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What is the role of men in connecting women to cash crop markets? Evidence from Uganda

LandLibrary Resource
Policy Papers & Briefs
Diciembre, 2018
África oriental
África subsahariana
África
Uganda

Programs that seek to increase women’s participation in marketing activities related to the principal household economic activity must involve men if they are to be successful. In this paper we analyze take-up of a project that sought to increase women’s involvement in sugarcane marketing and sales by encouraging the registration of a sugarcane block contract in the wife’s name.

Using natural areas and empowering women to buffer food security and nutrition from climate shocks: Evidence from Ghana, Zambia, and Bangladesh

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Policy Papers & Briefs
Diciembre, 2018
África austral
África occidental
África subsahariana
Asia meridional
Asia
África
Bangladesh
Ghana
Zambia

As climate change makes precipitation shocks more common, policymakers are becoming increasingly interested in protecting food systems and nutrition outcomes from the damaging effects of droughts and floods (Wheeler and von Braun, 2013).

Farm and family balance project: Evidence from Uganda

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Policy Papers & Briefs
Diciembre, 2018
África oriental
África subsahariana
África
Uganda

This project tests two approaches to increasing women’s integration into and returns from cash crop value chains. We aim to determine whether these interventions affect intrahousehold allocation of resources, decision-making power, consumption and investment, productivity of the cash crop at the household level, and success of contract ful-fillment for the buyer of the crop.

Gender Opportunities and Constraints in Land-Related Agricultural Investments

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Reports & Research
Diciembre, 2018
Global
Laos

WEBSITE INTRODUCTION: This report presents a synthesis of the main findings from case studies carried out in six countries in Africa (Ghana, Sierra Leone, United Republic of Tanzania and Zambia) and Asia (Laos and Philippines). The findings were disseminated and discussed in multistakeholder initiatives at regional and country level.

Gender Digital Divide and Youth Business Group Leadership.

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Reports & Research
Diciembre, 2018
Ethiopia

We assess the gender difference in mobile phone ownership among youth business group members, and how it affects election into leadership and group board positions in recently established rural youth business groups in northern Ethiopia. Based on data on 1125 youths from 119 youth business groups where 32% of the members were female, 37% of the females and 70% of the males owned mobile phones.

Scramble for Land Rights: Reducing Inequity between Communities and Companies

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Journal Articles & Books
Diciembre, 2018
Global

Community land, crucial to rural livelihood around the world, is increasingly targeted by commercial interests. Its loss can lead to environmental degradation, increased rural poverty and land disputes that last for years. Without formal legal recognition of their land rights, communities struggle to protect their land from being allocated to outside investors.