Agriculture
Making Climate-Smart Agriculture Work for Women Farmers and Entrepreneurs
This post was originally published on the CTA Blog. Find the original post here. by Deborah Rubin – Co-director, Cultural Practice, LLC and Olu Ajayi – Senior Programme Coordinator Agriculture & Climate Change Agricultural production will need to increase by at least 50% over the next 30 years to meet […] Continue reading
Policies for Women’s Profitable Participation in Agricultural Market Systems
This post was produced as a joint effort of the Feed the Future Enabling Environment for Food Security project and Cultural Practice, LLC with input from Fintrac Inc. The original post can be found on MarketLinks. This is the final post of a series exploring the range of policies that can support women’s profitable participation in agricultural market systems. Readers are […] Continue reading
Learning to Lead for the 21st Century
“You might not be born a leader, but you can learn to be a good one,” mused the young agricultural researcher sitting across from me. I was attending my first World Food Prize, interviewing alumni from the USAID-funded Borlaug Leadership Enhancement in Agriculture Program (Borlaug LEAP), like the researcher quoted […] Continue reading
All-in for Digital Agriculture
The U.S. Global Development Lab (Lab) and the Bureau for Food Security are collaborating in an effort called “Digital Development for Feed the Future” (D2FTF) with the goal of demonstrating that digital tools and approaches can improve cost-effectiveness and better development outcomes in food security and nutrition programming. This blog […] Continue reading
Alexa, when should I plant my maize?
The U.S. Global Development Lab (Lab) and the Bureau for Food Security are collaborating in an effort called “Digital Development for Feed the Future” (D2FTF) with the goal of demonstrating that digital tools and approaches can improve cost-effectiveness and better development outcomes in food security and nutrition programming. This blog […] Continue reading
Reflections from Kenya on innovation and a changing digital landscape
My first trip to Kenya was in 2006. Packed in my bags was a trusty Nokia mobile phone. I had been told I could get a local SIM card to make phone calls and send text messages. And indeed, this worked. Network coverage was better in Nairobi than in rural […] Continue reading
Is Your Gender Training Program Really Having an Impact? An Interview with Deborah Rubin
This post was initially published on the GREAT website. Read the original post here. How do you ensure that gender training curricula and trainers are really delivering greater adoption of gender-responsive research, and in a truly meaningful way? It’s a question that many projects face as they respond to a […] Continue reading
Supporting Women’s Economic Empowerment Through Government Legislation and Programming
This post was produced as a joint effort of the Feed the Future Enabling Environment for Food Security project and Cultural Practice, LLC. The original post can be found on AgriLinks. Recently, the U.S. Congress took important steps towards supporting women’s economic empowerment in foreign assistance programming. The House passed the Women’s Entrepreneurship and Economic Empowerment Act (H.R. […] Continue reading
Voluntary Sustainability Standards: An Avenue for Private Sector Support of Women Agri-Entrepreneurs
This post was produced as a joint effort of the Feed the Future Enabling Environment for Food Security project and Cultural Practice, LLC. The original post can be found on AgriLinks. Government laws and policies both regulate and set standards that affect innumerable dimensions of women’s work in agriculture. Projects that address the intersection of gender issues […] Continue reading
An Enabling Environment to Support Women’s Profitable Participation in Agriculture: What Does It Look Like?
This post was produced as a joint effort of the Feed the Future Enabling Environment for Food Security project and Cultural Practice, LLC. The original post can be found on AgriLinks. The post highlights key themes explored in the newly released Increasing Women’s Profitable Participation in Market Systems Technical Note from the Feed the Future Enabling Environment for Food Security […] Continue reading