The Journal of Gender, Agriculture and Food Security (Agri-Gender) is an international, open access, peer-reviewed and refereed journal published by the Africa Centre for Gender, Social Research and Impact Assessment. The main objective of Agri-Gender is to provide an intellectual platform for international scholars to publish their research work on gender, agriculture and food security. The journal aims to promote interdisciplinary research related to gender and the agricultural and food sciences.

December 2021, Volume 6, Issue 2

GREAT Expectations: building a model for applied gender training for crop improvement
Hale Ann Tufan, Margaret Najjingo Mangheni, Brenda Boonabaana, Elizabeth Asiimwe, Devon Jenkins, and Elisabeth Garner

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Gender capacity development in agriculture: insights from the GREAT monitoring, learning, and evaluation system
Cassidy Travis, Elisabeth Garner, Yvonne Pinto, and Godfrey Kayobyo

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Developing a competency framework for trainers of gender-responsive agricultural research training programs
Margaret Najjingo Mangheni, Brenda Boonabaana, Elizabeth Asiimwe, Hale Ann Tufan, Devon Jenkins, and Elisabeth Garner

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Tracking the gender responsiveness of agricultural research across the research cycle: a monitoring and evaluation framework tested in Uganda and Rwanda
Margaret Najjingo Mangheni, Peace Musiimenta, Brenda Boonabaana, and Hale Ann Tufan

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Signs of change: evidence on women’s time use, identity, and subjective well-being in rural Bangladesh
Greg Seymour and Maria S. Floro

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Socio-cultural and gender context of access to natural resources: empirical evidence from women shea nut pickers in the northern region of Ghana
Hudu Zakaria, Tijani Abdullai and Murtala Labaran Gariba

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Empowering women in dairy cooperatives in Bihar and Telangana, India: a gender and caste analysis
Thanammal Ravichandran, Cathy Rozel Farnworth and Alessandra Galiè

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Mobile phone use and agricultural productivity among female smallholder farmers in Tanzania
Amy Quandt, Jonathan Salerno, Timothy D. Baird, J. Terrence McCabe, Emilie Xu, Jeffrey E. Herrick, and Joel Hartter

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A review of the effects of migration on the feminization of agrarian dryland economies
Jemima Nomunume Baada and Dina Najjar

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Gendered perceptions of biosecurity and the gender division of labor in pig farming in Uganda
Michel Dione, Robert Ochago, Emily Ouma, Peter Lule, Mary Jo Kakinda, Robinah Nyapendi, Rosemirta Birungi, and Rhiannon Pyburn

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Beyond maize production: gender relations along the maize value chain in Tanzania
Rahma I. Adam, Frank Mmbando, Osmund Lupindu, Rose M. Ubwe, Jessica Osanya, and Pauline Muindi

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From agency to empowerment: women farmers’ experiences of a fairtrade coffee cooperative in Guatemala
Alissa Bilfield, David Seal, and Diego Rose

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Beyond the sex of the holder: understanding agricultural production decisions within household farms in Uganda
Marya Hillesland, Vanya Slavchevska, Heath Henderson, Patrick Okello, and Flavia Naiga Oumo

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Gender and the conservation of traditional crop varieties: the case of traditional sorghum in Agago District, Uganda
Martha Businge, Thomas L. Odong, Richard Miiro

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The potential intersections of Covid-19, gender and food security in Africa
Cheryl Doss, Jemimah Njuki, and Helena Mika

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Gender and agricultural extension: why a gender focus matters
Ileana I. Diaz and Dina Najjar

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Understanding intra-household gender disparities of smallholder livestock production in Zambia
Henry Machina and Mary Lubungu

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Gender, social capital, and market participation in dairy cooperatives in West Shoa, Ethiopia
Daniel Belay, Workneh Negatu, and Seife Ayele

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Access to and control over agricultural labor and income in smallholder farming households: a gendered look from Chipata, Eastern Zambia
Joan Pelekamoyo and Bridget Bwalya Umar

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Women control over income, agricultural commercialization and dietary diversity: Analysis of rural households in Zambia
Rhoda Mofya-Mukuka and Jairos Sambo

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Women’s empowerment in cotton growing: a case in Northern Benin
Faridath Aboudou and Michel Fok

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The effect of patriarchal norms on women farmers when men migrate: a case study from West Bengal, India
Patrick Kilby, Raktima Mukhopadhyay and Kuntala Lahiri-Dutt

