Resources
Nordehn, C.
Increasing Women’s Profitable Participation in Market Systems Technical Note
Region: Global | Topic: Agriculture & Food Security, Economic Growth, Gender 360


The Feed the Future Enabling Environment for Food Security Project resource “Increasing Women’s Profitable Participation in Market Systems Technical Note” was developed by Fintrac and Cultural Practice, LLC and published in September 2018. This note examines the role of the enabling environment in supporting women agri-entrepreneurs and agricultural wage workers. […] Continue reading
Assessing How Agricultural Technologies can Change Gender Dynamics and Food Security Outcomes
Region: Global | Topic: Agriculture & Food Security, Gender 360
Tags: Toolkits and Methodologies


The “Assessing How Agricultural Technologies can Change Gender Dynamics and Food Security Outcomes” toolkit introduces a framework that considers the social context of the agricultural technologies and the specific challenges that women and men farmers face in using the technology. It focuses on three areas: time and labor; food availability, access, […] Continue reading
Integrating Gender and Nutrition within Agricultural Extension Services Technology Profiles
Region: Asia, Sub-Saharan Africa | Topic: Agriculture & Food Security, Gender 360
Tags: Technology, Toolkits and Methodologies, Training and Capacity Building


The technology profiles were authored and developed by multiple researchers, with technical support from Cultural Practice, LLC. The Integrating Gender and Nutrition within Agricultural Extension Services (INGENAES) project works to improve agricultural livelihoods focusing on strengthening extension and advisory services to empower and engage smallholder farmers, men and women. The […] Continue reading
Enhanced Engagement in Research: Mid-Term Evaluation of the Partnerships for Enhanced Engagement in Research (PEER) Program
Region: Asia, Global, Sub-Saharan Africa | Topic: Climate Change & Environment
Tags: Policy Analysis and Strategic Planning, Research and Evaluation


This mid-term evaluation of the Partnerships for Enhanced Engagement in Research (PEER) is crucial to inform the next five years of the program. The evaluation will contribute to the Global Development Lab’s (Lab) objective to document to program effectiveness to better inform programming decisions through analysis and action-oriented recommendations for […] Continue reading
Mid-term evaluation of the Partnerships for Enhanced Engagement in Research
Gender Analysis Toolkit for Health Systems
Region: Global | Topic: Gender 360, Health
Tags: Health Systems, Toolkits and Methodologies


The purpose of the Gender Analysis Toolkit is to provide research questions to guide data collection when performing a project-level gender analysis. The Toolkit provides illustrative questions related to the five domains described in United States Agency for International Development’s (USAID) Automated Directive System (ADS) 205, which are: 1) Laws, […] Continue reading
Special Study on Minority-Serving Institutions’ and Minority-Serving Organizations’ Engagement and Minority Participation in the F2F Program
Region: Global | Topic: Agriculture & Food Security
Tags: Research and Evaluation, Training and Capacity Building, USAID
Drawing on reports, evaluation materials, and interviews with experts including former MSI program directors, this brief discusses the background of Minority-Serving Institutions (MSIs) and Minority Serving Organizations (MSOs) experience with the Farmer to Farmer (F2F) program and ways to increase their participation in the program. After further examination of constraints […] Continue reading
Exploring the Promise of Information and Communication Technologies for Women Farmers in Kenya
Region: Sub-Saharan Africa | Topic: Agriculture & Food Security, Gender 360
Tags: Technology, USAID


Access to information and the creation of knowledge are key drivers of social and economic transformation. In agriculture, new information and knowledge fuel innovation and increase productivity and competitiveness. The ability of farmers to participate in and benefit from growth in the sector is linked to their ability to adopt […] Continue reading
John Ogonowski and Doug Bereuter Farmer-to-Farmer Mid-Term Evaluation for the 2009 – 2013 Program
Region: Global | Topic: Agriculture & Food Security
Tags: Research and Evaluation, USAID
This evaluation of the John Ogonowski and Doug Bereuter Farmer-to-Farmer (F2F) Program was prepared at the request of USAID’s Bureau for Food Security, under the Weidemann Associates Inc. (WAI) Rural and Agricultural Incomes with a Sustainable Environment-Plus (RAISE Plus) Indefinite Quantity Contract (IQC) Task Order #20. The purpose of the […] Continue reading