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This guide explains the integration between fish culture and conventional crop agriculture and discusses how farmers can maximize the benefit of using these resources. The main concept...

We conduct a synthetic review of the literature examining relationships between domains of women’s empowerment and food system outcomes. Many studies report significant positive associations...

There is a need to address gender inequalities in agri-food systems (AFS) governance to close the gender gap and improve women’s agency and participation in the agri-food sector. Women often...

Highlights Labor patterns are changing in rural areas; women are more visible in agriculture. Many women are active participants in these changes...

Seed is critical to food security as the first link in the food value chain (Galiè 2013) and can be a powerful agent of change (Reddy et al. 2007)...

As the world learns to live with Covid-19, to emerge from the current crisis, and to “build back better”, UN Women’s new “Feminist plan” provides a visionary but practical roadmap for putting...

As we enter the second year of the COVID-19 pandemic, it is abundantly clear that this is a crisis of monumental proportions, with catastrophic effects on people’s lives and livelihoods and on efforts to realize the 2030...

Despite the immense challenges of 2020, the year also brought great accomplishments and showcased the resilience and adaptiveness of our staff and partners. IFPRI weathered the COVID-19 storm by quickly...

Freedom of movement is an important aspect of women’s empowerment, especially in the context of rural transformation as women attempt to transition from subsistence agriculture into more remunerative roles, such as involvement...

Sustainable food systems are needed to ensure appropriate food production and reduce losses and waste, while also safeguarding human and environmental health, political stability...