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Akhter Ahmed is a Senior Research Fellow in the IFPRI’s Poverty, Gender, and Inclusion Unit and Country Representative for IFPRI Bangladesh. He has worked on strategies for agricultural and rural development, social protection, and women’s empowerment to reduce poverty, food insecurity, and undernutrition in developing countries including Bangladesh, China, Egypt, India, Malawi, the Philippines, and Turkey.

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Elizabeth Bryan is a Research Fellow in the Natural Resources and Resilience Unit, where she conducts policy-relevant research on gender, sustainable agricultural production, climate-smart agriculture, and small-scale irrigation using mixed methods. She currently leads the Gender, Climate Change, and Nutrition Integration (GCAN) Initiative, co-leads the Methods Module of the CGIAR GENDER Impact Platform, and contributes to the CGIAR Research Initiatives on Nature-Positive Solutions and Gender Equality (HER+). She has considerable experience integrating gender into large, interdisciplinary research programs, including the Feed the Future Innovation Labs on Small-Scale Irrigation (ILSSI) and Policy Research, Capacity, and Influence (PRCI).

Elizabeth has published numerous articles based on her research and regularly presents research results to diverse audiences, including at policy workshops, trainings, and international conferences.

Before joining IFPRI, Elizabeth worked as a consultant for the Poverty Reduction Group of the World Bank and as a program assistant in the Latin American Program of the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars. She holds a PhD in agricultural sciences from the University of Hohenheim, an MA in development economics from American University, and a BA in international affairs from Wagner College.

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Understanding the policy landscape for climate action in Kenya: Potential for integration of gender, nutrition, and improved impact monitoring

2025Magalhaes, Marilia; Bryan, Elizabeth; Ringler, Claudia; Nyukuri, Elvin; Choudhury, Zahid ul Arifin
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Understanding the policy landscape for climate action in Kenya: Potential for integration of gender, nutrition, and improved impact monitoring

As in other low- and middle-income countries, more intense climate hazards and a warmer climate negatively impact agricultural production and livelihoods of smallholder farmers in Kenya, as well as household diets, national food security and gender equality. Improving climate policy and investments to address these negative impacts requires suitable policy and investment structures that are, moreover, adequately networked among each other and with equity and nutrition efforts for effective climate action. This paper explores the institutional arrangements of the climate change policy landscape in Kenya by mapping governmental and non-governmental actors involved in climate action and how connected and influential they are. Data for this paper was collected through two participatory workshops, one at the national level and one at the county level, using the Net-Map approach. This approach provides novel insights into the highly complex climate policy landscape in Kenya. Although several climate policies and actions are in place in the country, workshop participants called for better coordination across climate change actors and stronger implementation capacity. The recent structural changes in the donor landscape might be an entry point for better alignment and coordination among different actor groups, and specifically among different government actor groups. A lack of operational monitoring and evaluation systems was also considered an important impediment to assess to what extent women and other vulnerable groups are benefitting from climate action in the country.

Year published

2025

Authors

Magalhaes, Marilia; Bryan, Elizabeth; Ringler, Claudia; Nyukuri, Elvin; Choudhury, Zahid ul Arifin

Citation

Magalhaes, Marilia; Bryan, Elizabeth; Ringler, Claudia; Nyukuri, Elvin; and Choudhury, Zahid ul Arifin. 2025. Understanding the policy landscape for climate action in Kenya: Potential for integration of gender, nutrition, and improved impact monitoring. IFPRI Discussion Paper 2335. Washington, DC: International Food Policy Research Institute. https://hdl.handle.net/10568/174475

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Kenya

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Africa; Eastern Africa; Sub-saharan Africa; Climate Change; Gender; Nutrition; Stakeholders; Policies; Impact

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English

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Open Access

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Aid budget cuts have dire consequences for malnutrition among the world’s most vulnerable children

2025
Standing Together for Nutrition; Osendarp, Saskia; Bhutta, Zulfiqar; Ahmed, Tahmeed; Brown, Molly; Bryan, Elizabeth; Campbell, Bruce M.; Dinku, Tufa; Ekesa, B.; Fanzo, Jess
…more Haddad, Lawrence; Ho, Melissa; Loboguerrero Rodriguez, Ana María; Zougamoré, Robert
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Aid budget cuts have dire consequences for malnutrition among the world’s most vulnerable children

Recent aid budgets announced by governments in the US and Europe could cut 2.3 million children off from lifesaving severe acute malnutrition treatment, resulting in 369,000 additional child deaths annually. The US government cuts alone will cause an estimated additional 163,500 annual child deaths that could have been prevented with funding for adequate treatment.

