Supporting gender-equitable food systems through access to finance for small-and medium-sized companies

Nordhagen, Stella; Condés, Sofia

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“…This applies to not only smallholder farmers but also women-owned businesses at other stages of the supply chain: women entrepreneurs in LMICs tend to face barriers to establishing, formalising, and growing agri-food businesses (56)-which may impact those businesses' ability to adopt loss-reduction technologies and practices. Barriers to accessing business finance tend to be particularly high for agri-food firms in LMICs, given the perceived riskiness of the sector (57).…”

Section: Gender Also Impacts the Adoption Of Phl-reduction Technologiesmentioning

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“…Training approaches that require women to travel or spend extensive time outside the home may run into barriers related to women's constrained time, limited transport options, and gender norms. Technology diffusion approaches that rely on private-sector financing for the purchase of technologies are likely to also be gender-inequitable, as women-owned agri-food businesses in LMICs often face higher barriers to accessing financing (57).…”

Section: Taking Gender Into Account In Post-harvest Loss-reduction Programmingmentioning

confidence: 99%

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Gender equity and reduction of post-harvest losses in agricultural value chains

Nordhagen¹

2021

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The Global Alliance for Improved Nutrition (GAIN) is a Swiss-based foundation launched at the UN in 2002 to tackle the human suffering caused by malnutrition. Working with governments, businesses and civil society, we aim to transform food systems so that they deliver more nutritious food for all people, especially the most vulnerable. Recommended citationNordhagen, S. Gender equity and reduction of post-harvest losses in agricultural value chains. Global Alliance for Improved Nutrition Working Paper #20

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Section: Gender Also Impacts the Adoption Of Phl-reduction Technologiesmentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Taking Gender Into Account In Post-harvest Loss-reduction Programmingmentioning

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Gender equity and reduction of post-harvest losses in agricultural value chains

Nordhagen¹

2021

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“…The modelling here shows that some of the technologies examined here would also be viable investments for agri-producers if they took out bank loans-this would be particularly true if interest rates were lower than those assumed here, which may be the case in many cases. Lack of access to financing is a common problem for SMEs in low-and middle-income countries, particularly for those in the agri-food sector and for women-owned firms (9,10). Such SMEs are seen as less desirable for financial service providers due to modest funding needs, unreliable financial accounts, limited collateral, short credit histories, and/or uncertain growth prospects-all of which increase the risk and lower the potential returns for investors (11,12).…”

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Business opportunities to reduce post-harvest loss of nutritious food

Obanubi¹,

Okoruwa²,

Morris³

et al. 2020

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The Global Alliance for Improved Nutrition (GAIN) is a Swiss-based foundation launched at the UN in 2002 to tackle the human suffering caused by malnutrition. Working with governments, businesses and civil society, we aim to transform food systems so that they deliver more nutritious food for all people, especially the most vulnerable. Recommended citationObanubi M, Okoruwa A, Morris S, Nordhagen S, Djimeu Wouabe E, Yalch T. Business opportunities to reduce post-harvest loss of nutritious foods: Modelling the return on investment of field-ready technologies in Nigeria. Global Alliance for Improved Nutrition (GAIN). Working Paper #16

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Advance Equitable Livelihoods

Neufeld¹,

Huang

Badiane

et al. 2023

Science and Innovations for Food Systems Transformation

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Food system transformation provides the opportunity to shift current trends in all forms of malnutrition, prioritizing the availability and affordability of nutritious food for all – from shifting priorities in agricultural production, to improved food systems that favor nutrition and sustainability. The task of Action Track 4 is to explore approaches to doing so that will advance equitable livelihoods for producers, businesses, workers across the food system and consumers, with a particular emphasis on addressing inequalities and power imbalances. As the Science Group for AT 4, we explore the nature of these issues, using the drivers of food systems as articulated by the High Level Panel of Experts of the UN Committee on World Food Security (HLPE 2020) as framing. Small and medium-sized producers and people who rely on food systems in rural and urban areas for livelihoods are disproportionately affected by all biophysical and environmental drivers, including soil and water resources and climate change. Unequal opportunity in access to all types of resources reduces overall production, resilience and rural transformation. Advances in innovation, technology and infrastructure have had important impacts on food production and sustainability, transportation and processing along food value chains, marketing, and, ultimately, diets, including the consumption of both nutritious and unhealthy foods. However, achievement of equitable livelihoods in food systems will require that issues of access to contextually suitable innovation and technology, inclusive of indigenous knowledge, be substantially enhanced. Many economic and political factors can be essential causes of inequality and power imbalances at the household, community, national and global levels, which may constrain the ability of food system transformation to deliver poverty reduction and sustainable, equitable livelihoods. Finally, vast evidence illustrates that several socio-cultural and demographic drivers underpin inequalities among and within societies and constrain the potential for some to benefit from actions to improve their livelihoods, particularly women, youths, the disabled, the elderly and indigenous peoples. These issues have been exacerbated by the COVID-19 pandemic. The pandemic is having a significant impact on global commodity markets and trading systems, economic growth, incomes, and poverty levels, with a likely disproportionate burden falling on vulnerable communities in both urban and rural areas. This is likely to worsen inequalities and set back progress against poverty and hunger goals. To address these issues, we must transform not only food systems, but the structures and systems that continue to enable and exacerbate inequities. Drivers of food system inequities are highly interconnected, and progress in addressing one will likely require change across several. For example, globalization and trade interact with other powerful drivers, especially technology resource mobilization and demographic trends, which shape food production, distribution, and consumption. Hence, in the final section, we reflect on several factors that should be part of effective solutions for combating inequalities in food systems, including rights-based approaches. We then share a series of recommendations aimed at enhancing inclusive decision-making, protecting the livelihoods of those living in situations of vulnerability while creating opportunities, adapting institutions and policies to favor equitable food system livelihoods, and increasing investment so as to realize the potential of improved institutional and policy actions. We invite governments, businesses, and organizations to hold themselves and others to account in advancing equitable livelihoods, and open avenues towards realizing the potential of science, innovation, technology, and evidence to favor equitable livelihoods.

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Supporting gender-equitable food systems through access to finance for small-and medium-sized companies

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Gender equity and reduction of post-harvest losses in agricultural value chains

Gender equity and reduction of post-harvest losses in agricultural value chains

Business opportunities to reduce post-harvest loss of nutritious food

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