultural extension system.
The missing seed market
Gender equality, youth and social inclusion
A new guidebook promotes improved seed and farming technologies for men and women, with the goal of increasing adoption rates.
Women’s equality crucial for Ethiopia’s agricultural productivity
Capacity development
Source: The Reporter (16 Feb 2019)
A new report shows that gender inequality in Ethiopia is hampering efforts to reach the government’s goal of wheat self-sufficiency by 2022.
Meet the role models for the next generation of women and girls in science
Capacity development
Abdul Fatah, Khanal and Molero are helping pave the way for the next generation of female scientists.
Call for nominees for the 2019 Maize Youth Innovators Awards – Africa
Capacity development
Open to young women and men below 35 years of age who are implementing innovations in African maize-based agri-food systems.
CIMMYT celebrates AWARD’s ten years empowering African women in agricultural research
Capacity development
The AWARD program advocates for a more gender-responsive agricultural research ecosystem.
Comparing apples with apples: Farm economic analysis in Kathmandu
Gender equality, youth and social inclusion
‘Merry-go-round’ groups spin Kenyan women farmers to success
Gender equality, youth and social inclusion
New publications: Exploring the gendered rules shaping agricultural innovation
Gender equality, youth and social inclusion
