Ruth Meinzen-Dick

TL;DR: In this article, the authors examine what conditions facilitate effective producer organizations for smallholders' market access, with special attention to the characteristics of user groups, institutional arrangements, types of products (staples, perishables and other commodities), markets (local, domestic and international), and external environment.

TL;DR: The Women's Empowerment in Agriculture Index (WEAI) as discussed by the authors is a new survey-based index designed to measure the empowerment, agency, and inclusion of women in the agricultural sector.

TL;DR: In this paper, the authors discuss the impacts of land acquisition on local people, who risk losing access to and control over the land on which they depend and the environment within which these land deals take place.

TL;DR: The Women's Empowerment in Agriculture Index (WEAI) as discussed by the authors measures empowerment, agency, and inclusion of women in the agricultural sector and comprises two subindexes: the first assesses empowerment in five domains, including (1) decisions about agricultural production, access to and decisionmaking power about productive resources, (3) control of use of income, (4) leadership in the community, and (5) time allocation.

TL;DR: A study of the variable performances of user groups for canal irrigation in India illustrates the factors that affect institutional performance and identifies the critical factors affecting irrigation institutions that can lead to sustainable approaches that are adapted to specific contextual attributes.