household survey panel data. Land is owned mostly by men, who are wealthier than their spouses with respect to almost all types …

We examine the role of gender in adoption and diffusion of orange sweet potato, a biofortified staple food crop being … promoted as a strategy to increase dietary intakes of vitamin A among young children and adult women in Uganda. As an … agricultural intervention with nutrition objectives, intrahousehold gender dynamics regarding decisions about crop choice and child …

whether benefits affect men and women equally. Using a randomized field experiment in Senegal and Burkina Faso, we compare … hypothesize that this difference results from the fact that although men and women are equally exposed to yield risk, women face … literature is still scant as to which products are the most effective. In order to inform gender targeting of rural finance …

that should be taken into account in irrigation development to address nutrition and gender gaps with a focus on Africa …

development programs on how to incorporate gender and assets in the design, implementation, and evaluation of interventions. This … control of assets relative to a control group, and of those only one project provided evidence of a reduction in the gender … asset gap. The quantitative and qualitative findings suggest ways that greater attention to gender and assets by researchers …

This research was undertaken to understand gender issues on the distribution of, access to, and control over major …

between the impact of the intervention on men and on women is narrowed when taking into account the gender …-differentiated paralegal effort, and thus costs, allocated to women and men. …Gender disparities continue to exist in women’s control, inheritance, and ownership of land in spite of legislation …

by these data, and uses these measures to assess the gaps in the land rights of women and men. Building on the conceptual … gender gaps in landownership across countries. However, critical data gaps cloud our understanding of land rights and why … women fare better or worse in certain countries. In particular, the limited information on joint and individual ownership …

daughters will earn over their lifetimes. To help right gender imbalances, the authors consider policies to encourage adoption … competition in off-farm labor markets, and to eliminate discrimination against women. The authors conclude that there is no … conflict between policies to enhance the efficiency of investments in land and human capital and policies to promote gender …