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August 7, 2018
What do equity and equality have to do with it? Insights for food and nutrition from development studies research
Equity and equality are important themes in food and nutrition, but the existing literature has only partially addressed these issues.
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Agriculture-nutrition pathways
July 16, 2018
Discussing agency, access, and accelerometers in Accra
Over 300 researchers gathered in Accra, Ghana, from June 25-29 for the 2018 Agriculture, Nutrition, and Health (ANH) Academy Week.
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Gender
April 27, 2018
Introducing pro-WEAI: A tool for measuring women’s empowerment in agricultural development projects
In April 2018, the Gender, Agriculture, and Assets Project, Phase 2 (GAAP2), launched the pilot version of the Project-Level Women’s
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Gender
April 16, 2018
How can you tell if your survey questions work? Using cognitive testing to improve measurement of women’s empowerment in nutrition and health
In the second phase of the Gender, Agriculture, and Assets Project (GAAP2), researchers are developing the project-level Women’s Empowerment in
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Gender
April 9, 2018
Gender considerations in informal food markets in sub-Saharan Africa
In this blog, originally posted on Agrilinks, Kristina Roesel, postdoctoral scientist at the International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI), discusses how
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Agriculture-nutrition pathways
March 12, 2018
Can WFP’s Food Assistance for Assets contribute to women’s empowerment and nutrition?
In 2017, the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) published a report on a five-country study on how WFP’s Food
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Flagships
February 13, 2018
Bridging the Gender Gap in Livestock Projects in Vietnam and Cambodia
Two training workshops were held in January 2018 to develop the capacity of livestock researchers to integrate gender in livestock
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Agriculture-nutrition pathways
November 15, 2017
Women, village chickens, and animal source food consumption in Timor-Leste
In this blog, Johanna Wong, a PhD candidate at the University of Sydney, shares research findings from Timor-Leste about the
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Gender
October 25, 2017
Gender roles in agriculture: Did anything change?
In March 2017, IFPRI’s Development Strategy and Governance Division (DSGD) published a discussion paper about changing gender roles in agriculture,
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