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2025

Authors

Standing Together for Nutrition; Osendarp, Saskia; Bhutta, Zulfiqar; Ahmed, Tahmeed; Brown, Molly; Bryan, Elizabeth; Campbell, Bruce M.; Dinku, Tufa; Ekesa, B.; Fanzo, Jess; Haddad, Lawrence; Ho, Melissa; Loboguerrero Rodriguez, Ana María; Zougamoré, Robert

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Standing Together for Nutrition. 2025. Aid budget cuts have dire consequences for malnutrition among the world’s most vulnerable children. Policy Brief. Washington, DC: Micronutrient Forum. https://micronutrientforum.org/standing-together-for-nutrition/aid-budget-cuts-have-dire-consequences-for-malnutrition/

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Development Aid; Malnutrition; Children

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English

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Open Access

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Country profile – Senegal: Gender, climate change, and nutrition linkages

2025Marivoet, Wim; Diatta, Ampa Dogui; Thomas, Timothy S.; Ferguson, Nathaniel; Bryan, Elizabeth
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Country profile – Senegal: Gender, climate change, and nutrition linkages

This country brief supports GCAN’s goal of integrating gender, climate resilience, and nutrition considerations into policies, interventions, and research by providing policymakers, program officers, and researchers with an analysis of Senegal’s current situation and policy landscape in these areas. In 2019, the agrifood system of Senegal accounted for 36% of total GDP and employed 43% of the total work force. The off-farm components (i.e., processing, trade/transport, food services, and input supply) are slightly more (less) important than primary agriculture in terms of GDP (employment), which implies that labor productivity is higher for off-farm activities. The most important value chains as a percentage of total agrifood system’s GDP are groundnuts (15%), cattle/dairy (14%), and sorghum/millet and fish (both around 11%) (Diao et al. 2023). In part due to important food losses observed during storage and distribution, Senegal’s agrifood system is generally failing to provide nutritious and affordable diets to its population. In fact, total food supplies are dominated by energy-dense food items, with supplies in fruit and pulses amounting to only 55 and 15 grams per capita per day, respectively, resulting in 50% of all Senegalese being unable to afford a healthy diet in 2022.

Year published

2025

Authors

Marivoet, Wim; Diatta, Ampa Dogui; Thomas, Timothy S.; Ferguson, Nathaniel; Bryan, Elizabeth

Citation

Marivoet, Wim; Diatta, Ampa Dogui; Thomas, Timothy S.; Ferguson, Nathaniel; and Bryan, Elizabeth. 2025. Country profile – Senegal: Gender, climate change, and nutrition linkages. Project Note February 2025. Washington, DC: International Food Policy Research Institute. https://hdl.handle.net/10568/173369

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Senegal

Keywords

Africa; Western Africa; Agrifood Systems; Climate Change; Climate Resilience; Gender; Nutrition; Policies

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English

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Open AccessCC-BY-4.0

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Blogs

Integrating gender perspectives to prevent or reduce climate crisis impacts
IFPRI Blog
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November 07, 2023

Integrating gender perspectives to prevent or reduce climate crisis impacts

By Muzna Alvi, Claudia Ringler, and Elizabeth Bryan

Why women are key to building resilience.

Call to action: Addressing gender inequality in agrifood systems for effective responses to climate change
IFPRI Blog
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May 10, 2023

Call to action: Addressing gender inequality in agrifood systems for effective responses to climate change

By Elizabeth Bryan and Claudia Ringler

Launching an Innovation Sprint on Gender and Climate Action.

Feeding Africa: how small-scale irrigation can help farmers to change the game
IFPRI Blog
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May 02, 2023

Feeding Africa: how small-scale irrigation can help farmers to change the game

By Elizabeth Bryan and Claudia Ringler

Strong evidence of the relationship between small-scale irrigation, food security, diet quality, and nutrition.

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IFPRI @ CGIAR Science Week
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April 7 to 12, 2025

IFPRI @ CGIAR Science Week

When humanity has faced its greatest challenges, science and innovation have provided solutions. Today, major and connected global challenges threaten the sustainability of food, land, and water systems, with the most vulnerable people and communities at greatest risk. Recognizing the urgency of these challenges, CGIAR and the Kenyan Agricultural and Livestock Research Organization (KALRO) are […]

The Unjust Climate: Measuring the impacts of climate change on rural poor, women, and youth
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June 18, 2024, 9:30 – 11:00 am

The Unjust Climate: Measuring the impacts of climate change on rural poor, women, and youth

Virtual Event: June 18, 2024 at 9:30am-11:00am EDT. This event will discuss key results from the report and hear from policymakers, practitioners, and partners on how they are working to generate relevant evidence and make a difference on the ground.   

IFPRI @ 28th UN Climate Change Conference of the Parties (COP28)
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November 30 to December 12, 2023

IFPRI @ 28th UN Climate Change Conference of the Parties (COP28)

IFPRI is pleased to participate in the 28th UN Climate Change Conference of the Parties (COP28) being held in Dubai from November 30  to December 12, 2023. IFPRI’s Board of Trustees is meeting in Dubai on December 8, 2023, and a number of researchers will engage in meetings and participate in several side events, as […]

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December 03, 2023 | Press Release

CGIAR and partners launch Innovation Sprint on Gender and Climate Action

December 3, 2023, Dubai, United Arab Emirates (UAE). CGIAR and partners have committed US$31 million over four years (2023-2027) to ensure that climate innovations in agrifood systems are designed to work for women and rolled out in ways that address underlying gender inequalities. Together with 20 partners, CGIAR launched the AIM for Climate Innovation Sprint on […]

April 18, 2023 | In the News

Feeding Africa: How small-scale irrigation can help farmers to change the game (The Conversation)

The importance of small-scale irrigation to farmers and its numerous benefits, including increasing agricultural productivity and incomes. It can contribute more rapidly to the achievement of national agricultural and development goals compared to large irrigation schemes and can improve nutritional outcomes in several important ways are discussed In an op-ed in The Conversation (United States edition) […]