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Gender norms and agency in the Pakistan agriculture sector: policy brief
(CIMMYT, 2018)
Investment and robust studies are needed to strengthen the body of evidence and facilitate gender mainstreaming in agricultural development; Women’s contributions to the agriculture sector (e.g. home based livestock rearing ...
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Women in the maize seed business in East and Southern Africa
(CIMMYT, 2019)
The maize seed sector in East and Southern Africa is male-dominated. Most seed companies operating in the region are owned and run by men. Often, access to land and financial capital is a constraint for women who are keen ...
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The intersection of youth access to land, migration and employment opportunities: evidence from sub-Saharan Africa
(IFAD, 2019)
This paper examines the intersections between youth access to land, migration decisions and employment opportunities using nationally representative and multi-year data from multiple African countries. We document evidence ...
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Landscapes of rural youth opportunity
(IFAD, 2019)
This paper is motivated by the consistent portrayal, within current policy discourse, of agriculture and the broader rural economy in Africa as domains of opportunity for rural youth. It presents a new conceptualization ...
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Gender Dynamics in Seed Systems in Sub-Saharan Africa and Worldwide Lessons Workshop: report of proceedings of the Multi-stakeholder Technical Workshop
(CIMMYT, 2019)
Seed is life. Seed systems are complex and multilayered, involving diverse interdisciplinary and inter-sectoral actors in multiple fronts, from seed conservation to multiplication; improved breeding; regulatory sanitary ...
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Developing a gender intentional strategy for deployment of Male sterility (Ms44) mutant gene seed production technology for Africa. International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center (CIMMYT) Internal Discussion Paper
(CIMMYT, 2020)
Are there differences in men’s and women’s access to and use of fertilizer and hybrid maize seed in eastern and southern Africa? This article explores the issue through a systematic review of the extant literature on gender ...
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A training dialogue report: introduction to climate services for aquaculture
(WorldFish, 2020)
From October 27 to 31, 2019, the Bangladesh Meteorological Department (BMD) in Dhaka hosted a weeklong training dialogue called Introduction to Climate Services for Aquaculture. The event’s focus on climate services for ...
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Wheat in Barani areas of Northern Punjab: a synthesis of on-farm research results 1982-1988
(CIMMYT; PARC, 1990)
This paper analyses the results from on-farm experiments on tillage, variety, fertiliser, and weed control on rainfed wheat production in the high and medium rainfall zones of Pakistan. The experiments were conducted from ...