GREAT Annual Meeting, Kampala, 2019 |
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This last quarter has marked the launch of exciting new activities that the GREAT team is pleased to share. GREAT delivered an advanced training for researchers who participated in previous GREAT training, funding was awarded to five research teams of GREAT Fellows, and the team published a Special Issue in the Journal of Gender, Agriculture and Food Security.
The Level 2 training is an advanced course for fellows of previous training cohorts to deepen their knowledge of gender-responsive agricultural research. The advanced course was held from October 18 - November 4 and had 30 participants. Feedback from participants after the training indicated renewed energy and commitment toward integrating gender in their work.
In late 2021, GREAT granted funding to research teams of exemplary GREAT Fellows to apply what they learned in trainings, moving from theory to practice. GREAT funded five research cluster teams in Nigeria, Uganda, Ghana, and Zimbabwe. We are pleased to introduce the research teams in this newsletter. Please stay tuned for plans to disseminate their findings in the latter part of 2022!
Sincerely,
Dr. Margaret Mangheni and Dr. Hale Tufan,
GREAT Co-Principal Investigators
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Meet the Research Cluster Teams |
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Moving from theory to Practice: Deepening gender responsive agricultural research skills of NARs in Sub-Saharan Africa
Department of Global Development, Cornell University | By Zenebech Mesfin
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In this blog we highlight the work that five research cluster teams are conducting.Their research ranges from piloting the G+ tools in the rice and groundnut value chains in Ghana and Uganda respectively, research on women’s empowerment and masculinity in Uganda’s food and agriculture systems, understanding and defining resilience within the cassava value chain in Nigeria, and exploring the trade-offs and synergies between gender equality and productivity in Zimbabwe.
The teams are conducting their field work over the next few months, and GREAT looks forward to disseminating their findings in a webinar series to the Community of Practice in late August 2022. Stay tuned for the webinar dates! Read more on the Cornell website and GREAT blog.
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GREAT Publishes Special Issue for the Journal of Gender, Agriculture and Food Security |
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In January, GREAT published four new studies on learnings from the first five years of GREAT. The studies are linked below:
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GREAT Advanced Course Strengthens Gender Research Skills for Resilient Agricultural System
Makerere University | by Elizabeth Asiimwe| January 4, 2022 | Read more here.
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GREAT Research points way towards more inclusive agricultural systems
Cornell University | by Matt Hayes| February 23, 2022 | Read more here.
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Training women groups to build a self-reliant quality seed system in Eastern India
International Rice Research Institute (IRRI) South Asia Regional Centre | by Dr. Kuntal Das, and Dr. Swati Nayak | March 9, 2022 | Read more here.
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Dr. Tessy Ugo Madu named Director of Planning at NRCRI, Umudike, Nigeria
GREAT Fellow Dr Tessy Madu was appointed the Director of Planning, Monitoring and Evaluation at Nigeria’s National Root Crops Research Institute (NCRI), Umudike. A social/gender scientist, Tessy attended the maiden GREAT Course on gender-responsive Root Tuber and Banana breeding in 2016/2017. In this video, Tessy shares how the GREAT training will be relevant to her research work.
Congratulations Tessy!
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Dr. Maxwell Darko Asante appointed Acting Deputy Director of CSIR, CRI Ghana
The new year 2022 came with great tidings for GREAT Fellow and Rice breeder Dr Maxwell Darko Asante. He was appointed Acting Deputy Director at the CSIR-Crops Research Institute in Ghana with effect from 1st January 2022. Maxwell attended the GREAT Theme 2 course on gender-responsive cereal grains breeding in 2017/2018 in Kampala, Uganda.
Hearty congratulations Maxwell from all of us at GREAT!
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Prof. Grace Bantebya Kyouhendo appointed Head of Grants Administration at Makerere University
GREAT Trainer Prof. Grace Bantebya Kyomuhendo was recently appointed to lead the Grants Administration and Management Unit Steering Committee (GAMSU) at Makerere University. The GAMSU coordinates all the research grants and donations received by Makerere University. The unit is mandated to support staff in research grants management and monitoring. At the GREAT Course, Prof. Kyomuhendo facilitates sessions on gender concepts, self reflection, positionality and gender theory.
Hearty congratulations Professor!
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GREAT Trainer Lawrence Lubyayi adds a PhD to his credentials
GREAT Trainer Lawrence Lubyayi crowned the year 2021 with a PhD. Remembered for his excellent facilitation of gender-responsive quantitative research methods and Pro-WEAI sessions at the GREAT course, Lawrence graduated with a PhD in Biostatistics from the University of Witwatersrand in Johannesburg, South Africa.
Congratulations Dr. Lubyayi!
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AWARD - International Committee on Women in Agricultural Economics (ICWAE) mentorship program for women in the global South | Application forms for prospective mentors and mentees can be found here.
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Publications from the CoP and Beyond |
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Freely access 233 full-text articles in the GREAT CoP Zotero Group library.
Authors in bold, below, are CoP members.
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The Genesis and Performance of Gender Focal Person Structures in Rwanda and Uganda National Agricultural Organisations: A Critique
Margaret Najjingo Mangheni, Peace Musiimenta, Brenda Boonabaana, and Hale Ann Tufan
Published September 15, 2021
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Understanding the pathways to women's empowerment in Northern Ghana and the relationship with small-scale irrigation
Published: January 17, 2022
Elizabeth Bryan & Elisabeth Garner
Access the full-text PDF online.
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Moving beyond reaching women in seed systems development
Published: November 1, 2021
Puskur, Ranjitha; Mudege, Netsayi Noris; Njuguna-Mungai, Esther;
Nchanji, Eileen; Vernooy, Ronnie; Galiè, Alessandra, and Najjar, Dina
Access the full-text PDF online.
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Deconstructing leisure time and workload: case of women bean producers in Kenya
Published: May 7, 2021
Nchanji, E.B., Mutua, M., Odhiambo, C. et al.
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COVID-19 challenges to sustainable food production and consumption: Future lessons for food systems in eastern and southern Africa from a gender lens
Published: July 2021
Nchanji, E. B., & Lutomia, C. K
Access the full-text PDF online.
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Gender-responsive participatory variety selection in Kenya: Implications for common bean (phaseolus vulgaris L.) breeding in Kenya
Published: November 27, 2021
Nchanji, E.B.; Lutomia, C.K.; Ageyo, O.C.; Karanja, D.; Kamau, E.
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One size does not fit all - Addressing the complexity of food system sustainability
Published: March 3, 2022
Mary Ng'endo and Melanie Connor
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Gender-responsive Researchers Equipped for Agricultural Transformation (GREAT) is a five-year collaboration between Cornell University, in the United States, and Makerere University, in Uganda. GREAT started in 2016, and is funded with support from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation.
GREAT equips researchers to create more inclusive and effective agricultural systems by addressing the needs and priorities of both women and men in sub-Saharan Africa.
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