Publications

Mudege, N. N., Lecoutere, E., Arhin-Sam, K., Kihoro, E., Kakwasha, K. and Manyise, T. 2025. Enhancing women’s empowerment and climate-adaptive capacities in aquaculture in climate hotspots in Zambia. CGIAR GENDER Impact Platform Working Paper #028. Nairobi, Kenya: CGIAR GENDER Impact Platform.

Galiè, A., Malapit, H., Njiru, N., Ferguson, N., Omondi, I., Muchiri, C. and Lecoutere, E. 2025. A synthesis of changes in women’s empowerment in two portfolios of agricultural and livestock development projects. CGIAR GENDER Impact Platform Working Paper #027. Nairobi, Kenya: CGIAR GENDER Impact Platform.

Frimpong-Wiafe, B., Muchiri, C., Mawia, H. and Enahoro, D. 2025. A review of gender integration in African food-system policies: insights from Nigeria, Tanzania, Egypt and Kenya. CGIAR GENDER Impact Platform Working Paper #026. Nairobi, Kenya: CGIAR GENDER Impact Platform.

Malapit, H., Galiè, A., Njiru, N., Ferguson, N., Omondi, I., Lecoutere, E. and Muchiri, C. 2025. A synthesis of changes in women’s empowerment from Cultivate Africa’s Future agricultural development projects. Nairobi, Kenya: CGIAR GENDER Impact Platform.

CGIAR GENDER Impact Platform and Indian Council for Agricultural Research (ICAR). 2024. Advancing gender equality and women’s empowerment in agri-food systems: Research-based recommendations. Nairobi, Kenya: ILRI.

Seymour, G., Follett, L., Henderson, H., and Ferguson, N. 2024. Can machine-learning models predict gendered labor statistics using mobile phone and geospatial data? CGIAR GENDER Impact Platform Working Paper 023. Nairobi, Kenya: CGIAR GENDER Impact Platform.

Cole, S., Ferguson, N., Heckert, J., Mwakanyamale, D., Seymour, G., Feleke, S., Fischer, G., John, I., Lija, Z., Nyaa, M., and Zacharia, H. 2023. How do couples in rural Tanzania make decisions? Findings from a novel mixed-methods approach for understanding intrahousehold decision-making. CGIAR GENDER Impact Platform Working Paper #016. Nairobi, Kenya: CGIAR GENDER Impact Platform.

Cole, S.M. et al. (2015). Exploring the intricate relationship between poverty, gender inequality and rural masculinity: A Case study from an Aquatic Agricultural System in Zambia. Culture, Society & Masculinities, 7(2)

Padmaja, R and Pramanik, S and Pingali, P and Bantilan, C and Kavitha, K (2019) Understanding nutritional outcomes through gendered analysis of time-use patterns in semi-arid India. Global Food Security (TSI), 23. pp. 49-63. ISSN 22119124

Dalaa MA, Torvikey GD, Amoah A, Saeed AR, Obeng F, Kofituo RK, Asare R. 2020. Climate-Smart Cocoa: a gender transformative approach. Accra, Ghana: CGIAR Research Program on Climate Change, Agriculture and Food Security (CCAFS).

Diarra FB, Ouédraogo M, Zougmoré RB, Partey ST, Houessionon P, Mensah A. 2021. Are perception and adaptation to climate variability and change of cowpea growers in Mali gender differentiated? Environment, Development and Sustainability 17 p.

Lutomia, C.K.; Ketema, D.; Muriithi, C.; Nchanji, E.B. (2025) Empowering farmers in Embu County: Adoption of gender transformative Socio-Technical Innovation Bundles (STIBs) and their impact on resilience, productivity, and food security. 18 p.

Adeagbo, D.R. (2024). Effects of gender norms on food security and asset acquisition among cassava value chain actors in Oyo and Ogun States, Nigeria. Ile-Ife, Nigeria: Obafemi Awolowo University, (115 p.).

Gannon, Bryan M.; Sombié, Olivier O.; Zeba, Augustin N.; Nama, Gabriel Medoua; Bekele, Tesfaye Hailu; et al. 2023. Comparison of total body vitamin A stores using individual versus population 13C-natural abundance of serum retinol in preschool children and women residing in 6 diverse African countries. Journal of Nutrition 153(4): 949-957. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tjnut.2023.02.002

Haile, Demewoz; Engle-Stone, Reina; Caswell, Bess; Luo, Hanqi; Dodd, Kevin W.; Arnold, Charles D.; et al. Simulated impact of vitamin A-fortified sugar on dietary adequacy and association of usual sugar intake with plasma and breast milk retinol among lactating Zambian women. Maternal and Child Nutrition. Article in press. First published online August 6, 2025. https://doi.org/10.1111/mcn.70077

Paez Valencia, A.M.; Valiente, R.; Lizarazo, M.; Borrayo, A.; Martinez Baron, D. (2025) Consolidating gender mainstreaming in national climate policy: Lessons and recommendations for NDCs and the National Climate Change Action Plan (NAPCC). Policy Brief No. 1 2025. 11 p.