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Reducing gender gaps in the awareness and uptake of drought-tolerant maize in Uganda: The role of education, extension services and social networks
Monica Fisher, Endeshaw Habte, William Ekere, Tsedeke Abate and Paul A. Lewin

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How do agricultural development projects empower women? Linking strategies with expected outcomes
Nancy Johnson, Mysbah Balagamwala, Crossley Pinkstaff, Sophie Theis, Ruth Meinzen-Dick and Agnes Quisumbing

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Women in agricultural value chains: unrecognized work and contributions to the Guatemalan economy
Jochen Dǖrr

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The gender dynamics of provisioning African Indigenous Vegetables as a meal in Kenya: A meal security perspective
Anne Aswani Musotsi, Meike Brückner, Parto Teherani-Krönner and Ann Kingiri

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Does participation of household members in small ruminant management activities vary by agro-ecologies and category of respondents? Evidence from Rural Ethiopia
Wole Kinati, Annet Mulema, Hiwot Desta, Biruk Alemu and Barbara Wieland

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Qualitative, comparative, and collaborative research at large scale: An introduction to GENNOVATE
Lone Badstue, Patti Petesch, Shelley Feldman, Gordon Prain, Marlène Elias and Paula Kantor

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Qualitative, comparative, and collaborative research at large scale: The GENNOVATE field methodology
Patti Petesch, Lone Badstue, Laura Camfield, Shelley Feldman, Gordon Prain, and Paula Kantor

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What drives capacity to innovate? Insights from women and men small-scale farmers in Africa, Asia, and Latin America
Lone Badstue, Diana E. Lopez, Anya Umantseva, George Williams, Marlène Elias, Cathy Rozel Farnworth, Anne Rietveld, Esther Njuguna-Mungai, Joyce Luis, Dina Najjar and Vongai Kandiwa

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Gendered aspirations and occupations among rural youth, in agriculture and beyond: A cross-regional perspective
Marlène Elias, Netsayi Mudege, Diana E. Lopez, Dina Najjar, Vongai Kandiwa, Joyce Luis, Jummai Yila, Amare Tegbaru, Gaya Ibrahim, Lone Badstue, Esther Njuguna-Mungai, Abderahim Bentaibi

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Local normative climate shaping agency and agricultural livelihoods in sub-Saharan Africa
Patti Petesch, Renee Bullock, Shelley Feldman, Lone Badstue, Anne Rietveld, Wenda Bauchspies, Adelbertus Kamanzi, Amare Tegbaru, and Jummai Yila

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Community typology framed by normative climate for agricultural innovation, empowerment, and poverty reduction
Patti Petesch, Shelley Feldman, Marlène Elias, Lone Badstue1,Dina Najjar, Anne Rietveld, Renee Bullock, Nozomi Kawarazuka, and Joyce Luis

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Factors Associated with Food Insecurity among Female Savings Group Participants in Burkina Faso
Jessica Wilkinson, Kate Strickling, Yvonne Allsop, Megan Gash and Benjamin Crookston

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Women Farmers’ Access to Integrated Livestock Extension Services and the Impact on Livelihoods in Bangladesh
Han Bum Lee, Paul E. McNamara and Kamal Bhattacharyya

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Gendered Perspectives on Smallholder Cattle Production and Health Management in Three Sites in Tanzania
Galiè Alessandra, Francesca Distefano, Daniel Kangogo, Raffaele C. Mattioli, Barbara Wieland and Isabelle Baltenweck

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Socio-Environmental Assessment of Gender Equality, Pastoralism, Agriculture and Climate Information in Rural Communities of Northern Tanzania
Sofie Sandstrom and Alexandre Strapasson

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‘What’s in a Name’: Implications of Women’s Cattle Ownership for Transformative Gender Mainstreaming in Botswana
Erin Must and Alice J. Hovorka

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Using cognitive interviewing to improve the Women’s Empowerment in Agriculture Index survey instruments: Evidence from Bangladesh and Uganda
Hazel Jean L. Malapit, Kathryn Sproule, and Chiara Kovarik

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Gender differentials in profit among oil palm processors in Abia state, Nigeria
Agwu, NM, Oteh, OU and Amama, GC

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Gender, land and responses to health and environmental shocks in rural South Western Uganda
Rwamahe Rutakumwa, Adam Pain, Dominic Bukenya, Grace Tumwekwase, Fatuma Ssembajja and Janet Seeley

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Women’s empowerment and economic collaboration in rural Pakistan
Spriggs J, Chambers B, Heaney-Mustafa S, Roy S, Akmal N, Taj S, Khan IA and Mangan T

