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The International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI), one of fifteen CGIAR Research Centers, is devoted to advancing food security and reducing poverty within developing countries. ILRI uses to research geared towards better and more sustainable use of livestock to help achieve their goals. ILRI’s research topics include stimulating economic development and reducing poverty through enhanced livestock value chains and increased productivity; and improving food and nutrition security through increased production and access to animal-source foods.

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Solutions for gender equality in land and water access, rights and governance within inclusive and resilient food, land and water systems

2026Elias, M.; Zaremba, Haley; Bohra, Babita; Gumucio, Tatiana; Kyle, Jordan; Najjar, Dina; Mapedza, Everisto D.

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Solutions for gender equality in land and water access, rights and governance within inclusive and resilient food, land and water systems

Food, land and water systems (FLWS) embed profound gender and social inequalities, including in terms of who has rights to the essential elements of land and water. These inequalities are not incidental, but rather systemic expressions of unequal power relations that shape who controls resources, whose knowledge is recognized, and whose voice is heard in FLWS governance. This chapter aims to identify effective strategies, approaches and actions, referred to as solutions, that can strengthen women’s access and rights to land (including forests and rangelands) and water, to chart more equitable, sustainable and resilient pathways for FLWS. Specifically, we ask: (1) What evidence-based solutions can support women’s access and rights to land and water, as well as their full and effective participation in land and water governance? (2) Under what conditions are these solutions effective? And (3) How can research, policies, investments and practice support the adaptation, implementation and scaling of these solutions? To begin, we provide a brief background on gender and intersectional equality related to land, water and their governance. Drawing on evidence from diverse contexts, we then outline solutions for addressing gender and intersectional inequalities and the conditions under which these solutions have been effective. Finally, we provide recommendations to adapt, implement and scale these solutions.

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2026

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Elias, M.; Zaremba, Haley; Bohra, Babita; Gumucio, Tatiana; Kyle, Jordan; Najjar, Dina; Mapedza, Everisto D.

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Elias, M., Zaremba, H., Bohra, B., Gumucio, T., Kyle, J., Najjar, D. and Mapedza, E. 2026. Solutions for gender equality in land and water access, rights and governance within inclusive and resilient food, land and water systems. IN: Lecoutere, E., Muchiri, C. and Voss, R. (eds.), 2026. Advancing equality, transforming futures: a path to resilient and productive food, land and water systems in 2050. Nairobi, Kenya: CGIAR Gender Equality and Inclusion (CGIAR GENDER Accelerator).

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Gender Equality; Water Rights; Resilience; Food Systems; Water

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English

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Looking ahead: gender and inclusion in food, land and water systems in 2050

2026Bryan, Elizabeth; Malapit, Hazel J.; Lopez Avila, Diana; Thurlow, James; Escalante, Luis Enrique

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Looking ahead: gender and inclusion in food, land and water systems in 2050

Foresight research has not fully explored gender equality as a possible outcome of changes in FLWS over time, nor has it examined how gender inequalities hinder the transformation of these systems. Current trends suggest that only marginal progress is being made to address gender inequalities in food, land and water systems (FLWS), and this lack of progress will make it more difficult for women to participate in, benefit from and contribute meaningfully to FLWS transformation into the future. Young people also face considerable barriers to full participation in FLWS, such as lack of access to land and other resources, and limited economic opportunities. While progress has been real, it remains incremental because most interventions in FLWS have focused on women’s access to resources, services and participation, while insufficient attention has been paid to underlying structural factors, such as biases in institutions, unequal governance and decision-making structures and restrictive social norms that perpetuate inequalities. Progress is also uneven. While advancements are being made in some areas, such as closing the gender digital divide6 and integrating gender into the design of policies and interventions, other trends, such as intensifying climate change and conflict proliferation are eroding progress or even exacerbating inequalities. Moreover, these general trends and patterns vary both across and within regions and backsliding on progress toward gender equality can occur, particularly following major geopolitical shifts and global shocks — as is currently evident in the ongoing polycrisis. This chapter explores key drivers of gender (in)equality and youth inclusion in FLWS to 2050 by region under different scenarios, considering optimistic, pessimistic and business-as-usual trends in terms of demographic shifts and economic growth, drawing on historical trends over the past 20 years. Unequal outcomes, such as gender-related earnings gaps, reflect unequal power relations embedded within FLWS that also shape the process of agricultural transformation. While power relations are not directly observed in the projections presented in this chapter, these underlying and evolving dynamics also determine the degree to which it is possible to achieve gender parity by 2050.