Sandalinas, Fanny; Joy, Edward J. M.; Hopkins, Heidi; Likoswe, Blessings H.; Blake, Tineka; Luo, Hanqi; et al. 2025. Malaria infection confounds inflammation-adjusted micronutrient biomarker concentrations in children and women in Malawi: a secondary analysis of the 2015/2016 Malawi micronutrient survey. British Journal of Nutrition 133(9): 1276 - 1286. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0007114525000820

Kyle, Jordan; and Ragasa, Catherine. 2025. Women’s leadership in agrifood governance: Unpacking gender attitudes and framing effects among policymakers with evidence from India and Nigeria. IFPRI Discussion Paper 2354. Washington, DC: International Food Policy Research Institute. https://hdl.handle.net/10568/176312

Ragasa, Catherine; Lambrecht, Isabel B.; Ma, Ning; Cole, Steven; Ebrahim, Mohammed; Desta, Gizaw; et al. 2025. Gender attitudes in agriculture and positivity bias: A survey experiment in four countries in Sub-Saharan Africa. IFPRI Discussion Paper 2357. Washington, DC: International Food Policy Research Institute. https://hdl.handle.net/10568/176542

Adam, R.I., Njogu, L.G., Ouko, K.O., Rajaratnam, S., Adeleke, L., Ogunya, L., ... & Fregene, B. (2025). Unveiling gender dynamics and disparities in the aquaculture value chain: evidence from Ogun and Delta States, Nigeria. Aquaculture International, 33: e343, 1-30.

Nchanji, E.B.; Ketema, D.; Njiru, E.; Lutomia, C.K. (2025) Building climate-resilient, empowered and food-secure communities: Evidence from gender transformative STIBs in Makueni County. 18 p.

Kamara, A.Y., Kamsang, L., Mustapha, A., Kamara, A., Kolapo, A. & Kamai, N. (2025). Gender disparities in the adoption of improved management practices for soybean cultivation in North East Nigeria. Journal of Agriculture and Food Research, 22: 102032, 1-12.

Lemma, M., Gemeda, B.A. and Knight-Jones, T. 2025. Harnessing community conversations for gender-responsive engagement in livestock management in Ethiopia: a methodological reflection. Frontiers in Public Health 13: 1612520.

Wayagi, E.O.; Otieno, D.J.; Nyikal, R.A.; Okello, J.J.; Kawarazuka, N. 2025. Gender gaps in potato productivity and the role of information and communication platforms in Kenya. Development in Practice, 1–19. https://doi.org/10.1080/09614524.2025.2534151

Abate, Gashaw T. et al., 'Accelerating technical change through ICT-enabled agricultural extension: Evidence on technology adoption, gender, and productivity', 2019

Synnestvedt, T.; Maviza, G.; Maphosa, M. (2025) Gender dynamics within food systems in displacement contexts: Experiences from displaced populations in Nampula, Mozambique. Frontiers in Sustainable Food Systems 9: 1564638. ISSN: 2571-581X

Gutiérrez Zapata, D.M. (ed.); Cerón Muñoz, M.F. (ed.); Barahona Rosales, R.; Castro Núñez, A.C.; López-Camacho, M.; Rodríguez Espinosa, H.; Aguilar-Ávila, J. (2025) Dinámica de los bosques en territorios que transitan entre el conflicto y la construcción de paz: Un análisis espacial con enfoque territorial en municipios de Antioquia priorizados por el Acuerdo en Colombia. Texcoco (Mexico): Universidad Autónoma Chapingo. 164 p.

Lutomia, C.K.; Moraa, L.; Ketema, D.; Nchanji, E. (2025) Scaling gender-transformative socio-technical innovation bundles for agri-food systems transformation in Nakuru. 10 p.

Falade, T.D.O., Kadjo, D., Ortega-Beltran, A., Atser, G. & Sanni, L. (2025). Knowledge, perceptions and practices regarding aflatoxins and aflatoxin management solutions among women: a perspective from two communities in Nigeria. Cogent Food & Agriculture, 11(1): 2460464, 1-14.

Alvi, Muzna; Barooah, Prapti; Saini, Smriti; and Kishore, Avinash. 2025. Social identity and crisis resilience in agriculture: Caste, gender, and migration in Nepal. Asia and the Pacific Policy Studies 12(3): e70024. https://doi.org/10.1002/app5.70024