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Zambia: Sowing Knowledge, Reaping Impact: Lydia’s Journey from Trial Farmer to Community Leader in Monze, Zambia
International
An early morning walk across the fields in Zambia’s Southern province, one is met with maize fields infested with fall armyworm. In contrast to last season’s El Nino…
International: Empowering Women and Youth for Gender Equality and Social Inclusion in Agri-Food systems
International
At the 2025 CGIAR Science Week, a dialogue unfolded around the crucial intersection of gender equality, youth, and social inclusion within agri-food systems. This conversation, hosted…
Peacebuilding Perspectives and Herder-Farmer Conflicts in Africa (chapter in "Herder-Farmer Conflicts in Africa")
Library
This chapter proposes a peacebuilding approach to the management of herder-farmer conflicts in Africa. Specifically, the chapter reflects on the contending perspectives on peacebuilding, notably…
How to Do Note: Designing Gender Transformative Approaches in the Context of Women’s Land and Resource Rights
Report
Gender transformative approaches (GTAs) aim to challenge and change the underlying social norms, power dynamics,and systemic barriers perpetuating inequality between women and men. Unlike mainstream…
Liberia: Access to Land Limits Women's Participation in Agriculture
International
Women's participation in agriculture is being severely hindered by limited access to land, according to Agnes Fred, Program Coordinator at Women in Agriculture and Sustainable…
Kyrgyzstan: FAO Supports Women's Initiative in Batken Region to Cultivate Rose Hips on Degraded Land
International
Nestled in the picturesque slopes of the Pamir-Alay mountains, Batken Region in southwestern Kyrgyzstan faces significant challenges due to its harsh continental climate, arid conditions,…
More Than Connecting the Gender Dots: Exploring a Deep Relations Approach in Environmental Peacebuilding
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This article proposes a paradigm shift in environmental peacebuilding beyond the peaceful distribution of resources, cooperative approaches and integrative frameworks and offers a feminist-relational approach…
Kenya: Women Step Up Environmental Conservation Efforts in Suba South
International
A group of women in Suba South Constituency has embarked on raising tree seedlings for planting this rainy season. Dubbed the Sindo Tree Nursery Women Project,…
Zimbabwe: How More Inclusive Maize Breeding Can Yield Better Outcomes for Women Farmers in Zimbabwe
International
In Zimbabwe, CGIAR, through CIMMYT, runs a maize breeding program to strengthen food security and livelihoods in a country where maize is a staple crop. The program spans diverse testing plots – managed exclusively…
Women’s Land Rights: The Missing Key to Climate Action
Blog
This year’s International Women’s Day theme, #AccelerateAction, calls on the world to address the structural barriers slowing progress. If we are serious about climate, we…
Global: Women and Girls are at the Heart of Fostering Better Agrifood Systems for All
International
Gender equality has never been more important. Thirty years after the Beijing Declaration, a landmark United Nations resolution to promote gender equality, progress on women’s rights…
Kenya: The Silent Struggle: Women in Agriculture Bearing the Weight of Every Task
International
Agriculture is a critical lifeline for many rural communities in Kenya. In Makueni County, Kenya, women farmers bear the majority of workload on the farm:…
Kiambu Women Redefining Roles in Coffee Sector
News
Women in Kiambu are transforming Kenya’s coffee industry through empowerment and innovation, challenging traditional barriers and redefining their role in the sector. Coffee, Kenya’s second-largest agricultural…
Kenya: Kiambu Women Redefining Roles in Coffee Sector
International
Women in Kiambu are transforming Kenya’s coffee industry through empowerment and innovation, challenging traditional barriers and redefining their role in the sector. Coffee, Kenya’s second-largest agricultural…
Integrating Gender and Intersectionality in Post-Harvest Loss Research Helps Reduce Negative Economic and Social Impacts
Library
Currently post-harvest losses in food systems average about 25 percent globally, reducing food availability and increasing food insecurity.Women’s participation in post-harvest processing is almost 50…
Tanzania: How Ivuna Women Farmers are Transforming Their Lives through Seed Production
International
“Five of us borrowed $100 from our Vikoba group and invested it in seed production. Not only did we repay the loan with interest, but…
Paraguay: Paraguay’s Female Farmers Break Barriers Through Digital Initiative
International
In Paraguay, where agriculture represents over 25% of the GDP, a groundbreaking initiative called “Women to the Field” is challenging traditional gender roles in farming and livestock…
Indonesia: Indonesian Mother of Six Aims to Keep Papuan Tradition Alive by Saving Mangroves in Women-only Forest
International
Papua province’s Youtefa Bay, known for its azure waters and lush mangrove forests, has seen infrastructure development that has helped improve locals’ lives and the…
Indonesian Mother of Six Aims to Keep Papuan Tradition Alive by Saving Mangroves in Women-only Forest
News
Papua province’s Youtefa Bay, known for its azure waters and lush mangrove forests, has seen infrastructure development that has helped improve locals’ lives and the…
Restitution of Lands and Territories to Victims of Violent Dispossession and Displacement in Colombia
Blog
Forced displacement in Colombia has a differentiated and accentuated impact on women, the ethnic and peasant population, as well as children and adolescents. Frequently, this…
Nepal: Sustaining Health and Soil: Sundhani Tharu’s 4Rs Approach to Farming
International
Sundhani Tharu, a 44-year-old farmer from Pattharbojhi, Madhuwan-1 in the Bardiya district, in the mid-west of Kathmandu, is a leading example of how sustainable agricultural practices not only enhance…
Latin America: Latin Women Lead the Fight Against Climate Change Using Indigenous Agriculture
International
Throughout Latin America, indigenous women use old farming methods to fight climate change. In places like Peru and Guatemala, they work hard to keep food…
Colombia: Is it important to look at the gender dimensions of post-harvest food loss and waste?
International
In low- and middle-income countries, inadequate and ineffective post-harvest management results in significant losses, thus reducing food availability, increasing prices and contributing to climate change.…
Zimbabwe: In Zimbabwe, Women Are Leading the Battle Against Climate Change
International
When Susan Chinyengetere started to focus on farming in her home village in south-eastern Zimbabwe, she wondered if she could earn a living and raise…
Gender-Based Violence as a Barrier to Women Rights towards Socio-environmental Sustainability
Library
This study provides an exhaustive analysis of the intersection between gender-based violence and environmental sustainability, focusing on the Colombian experience, particularly within the context of…
Colombia: Land Adjudication Regulated for Peasant Women in Colombia
International
The regulation, consisting in a special land adjudication program for rural and peasant women with the objective of improving their social and economic well-being, was…
Indonesia: Papuan Women’s Mangrove Forest in Indonesia is Increasingly Threatened by Development and Pollution
International
On the southeastern coast of the city of Jayapura, Petronela Merauje walked from house to house in her floating village inviting women to join her…
Gender and Climate Experts Come Together to Address Inequalities and Climate Resilience Challenges in Nigeria’s Agrifood systems
News
On October 9, 2024, gender and climate experts gathered in Abuja for the third high-level dialogue on gender and climate change, convened by HER+, the CGIAR…
Liberia: Women Farmers in Bong County Decry Being Forced to Lease Land for Farming
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GBARTALA, Bong County — Twenty-Eight-year-old Mallah Dolo, a single mother of two, was reading education at the Cuttington University in Bong County, but was forced…
Liberia: Women Farmers in Bong County Decry Being Forced to Lease Land for Farming
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Twenty-Eight-year-old Mallah Dolo, a single mother of two, was reading education at the Cuttington University in Bong County, but was forced to become a University…