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Kate Ambler

Kate Amber is a Senior Research Fellow in the Markets, Trade, and Institutions Unit. Kate’s research broadly focuses on interventions that can increase incomes for smallholders and other microenterprises in agrifood value chains, with a specific focus on the inclusion of women. This includes work on programming in fragile settings, innovations in agricultural finance, and regulatory solutions for food safety. 

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Nathaniel Ferguson

Research Analyst

Nathaniel Ferguson

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Nathaniel Ferguson is a Research Analyst in the Natural Resources and Resilience Unit who works on methods for measuring women’s empowerment and agency, as well as gendered social norms, in rural and agricultural settings. Previously he was an intern with IFPRI Africa, working on applications of econometrics and machine learning in food systems research. He has a BS in economics from the University of North Texas and an MS in food security from the American University of Beirut.

Languages: English, functional Arabic

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Calculating the Women’s Empowerment in Agriculture Index (WEAI) using Stata

2024Dione, Malick; Seymour, Greg; Ferguson, Nathaniel; Malapit, Hazel J.
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Calculating the Women’s Empowerment in Agriculture Index (WEAI) using Stata

Year published

2024

Authors

Dione, Malick; Seymour, Greg; Ferguson, Nathaniel; Malapit, Hazel J.

Citation

Dione, Malick; Seymour, Greg; Ferguson, Nathaniel; and Malapit, Hazel. 2024. Calculating the Women’s Empowerment in Agriculture Index (WEAI) using Stata. The Stata Journal 24(4): 746-765. https://doi.org/10.1177/1536867X241297923

Keywords

Women’s Empowerment; Surveys; Gender Equality; Agricultural Sector; Methodology; Data

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English

Access/Licence

Limited Access

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https://doi.org/10.1177/1536867×241297923 Source record

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Agriculture for Nutrition and Health

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Journal Article

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A guide to developing quantitative tools for measuring gender norms in agrifood systems

2024Seymour, Greg; Cole, Steven M.; Costenbader, Elizabeth; Mwakanyamale, Devis; Adeyeye, Olajumoke; Feleke, Shiferaw; Ferguson, Nathaniel; Heckert, Jessica
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A guide to developing quantitative tools for measuring gender norms in agrifood systems

Increasingly, gender transformative approaches (GTAs), which seek to transform the underlying causes of gender inequalities, including discriminatory gender norms, are being used in agrifood systems (AFS) interventions. A growing body of evidence finds that GTAs contribute to positive impacts on a wide range of important development outcomes and have potential for improving gender equality. One limitation to better understanding changes in AFS-based gender norms as a result of GTAs is a lack of appropriate quantitative tools for measuring these norms. This work is an important step in filling that gap. Herein we detail the collaborative process that we undertook in Nigeria and Tanzania to develop a quantitative approach to measuring gender norms in the cassava, poultry, and fisheries value chains in each country. We then provide guidance for how implementing and research partners using GTAs in AFS can apply our learnings to their own work.

Year published

2024

Authors

Seymour, Greg; Cole, Steven M.; Costenbader, Elizabeth; Mwakanyamale, Devis; Adeyeye, Olajumoke; Feleke, Shiferaw; Ferguson, Nathaniel; Heckert, Jessica

Citation

Seymour, Greg; Cole, Steve; Costenbader, Elizabeth; Mwakanyamale, Devis; Adeyeye, Olajumoke; Feleke, Shiferaw; Ferguson, Nathaniel; and Heckert, Jessica. 2024. A guide to developing quantitative tools for measuring gender norms in agrifood systems. IFPRI Discussion Paper 2279. Washington, DC: International Food Policy Research Institute. https://hdl.handle.net/10568/152444

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Nigeria

Keywords

Tanzania; Africa; Eastern Africa; Western Africa; Agrifood Systems; Gender Norms; Gender Inequality; Value Chains; Gender

Language

English

Access/Licence

Open Access

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Source record

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Gender Equality

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Working Paper

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Measuring gender and social norms in agrifood systems: Evidence from Nigeria and Tanzania

2023
Seymour, Greg; Cole, Steven M.; Costenbader, E.; Mwakanyamale, Devis F.; Adeyeye, Olajumoke; Feleke, S.; Ferguson, Nathaniel; Heckert, Jessica; Msita, Sarah; Litvin, K.
…more Johnson, T.P.
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Measuring gender and social norms in agrifood systems: Evidence from Nigeria and Tanzania

Year published

2023

Authors

Seymour, Greg; Cole, Steven M.; Costenbader, E.; Mwakanyamale, Devis F.; Adeyeye, Olajumoke; Feleke, S.; Ferguson, Nathaniel; Heckert, Jessica; Msita, Sarah; Litvin, K.; Johnson, T.P.

Citation

Seymour, G., Cole, S., Costenbader, E., Mwakanyamale, D., Adeyeye, O., Feleke, S., Ferguson, N., Heckert, J., Msita, S., Litvin, K. and Johnson, T.P. 2023. Measuring gender and social norms in agrifood systems: Evidence from Nigeria and Tanzania. Nairobi, Kenya: Gender Equality Initiative.

Country/Region

Nigeria

Keywords

Tanzania; Africa; Eastern Africa; Southern Africa; Western Africa; Agrifood Systems; Gender; Gender Equality; Food Systems; Social Equality

Language

English

Access/Licence

Open AccessCC-BY-NC-4.0

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Source record

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Gender Equality

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Brief

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