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1 Meinzen-Dick, R.; Quisumbing, A.; Behrman, J.; Biermayr-Jenzano, P.; Wilde, V.; Noordeloos, M.; Ragasa, C.; Beintema, N. 2010. Engendering agricultural research. Washington, DC, USA: International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI). 63p. (IFPRI Discussion Paper 00973)

Gender ; Agricultural research ; Indicators ; Farmers ; Women ; Agricultural extension ; Productivity

(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: e-copy only Record No: H043604)

http://www.ifpri.org/sites/default/files/publications/ifpridp00973.pdf
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This paper makes a case for gender equity in the agricultural R&D system. It reviews the evidence on exactly why it is important to pay attention to gender issues in agriculture and why it is necessary to recognize women’s distinct food-security roles throughout the entire value chain—for both food and nonfood crops, marketed and nonmarketed commodities. The authors examine whether women are factored into the work of research institutions, and whether research institutions effectively focus on women’s needs. In short, are these institutions conducting research by and for women? The paper’s conceptual framework demonstrates the need to integrate gender into setting agricultural priorities; conducting the research itself; designing, implementing, and adopting extension services; and evaluating their impacts. It concludes with recommendations regarding how to make these suggested changes.

2 Meinzen-Dick, R.; Quisumbing, A.; Behrman, J.; Biermayr-Jenzano, P.; Wilde, V.; Noordeloos, M.; Ragasa, C.; Beintema, N. 2011. Engendering agricultural research, development, and extension. Washington, DC, USA: IFPRI. 138p. (IFPRI Research Monograph) [doi: https://doi.org/10.2499/9780896291904]

Agricultural research ; Agricultural development ; Agricultural extension ; Gender ; Equity ; Impact assessment ; Food security ; Nutrients ; Crop production ; Agricultural policy ; Technology ; Farmers ; Poverty ; Case studies ; Livestock ; Natural resources management ; Institutions ; Developing Countries ; Models ; Social aspects ; Environmental effects ; Economic aspects ; Price policy ; Property rights ; Collective action ; Indicators / India / Uganda / Venezuela / Ethiopia

(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: 630.7 G000 MEI Record No: H044823)

http://www.ifpri.org/sites/default/files/publications/rr176.pdf
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This monograph makes a case for gender equity in the agricultural research, development, and extension (R, D, & E) system. It reviews the evidence on why it is important to pay attention to gender issues in agriculture and why it is necessary to recognize women’s distinct roles in achieving food security throughout the entire value chain—for food and nonfood crops, marketed and nonmarketed commodities. The monograph’s conceptual framework demonstrates how gender should be integrated throughout the R, D, & E system. Subsequent chapters explore gender integration into setting agricultural priorities; information needs for engendering the agricultural R, D, & E system; gender integration into conducting the research itself; designing and implementing extension services to ensure gender equity in adoption of innovations; and evaluating impacts. At the end of every chapter, a summary of findings and recommendations suggests ways forward toward the goal of engendering agricultural R, D, & E.

3 Boughton, D.; Goeb, J.; Lambrecht, I.; Headey, D.; Takeshima, H.; Mahrt, K.; Masias, I.; Goudet, S.; Ragasa, C.; Maredia, M. K.; Minten, B.; Diao, X. 2021. Impacts of COVID-19 on agricultural production and food systems in late transforming Southeast Asia: the case of Myanmar. Agricultural Systems, 188:103026. (Online first) [doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.agsy.2020.103026]

Agricultural production ; Agrifood systems ; COVID-19 ; Rural areas ; Livelihoods ; Food security ; Agroindustrial sector ; Agricultural trade ; Food prices ; Household income ; Economic aspects ; Policies / South East Asia / Myanmar

(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: e-copy only Record No: H050204)

https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0308521X20308878/pdfft?md5=8ec3733006656f7e2cb2f2cab3585103&pid=1-s2.0-S0308521X20308878-main.pdf
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The objective of this contribution is to report the initial impacts of measures taken to contain the COVID-19 pandemic on Myanmar's agri-food system. Myanmar is one of several late-transforming low-income countries in Southeast Asia where agriculture still plays a large role in rural livelihoods, and where food prices are a key factor affecting nutrition security for poor urban and rural households. Whereas the economic impacts of COVID-19 disruptions on tourism and manufacturing were obvious to policymakers, the impacts on the agri-food system were less evident and often more indirect. This resulted in the rural sector being allocated only a very small share of the government's initial fiscal response to mitigate the economic impacts of COVID-19.
To correct this information gap, a suite of phone surveys covering a wide spectrum of actors in the agri-food system were deployed, including farm input suppliers, mechanization service providers, farmers, commodity traders, millers, food retailers and consumers. The surveys were repeated at regular intervals prior to and during the main crop production season which began shortly after nationwide COVID-19 prevention measures were implemented in April. While the results indicate considerable resilience in the agri-food system in response to the initial disruptions, persistent financial stress for a high proportion of households and agri-food system businesses indicate that the road to a full recovery will take time. The experience provides important lessons for strengthening the resilience of the agri-food system, and the livelihoods of households that depend on it.