Gender and inclusivity blog posts

Statistics are worrying, but recognizing interlinkages between water and nutrition security, and their link to climate change, water pollution, and watershed degradation, could help accomplish both SDG 2 and 6.

Originally published on the Chicago Council on Global Affairs, water, nutrition and agriculture experts share insight on technology adoption for women farmers.  

It's not enough to include women in agricultural solutions. We need to rethink and retool these solutions to address the structural issues that make women unequal actors and participants in development.

Small-scale irrigation technologies are transforming the backyards of Ethiopian farmers. 

New technologies and smart business models could turn waste into a veritable gold mine of opportunity for African women.

What can we do to ensure small-scale irrigation technologies benefit women farmers? A new toolkit provides guidance for policymakers and project managers involved in irrigation projects to include women. The toolkit draws on findings from IFPRI's gender and irrigation research under REACH and the Feed the Future Innovation Lab for Small-Scale Irrigation.

In order to achieve gender equity in the water development sector, we need to understand the role of men and the impacts of masculinity in society.

Small scale irrigation projects yield agricultural gains—but create unanticipated problems for women farmers in Tanzania.

As climatic extremes intensify unpredictably across the planet, the links between agriculture and gender are growing stronger. As are technologies used to assess the damage. 

GILIT offers an integrated, participatory approach for measuring gender equity in irrigation schemes, facilitate learning, and help identify ways to improve equity.