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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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Continuity and change: performing gender in rural Tanzania
(Taylor & Francis, 2021)
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Gender Dynamics in the Retailing Behavior of Agro-dealers and the Purchasing Behavior of Farmers in Kenya: A summary brief
(CIMMYT, 2020)
Agro-dealers in Kenya play an integral role in the formal distribution of improved maize seed to men and women farmers. In Kenya, maize seed is the most important crop input stocked in agro-dealerships and is widely purchased ...
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Gender differences in the adoption of agricultural technology: the case of improved maize varieties in southern Ethiopia
(Elsevier, 2019)
This study explores the role of gender-based decision-making in the adoption of improved maize varieties. The primary data were collected in 2018 from 560 farm households in Dawuro Zone, Ethiopia, and were comparatively ...
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Do market shocks generate gender-differentiated impacts? Policy implications from a quasi-natural experiment in Bangladesh
(Elsevier, 2019)
Using information collected from two rounds of household income and expenditure surveys (HIES 2005 and 2010) in Bangladesh, this study examines the gender-differentiated impacts of the commodity price hikes in 2008 on food ...
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Tracking the adoption of bread wheat varieties in Afghanistan using DNA fingerprinting
(BioMed Central, 2019)
Wheat is the most important staple crop in Afghanistan and accounts for the main part of cereal production. However, wheat production has been unstable during the last decades and the country depends on seed imports. Wheat ...
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Food security and agriculture in the Western Highlands of Guatemala
(Springer, 2019)
Food security is a major challenge in Guatemala, one of the poorest countries in the world. Food insecurity is concentrated in the Western Highlands of Guatemala (WHG) where indigenous communities have been the main victims ...
Conference Poster
Comparing ex situ and in situ conservation in maize landraces
(CIMMYT, [2018])
Article
Productivity and production risk effects of adopting drought-tolerant maize varieties in Zambia
(Emerald Publishing Limited, 2019)
Productivity and production risks affect the use of agricultural production practices and inputs, particularly in developing countries. This paper aims to investigate the effects of adopting drought-tolerant maize varieties ...