K-State’s Sustainable Intensification Innovation Lab partnered recently with Peace Corps/Senegal and the Senegalese Institute for Agricultural Research to share and teach innovative farming practices in the west African country.
Author: Molly Webb
‘The Story of the Green Revolution: Where are the Women?’ Fulbright Senior Scholar to present seminar on May 3
Join us on May 3, 2018 in 137 Waters Hall at 3pm for a seminar by Fulbright Senior Scholar Dr. Patrick Kilby.
The Feed the Future Innovation Lab for Collaborative Research on Sustainable Intensification (SIIL) at Kansas State University has served as the host for Fulbright Senior Scholar Dr. Kilby during the 2018 spring semester as he researches gender inclusion in the K-State Innovation Labs. Dr. Kilby’s seminar will highlight his work on the inclusion of women in agriculture.
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Sustainable Intensification Promotes Inclusive Farming Practices
Innovation Lab addresses agricultural gender inequality in Cambodia through leadership, education and mechanization. (Photo credit: Molly Webb, SIIL)
Researchers with USAID’s Feed the Future Innovation Lab for Collaborative Research on Sustainable Intensification (SIIL) take a holistic approach to their work, looking at the ways in which their innovations affect all aspects of a farmer’s life. For SIIL investigators, gender dynamics are a constant issue of importance.
“The one thing we know is that so much is changing for women around the world. We want them to know enough so that they can respond to that change in positive and productive ways,” said sociologist Cornelia Flora, Emeritus Professor at Iowa State University, research professor at Kansas State University and member of the SIIL’s External Advisory Board.
In Cambodia, for example, gender equality is a national priority, but problems still persist.
“Male family members are moving away from villages into cities or going to other neighboring countries to find employment,” said Vara Prasad, director of the SIIL. “But the families still have to continue farming because they have the land and they can’t waste that, so those who are left must take over the farm. Those individuals are primarily women.” Continue reading “Sustainable Intensification Promotes Inclusive Farming Practices”
K-State partners with Cambodian university on sustainable agriculture and nutrition
The Feed the Future Innovation Lab for Sustainable Intensification (SIIL), based in Manhattan, Kansas, co-organized the inaugural conference focusing on food systems in Southeast Asia. 165 researchers from 16 countries converged in Phnom Penh, Cambodia, from Jan. 10-13 for the First International Sustainable Agricultural Intensification and Nutrition Conference, the first conference of its kind in Southeast Asia.
Read the complete press release here.
