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Gender Mainstreaming in Agribusiness Partnerships
Inclusive agribusinesses will play a
critical role in the coming decades, not
only to feed 10 billion people by 2050,
but also to create job opportunities
and improve livelihoods for those least
integrated into economic channels.
2SCALE has been strengthening
agribusiness linkages to profitable
markets. A key part of its success, the
project engages and empowers women
entrepreneurs. Women comprise 37
percent of the smallholder farmers
assisted by the project, while 29 percent
of the small- and medium-sized
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enterprises (SMEs) engaged by 2SCALE
are women-owned.
To share its approach to gender and in
celebration of International Women’s
Day on March 8, 2017, 2SCALE published
Gender Mainstreaming in Agribusiness
Partnerships: Insights from 2SCALE. The
publication highlights case studies and
outlines lessons learned. It is the first in
a series of 2SCALE thematic papers.
The Netherlands-funded 2SCALE
program is an incubator for inclusive
agribusiness that aims to improve rural
livelihoods and food and nutrition
security across nine sub-Saharan
countries. 2SCALE offers a range
of support services to private
partners – companies and farmer
groups – enabling them to produce,
transform, and supply quality food
products to local, national, and regional
end-user markets, including base-of-the
pyramid (low-income) consumers.
Read the paper online at:
https://joom.ag/nm7W