Reaching women with improved maize and wheat

The Accelerating Genetic Gains in Maize and Wheat for Improved Livelihoods (AGG) is a new 5-year project that seeks to respond to the intersection of the climate emergency and gender through gender-intentional product profiles for its improved seed varieties and gender-intentional seed delivery pathways. AGG will take into account the needs and preferences of female farmers when developing the product profiles for improved varieties of wheat and maize. To encourage female farmers to take up climate-resilient improved seeds, AGG will seek to understand the pathways by which women receive information and improved seed and the external dynamics that affect this access and will use this information to create gender-intentional solutions for increasing varietal adoption and turnover.