Researchers have sought to understand what keeps women’s observed rates of agricultural technology adoption low. But what happens after a new technology is adopted by a household? Do women’s lives really become better? Are they more empowered? A new paper explores these questions using the example of adopting small-scale irrigation technologies in Ethiopia, Ghana, and Tanzania.
It may affect Bangladesh
Increased restrictions on international migration by the host countries may exacerbate food security in high-migrant source countries like Bangladesh, an international food policy think tank alerted yesterday. The think tank -- International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) -- launched its flagship annual publication, 2018 Global Food Policy Report, at a hotel in the capital. The […]
Transform Nutrition-West Africa Launches With Consultation in Dakar
Transform Nutrition-West Africa is a new regional platform, which aims to enable effective policy and programmatic action on nutrition in West Africa. The three-year program is funded by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation and led by the International Food Policy and Research Institute (IFPRI).
Adding Value: Supporting Pastoralist Women’s Traditional Dairy Processing in Ethiopia
It is 10 am on a Friday in Dubuluk, a small town in Borana region 630 km from Addis Ababa. As they do every Friday, a group of women congregate on the side of the big livestock market, sitting with their gorfa, pear-shaped traditional milk containers made of weaved plant fibers, and selling “ititu,” traditional […]
Registration Open for Agriculture, Nutrition & Health Academy Week
The Agriculture, Nutrition & Health (ANH) Academy will hold its 3rd Annual Agriculture, Nutrition and Health (ANH) Academy Week from 25 – 29 June 2018 in Accra, Ghana. The event provides a forum to explore multisectoral linkages between agriculture, nutrition and health. One of the sub-themes of our work in GSSP examines some of these linkages, exploring value chains […]
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