Measuring Women’s Empowerment in Agriculture: Innovations and evidence

Agnes Quisumbing, Steve W. Cole, Marlène Elias, Simone Faas, Alessandra Galié, Hazel Malapit, Ruth Meinzen‐Dick, Emily Myers, Greg Seymour, Jennifer Twyman · 2023 · Global Food Security

Summary. This paper reviews how women's empowerment in agriculture is measured and what interventions actually work. The authors use the Women's Empowerment in Agriculture Index to analyze 11 agricultural development projects and livestock interventions. They find evidence linking women's empowerment to improved agricultural productivity, incomes, and food security. The paper offers recommendations for better measurement approaches and policy design.

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Quisumbing, A., Cole, S. W., Elias, M., Faas, S., Galié, A., Malapit, H., Meinzen‐Dick, R., Myers, E., Seymour, G., & Twyman, J.. (2023). Measuring Women’s Empowerment in Agriculture: Innovations and evidence. Global Food Security. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.gfs.2023.100707

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DOI: 10.1016/j.gfs.2023.100707
Countries: United States, Tanzania, Italy, Kenya
Regions: North America, Africa, Europe
Categories: food-systems, policy, rural-data-and-definitions
Added: 2026-04-28