INGENAES Global Symposium and Learning Exchange

The Integrating Gender and Nutrition within Agricultural Extension Services (INGENAES) is a Feed the Future (FTF) initiative funded by USAID. The project supports improvements in extension and advisory services (EAS) to reduce gender gaps in agricultural extension services, empower women farmers, and improve gender and nutrition integration. INGENAES works with policy makers, development organizations, civil society, universities, and farmer organization in Feed the Future countries. Activities include workshops, action-oriented research, technical assistance, case studies, assessments, learning exchanges, and mentoring to promote gender-transformative and nutrition-sensitive agricultural extension practices. The project is led by the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, in partnership with the University of California Davis, the University of Florida, and Cultural Practice LLC, USA.