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Gender gap in agriculture 'must be addressed'

[KUALA LUMPUR] Productivity losses due to the agriculture "gender gap" are straining global economies, a conference has heard. 

This was the consensus of gender scientists and agricultural researchers at a workshop in Malaysia that aimed to develop an agenda for gender transformative research for the agricultural sector.

http://www.scidev.net/en/news/gender-gap-in-agriculture-must-be-addressed-.html

Gender transformative approach crucial for successful agricultural development

Despite decades of agricultural research and development efforts, the challenges of poverty and hunger persist. Experts now recognize that effectively integrating gender issues in such projects will help to improve food security, wellbeing and equity.
http://www.worldfishcenter.org/gender-transformative-approach-crucial-successful-agricultural-development

WorldFish Annual Report 2011/2012 - Including financial statement for 2011

 
This year's report contains the Director General's and Chairman's statements. Also highlighted in the reports, are stories of projects with different partners:
 

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What will it take to deliver a gender transformative approach?

In a previous Expiscor blog post WorldFish Director General Stephen Hall laid out the rationale for adopting a gender transformative approach that goes beyond just considering the symptoms of gender disparity, and addresses the social norms and attitudes that lie behind them. The CGIAR Research Program on Aquatic Agricultural Systems has placed a transformative approach at the heart of its gender strategy. But how can this be turned into a reality?
http://www.worldfishcenter.org/news-events/what-will-it-take-to-deliver-gender-transformative-approach

Conversation on Gender Research

Stephen Hall and Patrick Dugan sit down to have a candid conversation about the state of gender research, and where they see the future of research for development heading in a gender transformative way. This is in response to the upcoming workshop, 'Building Coalitions, Creating Change', on gender research for agricultural development being held at the WorldFish headquarters in Penang, Malaysia from the 3rd to the 5th of October.

 

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