FARMER STORY
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“I now look for every chance of investment”
Shoma Khatun’s world came crashing down around her when her father died from a stroke three years ago.
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FARMER STORY
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In search of technical training for women
Nestan Vibliani is an economist by trade. By day, the 43-year-old female farmer works at the local municipality in the south-central Georgian town of Tsalka, and by night she cares for her four children and husband.
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FARMER STORY
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The young cassava farmer of Idi-Amu
The 29-year-old Azeez is bucking the trend which sees youth leaving rural areas. He represents a fraction of the smallholder farmers who are youths.
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FARMER STORY
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Working together for better gari
Practical involvement of women in participatory variety selection, based on the specific cassava work they do, contributes to empowerment, access to new cassava varieties and learning as a citizen scientist.
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OUTCOME STORY
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Tools to ensure gender-responsive breeding
Two newly developed tools help breeders to respond to the needs, preferences and constraints of all end-users.
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OUTCOME STORY
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Helping breeders to hear what end users want
A crucial element in plant breeding is to ensure that farmers and others, such as processors and consumers, will adopt and make use of new, improved varieties.
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OUTCOME STORY
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Expanding ‘gender’ to encompass roles, responsibilities and social norms
The need to pay more attention to gender in breeding becomes even more apparent when one looks at past breeding efforts in any detail.
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OUTCOME STORY
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Who does what along the entire value chain
The complexities of production systems become more apparent when examining the ways in which different people express their preferences for certain crop or animal traits.
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RESEARCH HIGHLIGHT
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Uncovering the preferences of women and men
If gender is to be integrated in breeders’ product profiles, researchers need to develop a better understanding of trait preferences.
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