Agriculture
Connection and Collaboration at the TOPS/FSN Network Knowledge Sharing Meeting
Last month, CP participated in the final TOPS/FSN Network Knowledge Sharing Meeting to showcase our work and connect with colleagues. The Technical and Operational Performance Support (TOPS) Program is a learning and knowledge management mechanism funded by USAID’s Office of Food for Peace. TOPS supports technical capacity development, a small […] Continue reading
Gender and Technology: A New Toolkit for Agricultural Technology Assessments
In the steeps hills of Nepal, visitors soon notice that there are few men to be seen. Many have migrated for work: according to the Department of Foreign Employment, in 2014/15 men accounted for 95% of the estimated 500,000 permits issued to labor migrants in Nepal. In men’s absence, rural women […] Continue reading
Stories and Photos: Giving Power to Participants
What do food and gender issues have to do with each other? Quite a lot. But you might not know that without using innovative evaluation methods that allow local voices to take center stage. In a recent TOPS-funded evaluation of a food security project with Lutheran World Relief (LWR) we […] Continue reading
Putting On (and Taking Off) Your Gender Lens
I have always been bothered by how we talk about adopting a gender perspective or using a gender lens. The language does not suggest the permanency I would like. We can take off those glasses. We can change our perspective. And of course, if you haven’t had metaphorical Lasik surgery, […] Continue reading
How do Agricultural Technologies Impact Gender Roles and Nutrition?
On August 24, Cultural Practice, LLC (CP) led a webinar on a new methodology for assessing the degree to which agricultural technologies are gender-responsive in terms of their design, use, and dissemination. CP presented the Technology Assessment approach developed under the Integrating Gender and Nutrition within Agricultural Extension Services (INGENAES) project […] Continue reading
The Intervention Guide for the Women’s Empowerment in Agriculture Index (WEAI) 2.0
Launched in 2012, Feed the Future’s Women’s Empowerment in Agriculture Index (WEAI) provides “a standard measure for capturing women’s empowerment and inclusion levels in the agriculture sector” (IFPRI). The introduction of the WEAI prompted practitioners to think more intentionally about how agricultural programs can develop interventions using the domains in […] Continue reading
New Gender-Focused Agriculture and Health Publications
Published in May 2016, CP Co-Director Deborah Rubin’s discussion paper “Qualitative Methods for Gender Research in Agricultural Development” describes the use of qualitative approaches to illuminate gender relations in agricultural development research and project implementation. This discussion paper was produced as a part of the CGIAR Research Program on Policies, […] Continue reading
Gender-focused Volunteer Assignments for Winrock’s Farmer-to-Farmer for Agriculture Education and Training (F2F/AET) Program
Gender & Value Chains Training Volunteer Winrock’s Farmer-to-Farmer for Agriculture Education and Training (F2F/AET) Program seeks a volunteer with experience in agriculture value chain analysis and gender analysis and mainstreaming, to provide gender and value chain training to grantees of the Agriculture Education and Market Improvement (AEMIP) Program. AEMIP’s Innovations […] Continue reading
Cultural Practice joins consortium to empower women farmers through improved agricultural extension and advisory services
Cultural Practice, LLC (CP) is a partner in a new consortium led by the University of Illinois Urbana- Champaign (UIUC) that was recently awarded $7 million from the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) to contribute to the goals of the Presidential Initiative Feed the Future of increasing global […] Continue reading
CP Awarded New Contracts with Cornell University, University of Illinois-Urbana Champaign, and Jhpiego
In August 2014 CP was awarded a contract to work with Cornell University in developing the curricular materials for its new Gender-responsive Researchers Equipped for Agricultural Transformation (GREAT) certificate training program. In partnership with Makerere University in Kampala, Uganda, the program will combine classroom, on-line, and field work to build […] Continue reading