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Response to Garcia and Wanner “gender inequality and food security: lessons for the gender-responsive work of the international food policy research institute and the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation” Food Security (2017) 9:1091–1103

The paper by Garcia and Wanner reviews examples of gender-responsive research and programming from the International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) and the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, to discuss those gender-responsive approaches which are most successful for achieving women’s empow...

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Autores principales: Meinzen-Dick, Ruth, Quisumbing, Agnes
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: International Society for Plant Pathology and Springer Nature B.V. 2018
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7473069/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32968461
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s12571-018-0766-7
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Sumario:The paper by Garcia and Wanner reviews examples of gender-responsive research and programming from the International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) and the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, to discuss those gender-responsive approaches which are most successful for achieving women’s empowerment in agricultural development. It notes accomplishments and points out some shortcomings for both organizations to address. Although the objectives of the paper are worthwhile, we note important problems regarding methodology used, factual errors, and misrepresentation.