Abstract
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.
Highlights
The paper by Garcia and Wanner reviews examples of genderresponsive research and programming from the International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) and the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, to discuss those genderresponsive approaches which are most successful for achieving women’s empowerment in agricultural development
The paper’s methodology is flawed in two important ways. It is based on only five key informant interviews
Had the authors read some of the other materials on this, they could have avoided some of the factual errors noted below
Summary
The paper by Garcia and Wanner reviews examples of genderresponsive research and programming from the International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) and the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, to discuss those genderresponsive approaches which are most successful for achieving women’s empowerment in agricultural development. In numerous publications, such as Haddad et al (1997), Quisumbing (2003), the Johnson et al (2015) synthesis paper and the source publications from GAAP on which that synthesis was based,2 IFPRI researchers have written extensively about the unintended consequences of agricultural development projects, including those that transfer assets.
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