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Beyond the double gender gap in science and agriculture: Is there space for feminist-inspired transformation within AWARD?
Sabrina Aguiari, Apollo Nkwake and Melody Mentz

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The potential of Social Network Analysis as a tool for monitoring and evaluation of capacity building interventions
William N. Faulkner and Apollo M. Nkwake

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Understanding women’s empowerment using an exploratory mixed-methods index
Apollo M Nkwake, Baraka Bensolomon, Melody Mentz and Nadia Fouché

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An assessment of the gender gap in African agricultural research capacities
Nienke Beintema

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The benefits of both worlds: Towards an integrated mixed-methods approach for evaluating women’s empowerment
Melody Mentz

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Designing effective leadership capacity development programs for women agricultural researchers in Africa
Pauline Bomett and Anne Wangalachi

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Building science skills to improve the contributions of women to agricultural research and development in Sub-Saharan Africa
Dorothy Mukhebi, Santie de Villiers, Sheila Okoth, Vicki Wilde, and Apollo M Nkwake

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Strengthening mentoring partnerships for African women scientists in the agricultural research and development system in sub-Saharan Africa
Dorothy Mukhebi, Evelyne Otunga, Melody Mentz and Anne Wangalachi

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Beyond crop production: Gender relations along the pigeon pea value chain and implications for income and food security in Malawi
Nathalie Me-Nsope and Michelle Larkins

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Factors associated with food insecurity among women and children in rural Rajasthan, India
Hannah E. Payne, Bobbi Gray, Siena F. Davis, Cassidy A. Hine, Arindam Das, Manisha Kabra and Benjamin T. Crookston

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Exploration of cultural norms and practices influencing women’s participation in chickpea participatory varietal selection training activities: A case study of Ada’a and Ensaro districts,Ethiopia
Esther M Njuguna, Millicent L. Liani, Meseret Beyene and Chris O. Ojiewo

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Food insecurity, helplessness, and choice: Gender and diet change in the central Himalaya
Deepa Iyer and Wynne Wright

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Gender inequality in smallholder onion (allium cepa l.) production in the far north region of Cameroon
Regine Tchientche Kamga, Isaac Roger Tchouamo, Ronal Chendjou, Jean Claude Bidogeza and Victor Afari-Sefa

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Practical Notes: Critical elements for integrating gender in agricultural research and development projects and programs
Jemimah Njuki

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Gender dynamics in cassava leaves value chains: The case of Tanzania
Karolin Andersson, Johanna Bergman Lodin and Linley Chiwona-Karltun

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A crop of one's own? Women’s experiences of cassava commercialization in Nigeria and Malawi
Lora Forsythe, Helena Posthumus and Adrienne Martin

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Smallholder milk market participation, dietary diversity and nutritional status among young children in Ethiopia
Birhanu Megersa Lenjiso, Jeroen Smits and Ruerd Ruben

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Rural women’s participation in producer organizations: An analysis of the barriers that women face and strategies to foster equitable and effective participation
Susan Kaaria, Martha Osorio, Sophie Wagner and Ambra Gallina

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Identifying women farmers: Informal gender norms as institutional barriers to recognizing women’s contributions to agriculture.
Jennifer Twyman, Juliana Muriel and María Alejandra García

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Gender norms and the marketing of seeds and ware potatoes in Malawi
Netsayi N Mudege ,Eliya Kapalasa,Tafadzwa Chevo, Ted Nyekanyeka, and Paul Demo

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Influencing Gender-Inclusive Climate Change Policies in Latin America
Tatiana Gumucio and Mariana Tafur Rueda

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Fertilizer use on individually and jointly managed crop plots in Mozambique
Paswel Marenya, Menale Kassie and Eilio Tostao

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Getting a Piece of the Pie: An Analysis of factors Influencing Women's Production of Sweetpotato in Northern Nigeria.
Soniia David

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Building a Gender-Transformative Extension and Advisory Facilitation System in Sub-Saharan Africa.
Cathy Rozel Farnworth and Kathleen Earl Colverson

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Women and the emergence of Grassroots Institutions on Post-Fast Track Farms in Zimbabwe.
Manase Kudzai Chiweshe

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The Role of Gender and Kinship Structure in Household Decision-Making for Agriculture and Tree Planting in Malawi.
Seline S. Meijer, Gudeta W. Sileshi, Godfrey Kundhlande, Delia Catacutan, and Maarten Nieuwenhuis

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