CGIAR Gender Agenda Setting Briefs
These briefs produced jointly by the CGIAR Gender Equality and Inclusion Accelerator and the CGIAR Science Programs form a series of agenda-setting briefs that aim to further develop an agenda for strategic areas of gender and social inclusion research within the new portfolio of CGIAR Science Programs and Accelerators, and inform the development of gender and inclusion strategies for these moving forward. The briefs are the culmination of a collaborative work that started during the CGIAR GENDER Science Exchange 2024 that convened 72 gender researchers from across the CGIAR to bring together experiences, ideas and insights from across centres, that can help in developing a gender strategy for the Science Programs in the future.
This series of agenda-setting briefs reviews recent and current research on key gender and inclusion themes related to food, land, and water systems, and sharpens the focus and direction of future gender research across the One CGIAR portfolio. Each of the eight briefs is thematically aligned with one of the 2025–2030 CGIAR Science Programs and Accelerators, namely: 1) Better diets and nutrition, 2) Breeding for tomorrow, 3) Digital transformation, 4) Multifunctional landscapes, 5) Policy innovations, 6) Scaling for impact, 7) Sustainable animal and aquatic foods, and 8) Sustainable farming. The briefs highlight CGIAR’s areas of expertise as well as important areas of research that should be developed as collaborative areas of work in the new portfolio.
Each brief: a) exposes the state of knowledge on its theme and notes key challenges, b) identifies established and new research methodologies that help advance knowledge on the theme, c) presents or proposes frontier research on gender in relation to the theme, including priority research questions.
A human-centered agenda
Rietveld, A.M., Garner, E., Bryan, E., Elias, M., Verma, B., Moreno, M.F. 2025. A human-centered agenda for multifunctional landscapes research. Agenda Setting Brief - 1. Nairobi, Kenya: CGIAR Gender Equality and Inclusion, CGIAR Sustainable Animal and Aquatic Foods Science Program.
How CGIAR interventions can enable policies and institutional mechanisms
Joshi, D., Beniwal, E., Zaremba, H., Myers, E., Tsige, M., Adomaa F. O. and Koirala, S. 2025. How CGIAR interventions can enable policies and institutional mechanisms for gender-equitable food, land and water systems. Agenda Setting Brief - 2. Nairobi, Kenya: CGIAR Gender Equality and Inclusion, CGIAR Sustainable Animal and Aquatic Foods Science Program.
Inclusive, transformative agri-food systems
Blare, T., Bliznashka, L., Chavarro, M., Jaleta, M., Kasala, K., Lopez-Avila, D., Ravula, P. 2025. Inclusive, transformative agri-food systems for sustainable healthy diets, better nutrition, and health. Agenda Setting Brief - 3. Nairobi, Kenya: CGIAR Gender Equality and Inclusion, CGIAR Sustainable Animal and Aquatic Foods Science Program.
Towards inclusive innovation
Mokhema, S., Euler, M., Begum, K., Cole, S., Huyer, S., Mayanja, S., Mwakanyamale, D., Paez-Valencia, A.M. and Puskur, R. 2025. Towards Inclusive Innovation: Gender and Youth in Sustainable Farming Systems. Agenda Setting Brief - 5. Nairobi, Kenya: CGIAR Gender Equality and Inclusion, CGIAR Sustainable Animal and Aquatic Foods Science Program.
Pathways to gender equality and empowerment
Mapedza, E., Adam, R., Galie, A., Bonis-Profumo, G., Terfa, Z., Njiru, N., Mosbah, M. and Njogu, L. 2025. Pathways to Gender Equality and Empowerment, Sustainable Animal and Aquatic Foods: Setting the Science Agenda (2025–2030). Agenda Setting Brief - 6. Nairobi, Kenya: CGIAR Gender Equality and Inclusion, CGIAR Sustainable Animal and Aquatic Foods Science Program.
Empowering regions and countries
Bogweh Nchanji, E., Bailey, A., Ewell, H., Enokenwa, O.B., Liani, M.L., Nortje, K., Mulinganya, N., Sylla, A., Gutiérrez Muñoz, O. and Mukhopadhyay, P. 2025. Empowering regions and countries to scale demand-driven, evidence-based agri-food system solutions. Agenda Setting Brief - 7. Nairobi, Kenya: CGIAR Gender Equality and Inclusion, CGIAR Sustainable Animal and Aquatic Foods Science Program.
From digital divide to opportunity
Malhotra, A., Lutomia, C., Joshi, D., Lecoutere, E., Malapit, H., Fisher, M. and Khalid, S. 2025. From Digital Divide to Opportunity: Digital Solutions to Transform Food, Land and Water Systems for Gender Equality, Youth Empowerment and Social Inclusion. Agenda Setting Brief - 8. Nairobi, Kenya: CGIAR Gender Equality and Inclusion, CGIAR Sustainable Animal and Aquatic Foods Science Program.