2017-2018 GREAT Cereal Grains Course
GREAT participants practice research methods and tools during a field day on Day 7 of the GREAT Gender-responsive Cereals Breeding Course in August 2017.
Test out your learning with hands-on application
GREAT course participants and trainers interact with farmers as part of a field day to gain hands-on practice in using mixed-methods research tools.
Develop your professional skills with a GREAT course
GREAT trainer Brenda Boonabaana leads a session during the GREAT Gender-Responsive Cereal Grains Breeding course in August, 2017.
Gain Hands-On Field Experience with GREAT
Participants in the GREAT Gender-responsive Root, Tuber and Banana Breeding Course celebrate at the end of a day practicing field data collection in September, 2016.
Develop your professional network
Course participants celebrate a birthday, and connections formed across projects, disciplines and countries.
GREAT Roots, Tubers and Bananas Course
Participants and trainers meet with women from Ziroobwe, Uganda to conduct a sex-disagreggated focus group discussion during the September 2016 GREAT course for root, tuber and banana researchers.
GREAT co-PI's Margaret Mangheni (l) and Hale Tufan
Applications are now open for the GREAT Theme 4 Course! Find out more...
About GREAT
GREAT courses equip researchers to create more inclusive and effective agricultural systems by addressing the priorities of both women and men in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA).
GREAT delivers training to agricultural researchers from SSA in the theory and practice of gender-responsive research, seeking to increase opportunities for equitable participation and the sharing of benefits from agricultural research and improve the outcomes for smallholder women farmers, entrepreneurs, and farmer organizations across sub-Saharan Africa.
By building and engaging communities of researchers equipped with the skills, knowledge, and support systems to develop and implement gender-responsive projects, GREAT advances gender-responsiveness as the norm and standard for agricultural research.
GREAT is a collaboration between Cornell University in Ithaca, New York and Makerere University in Kampala, Uganda.
Why GREAT?
If we don't study links between gender and agriculture we are missing the point
Lilian Nkengla - Gender and Natural Resource Management, Cameroon
I've attended gender trainings before, why should I attend the GREAT Training?
Benedicta Frimpong - Agricultural Economist, Ghana
Latest Updates
Applications are now open for the GREAT Theme 4 Course!
New Newsletter:
New Blog Articles:
- 15 November: The challenge of connecting plant breeding to societal change
- 02 October: Is Your Gender Training Program Really Having an Impact? An Interview with Deborah Rubin
- 25 September: From agronomic practices to gender norms and agency in banana diseases management
New Photo Album:
Upcoming Courses
GREAT Course 4: Gender-Responsive Plant Breeding
Week 1: 22-31 July 2019
Week 2: 13-17 January 2020
Applications are now open. Deadline is February 15th, 2019.
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RT @MakCAES: "Its very important to consider women needs while coming up with any breeding program at all levels of authority" ~… https://t.co/cZ3PI3DCkB