{"id":16387,"date":"2026-06-20T12:50:40","date_gmt":"2026-06-20T12:50:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dev.iita.org\/news-item\/why-gender-equality-and-social-inclusion-matter-for-aid-i-glr-in-scaling-agricultural-innovations-2\/"},"modified":"2026-06-20T12:50:40","modified_gmt":"2026-06-20T12:50:40","slug":"why-gender-equality-and-social-inclusion-matter-for-aid-i-glr-in-scaling-agricultural-innovations-2","status":"publish","type":"news-item","link":"https:\/\/iita.org\/fr\/news-item\/why-gender-equality-and-social-inclusion-matter-for-aid-i-glr-in-scaling-agricultural-innovations-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Why gender equality and social inclusion matter for AID-I GLR in scaling agricultural innovations"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">At the heart of the Feed the Future\/USAID Great Lakes Accelerated Innovation Delivery Initiative Rapid Delivery Hub (<a href=\"https:\/\/iita.org\/fr\/great-lakes-accelerated-innovation-delivery-initiative-rapid-delivery-hub\/\">AID-I GLR<\/a>), efforts continue to amplify the impact of agricultural innovations and technologies. However, it is not just about scaling but about <strong><em>i<\/em><\/strong><strong><em>nclusive<\/em><\/strong> scaling, with a specific focus on gender equality and social inclusion (GESI).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In the vast landscape of agricultural development, the term \u2018scaling\u2019 is now commonplace. As <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sciencedirect.com\/science\/article\/pii\/S0308521X19314477?via%3Dihub\">this article <\/a>explains, scaling extends innovations and technologies beyond the original design team by bringing them to users. This marks a crucial crossing point for real impact at the community or regional level.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The USAID Global Food Security Strategy sets the stage for the AID-I GLR initiative, aiming to tackle global challenges such as poverty, hunger, malnutrition, climate change, and inequality through the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.usaid.gov\/what-we-do\/agriculture-and-food-security\/us-government-global-food-security-strategy\">Feed the Future Global Hunger and Food-Security Initiative<\/a>. With a strong emphasis on equality and inclusion, the strategy seeks to empower women, girls, youth, and marginalized communities through agricultural-led economic growth. The key to achieving these goals lies in the inclusive scaling of agricultural innovations to reach, benefit, and empower diverse communities.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.iita.org\/index.php\/why-gender-equality-and-social-inclusion-matter-for-aid-i-glr-in-scaling-agricultural-innovations\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Lire la suite<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>At the heart of the Feed the Future\/USAID Great Lakes Accelerated Innovation Delivery Initiative Rapid Delivery Hub (AID-I GLR), efforts [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":16388,"template":"","meta":{"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"","ast-site-content-layout":"default","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"default","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}}},"tags":[],"science-area":[],"program":[],"location":[],"news-type":[],"hub":[],"crop":[],"impact-areas":[],"item-year":[],"class_list":["post-16387","news-item","type-news-item","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.2 - 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