More than ‘Add Women and Stir’: Integrating Gender and Social Sciences into Agricultural Research-for-Development

Jane Alver (), Barbara Pamphilon and Jayne Curnow
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Jane Alver: University of Canberra
Barbara Pamphilon: University of Canberra
Jayne Curnow: University of Canberra

A chapter in Gender and Development: Perspectives from Australia and the Pacific, 2026, pp 255-279 from Palgrave Macmillan

Abstract: Abstract The majority of the world’s poor are women and many of the world’s women are farmers. Whilst smallholder families play a central role in farming, food and health and natural resource management systems in low- and medium-income countries, women’s contributions are frequently undervalued or unrecognised—and they are disproportionately affected by poverty. In the agricultural sector, a focus on poverty reduction and livelihood improvement that addresses gender equity and empowers women and girls as a central pillar can narrow the gap between men’s and women’s access to resources and decision-making to increase agricultural production. This chapter captures the insights from such an approach by an agricultural research-for-development funding agency and uses the case study of the Family Farm Teams program in Papua New Guinea (PNG), to highlight key factors at both an institutional and program level.

Date: 2026
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DOI: 10.1007/978-981-95-4842-2_12

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