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PROCEEDINGS Discussion No. 130 27.06.2016 – 15.07.2016 www.fao.org/fsnforum/forum/discussions/gender_childcare_nutrition Transforming gender relations in agriculture through women’s empowerment: benefits, challenges and trade-offs for improving nutrition outcomes Collection of contributions received Global Forum on Food Security and Nutrition www.fao.org/fsnforum 2 Transforming gender-relations in agriculture through women’s empowerment: benefits, challenges and trade-offs for improving nutrition outcomes PROCEEDINGS Table of Contents Topic note .......................................................................................................................................................................................... 6 Contributions received ................................................................................................................................................................ 9 1. Kuruppacharil V. Peter Peter, World Noni Research Foundation, India ................................................... 9 2. Nitya Rao, facilitator of the discussion, School of International Development and LANSA, India . 9 3. Elvis Njabe, Denmark ..................................................................................................................................................... 9 4. Nitya Rao, facilitator of the discussion, School of International Development and LANSA, India 10 5. Paul Rigterink, Potomac Technical Advisors, United States of America ................................................ 10 6. Md. Sirajul Islam, BRAC, Bangladesh .................................................................................................................... 11 7. Sangeetha Rajeesh, LANSA Consortium, MSSRF, India ................................................................................. 11 8. Joan P. Mencher, CUNY, Emerita Professor, United States of America ................................................... 11 9. Hira Iftikhar, University of Agriculture Faisalabad, Pakistan ..................................................................... 12 10. Nitya Rao, facilitator of the discussion, School of International Development and LANSA, India 12 11. Nitya Rao, facilitator of the discussion, School of International Development and LANSA, India 13 12. Nitya Rao, facilitator of the discussion, School of International Development and LANSA, India 13 13. Mebit Kebede, Jhpiego Ethiopia, Ethiopia ...................................................................................................... 14 14. Nitya Rao, facilitator of the discussion, School of International Development and LANSA, India 15 15. Joanna Kane-Potaka, ICRISAT, India ................................................................................................................ 15 16. Nitya Rao, facilitator of the discussion, School of International Development and LANSA, India 15 17. Bhavani R Vaidyanathan, M S Swaminathan Research Foundation, India ....................................... 16 18. Paul Rigterink, Potomac Technical Advisors, United States of America (second contribution) 16 19. Barnali Chakraborty, facilitator of the discussion, Research and Evaluation Division of BRAC and LANSA, Bangladesh ....................................................................................................................................................... 16 20. Mar Maestre, Institute of Development Studies, United Kingdom ...................................................... 16 21. Kuruppacharil V. Peter Peter, World Noni Research Foundation, India (second contribution) 17 22. Hira Iftikhar, University of Agriculture Faisalabad, Pakistan (second contribution) .................. 18 23. Ramani Wijeshinha-Bettoni, FAO, Italy .......................................................................................................... 18 24. Nitya Rao, facilitator of the discussion, School of International Development and LANSA, India 19 25. Nitya Rao, facilitator of the discussion, School of International Development and LANSA, India 19 26. Akmal Nazir, University of Agriculture, Faisalabad, Pakistan ............................................................... 19 Global Forum on Food Security and Nutrition www.fao.org/fsnforum 3 Transforming gender-relations in agriculture through women’s empowerment: benefits, challenges and trade-offs for improving nutrition outcomes PROCEEDINGS 27. Mohammad Jafar Emal, IFAD/RMLSP/MAIL, Afghanistan ..................................................................... 20 28. Amna Akhtar, Collective for Social Science Research, Pakistan ........................................................... 20 29. Paul Rigterink, Potomac Technical Advisors, United States of America (third contribution) . 20 30. Nitya Rao, facilitator of the discussion, School for International Development and LANSA, India 21 31. Zhanhuan Shang, School of Life Sciences, Lanzhou University, China ............................................... 21 32. Nigel Poole, facilitator of the discussion, University of London and LANSA, United Kingdon . 22 33. Brad Wilson, United States of America ........................................................................................................... 23 34. Paul Rigterink, Potomac Technical Advisors, United States of America (fourth contribution) 24 35. Myriam del Carmen Salazar Villarreal, Universidad Nacional de Colombia, Colombia .............. 25 36. Ann Steensland, Global Harverst Initiative, United States of America............................................... 26 37. Kuruppacharil V. Peter Peter, World Noni Research Foundation, India (third contribution) . 27 38. Mustafa Nangraj, Agriculture Extension, Agriculture Department Government of Sindh Pakistan, Pakistan .................................................................................................................................................................. 27 39. Nigel Poole, facilitator of the discussion, University of London and LANSA, United Kingdom 29 40. Emile Houngbo, Agricultural University of Ketou (UAK), Benin .......................................................... 29 41. Nigel Poole, facilitator of the discussion, University of London and LANSA, United Kingdom 31 42. Nigel Poole, facilitator of the discussion, University of London and LANSA, United Kingdom 32 43. Md. Sirajul Islam, BRAC, Bangladesh (second contribution) ................................................................. 32 44. Barnali Chakraborty, facilitator of the discussion, Research and Evaluation Division of BRAC and LANSA, Bangladesh ....................................................................................................................................................... 32 45. Anjali Verma, Swayam Shikshan Prayog, India ........................................................................................... 33 46. Charita Jashi, Causus Development Group, Georgia .................................................................................. 34 47. Kendar Nath Rai, India ........................................................................................................................................... 35 48. Hira Iftikhar, University of Agriculture Faisalabad, Pakistan (third contribution) ...................... 35 49. Md. Sirajul Islam, BRAC, Bangladesh (third contribution) ..................................................................... 36 50. Georgina Njiraini, Center for Development Research, Germany .......................................................... 36 51. Mahtab S. Bamji, Dangoria Charitable Trust, India .................................................................................... 37 52. Bhavani R. Vaidyanathan, M S Swaminathan Research Foundation, India (second contribution) ............................................................................................................................................................................ 37 53. Ghady Chedrawi, FAO, Italy ................................................................................................................................. 37 54. Abdul Mazid, Advisor, Agriculture | BRAC International, Bangladesh .............................................. 38 55. Barnali Chakraborty, facilitator of the discussion, Research and Evaluation Division of BRAC and LANSA, Bangladesh ....................................................................................................................................................... 39 56. Mahesh Maske, M S Swaminathan Research Foundation, India ........................................................... 39 57. Nigel Poole, facilitator of the discussion, University of London and LANSA, United Kingdom 40 58. Nigel Poole, facilitator of the discussion, University of London and LANSA, United Kingdom 40 59. Haris Gazdar, Collective for Social Science Research and LANSA, Pakistan .................................... 40 60. Haris Gazdar, Collective for Social Science Research and LANSA, Pakistan .................................... 41 61. Md. Sirajul Islam, BRAC, Bangladesh (fourth contribution) ................................................................... 41 Global Forum on Food Security and Nutrition www.fao.org/fsnforum 4 Transforming gender-relations in agriculture through women’s empowerment: benefits, challenges and trade-offs for improving nutrition outcomes PROCEEDINGS 62. Muqeem Shah Miakheel, Ministry of Public Health, Pakistan ..............................................................