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
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?
I've attended gender trainings before, why should I attend the GREAT Training?
Benedicta Frimpong - Agricultural Economist, Ghana
Understanding The Reasons Behind Gendered Norms in Agriculture
Utoblo Grace Obaiya - Plant Breeder, Ghana
Latest Updates
New Newsletter:
New Blog Articles:
- 28 March: From trainees to trainers: Lessons from a gender training workshop for village seed entrepreneurs in Umudike, Nigeria
- 23 March: The Journey Toward Gender-Responsive Wheat Breeding in Kenya
- 28 February: Upscaling cassava production to unlock a positive future for women in agriculture: Insights from AgraInnovate and CassavaTech 2017
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Upcoming Courses
Gender-Responsive Legume Breeding
Week 1: 23 July - 01 August 2018
Week 2: 14-18 January 2019
Applications now open! Deadline is February 15th, 2018.
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