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2026

Authors

Bryan, Elizabeth; Malapit, Hazel J.; Lopez Avila, Diana; Thurlow, James; Escalante, Luis Enrique

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Bryan, E., Malapit, H., Avila, D.L., Thurlow, J. and Escalante, L. 2026. Looking ahead: gender and inclusion in food, land and water systems in 2050. IN: Lecoutere, E., Muchiri, C. and Voss, R. (eds.), 2026. Advancing equality, transforming futures: a path to resilient and productive food, land and water systems in 2050. Nairobi, Kenya: CGIAR Gender Equality and Inclusion Accelerator.

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Gender; Food Systems; Water

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English

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A vision for equitable food, land and water systems by 2050

2026

Lecoutere, Els; Muchiri, Caroline; Voss, Rachel; Bryan, Elizabeth; Haan, Nicoline C. de; Elias, M.; Heckert, Jessica; Puskur, Ranjitha; Rao, Nitya; Resurrección, Bernadette P.

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Singaraju, Niyati

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A vision for equitable food, land and water systems by 2050

The world faces a defining moment. By 2050, global demand for food is expected to rise, climate shocks are expected to intensify, and youth populations in many regions are expected to grow rapidly. Food, land and water systems (FLWS) in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs) are being pushed to their limits by the polycrisis — multiple interconnected global challenges whose combined impacts exceed the sum of their individual effects — deepening inequalities and threatening food security, socioeconomic stability and ecological resilience.3 The compounding challenges facing FLWS include climate change, strains on natural resources and profound demographic shifts, including a growing population marked by shifts toward both younger and older population structures, rapid urbanization and accelerating, increasingly diverse, and often gendered patterns of internal and international migration. Sudden-onset triggers (like natural disasters, conflicts or pandemics) interact with slow-onset stressors (like demographic shifts, rising temperatures and socioeconomic inequalities) to push established global systems into a state of disequilibrium and breakdown. A unique challenge of the polycrisis lies in the deep uncertainty it creates — FLWS actors at all scales are struggling to make decisions about a rapidly changing future.

Year published

2026

Authors

Lecoutere, Els; Muchiri, Caroline; Voss, Rachel; Bryan, Elizabeth; Haan, Nicoline C. de; Elias, M.; Heckert, Jessica; Puskur, Ranjitha; Rao, Nitya; Resurrección, Bernadette P.; Singaraju, Niyati

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Lecoutere, E., Muchiri, C., Voss, R., Bryan, E., de Haan, N., Elias, M., Heckert, J., Puskur, R., Rao, N., Resurrección, B.P. and Singaraju, N. 2026. A vision for equitable food, land and water systems by 2050. IN: Lecoutere, E., Muchiri, C. and Voss, R. (eds.), 2026. Advancing equality, transforming futures: a path to resilient and productive food, land and water systems in 2050. Nairobi, Kenya: CGIAR Gender Equality and Inclusion (CGIAR GENDER Accelerator).

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Food Systems; Land; Water; Gender

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English

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Solutions for gender equality in land and water access, rights and governance within inclusive and resilient food, land and water systems

Solutions for gender equality in land and water access, rights and governance within inclusive and resilient food, land and water systems

Looking ahead: gender and inclusion in food, land and water systems in 2050

Looking ahead: gender and inclusion in food, land and water systems in 2050

A vision for equitable food, land and water systems by 2050

A vision for equitable food, land and water systems by 2050

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Virtual Event – Building back better: How can public food and agricultural research institutions be strengthened and rebuilt after the COVID-19 pandemic?