Gender relations and gaps in the cocoa value-chain in Peru
Researchers have found that greater inclusion of women is needed to optimally intensify cocoa value-chains in a region of Peru.
Author: Ana Maria Paez-Valencia
Women in Kenya improve their families’ food security through simple land-restoration technology
Despite challenges from both the land and society, women in Kenya are taking control of their farms, with impressive results. Following a previous article on the topic, we delve deeper into a farming technique that is alleviating food...
Why China should include a gender-perspective in its climate change policies
Women are playing a leading role in coping with and adapting to climate change in the mountainous rural areas of China’s Yunnan province, where disruptions in weather patterns and increasingly extreme events are expected to impact agricultural livelihoods. But while they are assuming more responsibility than men, their voices are mostly excluded from the policy-making processes that affect their daily lives.