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Elizabeth Bryan is a Senior Scientist at the International Food Policy Research Institute, where she conducts policy-relevant research on gender, sustainable agricultural production, climate-smart agriculture, small-scale irrigation, irrigation-nutrition pathways, and natural resource management, using mixed-methods. She currently leads the Gender, Climate Change, and Nutrition Integration Initiative (GCAN) and co-leads the Methods Module of the CGIAR GENDER Impact Platform. She has been a part of the ILSSI team since the start of the program and has led or contributed to publications on the linkages between small-scale irrigation, gender, and nutrition. She holds a doctorate in Agricultural Sciences from the Faculty of Agricultural Sciences at the University of Hohenheim, an M.A. in Development Economics from American University, and a B.A. in International Affairs from Wagner College.

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Employment (1)

International Food Policy Research Institute: Washington D.C., District of Columbia, US

2007-08-01 to present | Senior Scientist (Environment and Production Technology Institute)
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Education and qualifications (3)

University of Hohenheim: Stuttgart, DE

2014-01-01 to 2022-04-01 | Doctorate (Faculty of Agricultural Sciences, Institute of Agricultural Sciences in the Tropics)
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American University: Washington D.C., District of Columbia, US

2005-09-01 to 2007-05-01 | M.A. (School of International Service)
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Wagner College: Staten Island, New York, US

1997-09-01 to 2001-05-15 | B.A.
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Works (37)

Women’s leadership in climate-resilient agrifood systems: defining a future research agenda

Environmental Research: Climate
2024-06-01 | Journal article
Contributors: Miranda Yeen Morgan; Elizabeth Bryan; Marlène Elias
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Water insecurity is associated with greater food insecurity and lower dietary diversity: panel data from sub-Saharan Africa during the COVID-19 pandemic

Food Security
2024-02 | Journal article
Contributors: Joshua D. Miller; Sera L. Young; Elizabeth Bryan; Claudia Ringler
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Stressors and Resilience within the Cassava Value Chain in Nigeria: Preferred Cassava Variety Traits and Response Strategies of Men and Women to Inform Breeding

Sustainability
2023-05-10 | Journal article
Contributors: Olamide Olaosebikan; Abolore Bello; Obaiya Utoblo; Benjamin Okoye; Nathaniel Olutegbe; Elisabeth Garner; Béla Teeken; Elizabeth Bryan; Lora Forsythe; Steven Cole et al.
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Does small-scale irrigation provide a pathway to women's empowerment? Lessons from Northern Ghana

Journal of Rural Studies
2023-01 | Journal article
Contributors: Elizabeth Bryan; Dawit Mekonnen
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Gendered impacts of COVID-19: Insights from 7 countries in Sub-Saharan Africa and South Asia

2022 | Report
Contributors: Muzna Fatima Alvi; Shweta Gupta; Prapti Barooah; Claudia Ringler; Elizabeth Bryan; Ruth Suseela Meinzen-Dick
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How do quantitative gender indicators compare to qualitative findings in the analysis of gender differences in agricultural productivity? Evidence from Uganda

2022 | Working paper
Contributors: Lukas Welk; Christine Bosch; Elizabeth Bryan; Edward Kato; Greg Seymour; Regina Birner
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Irrigation improves weight‐for‐height <i>z</i> ‐scores of children under five, and Women's and Household Dietary Diversity Scores in Ethiopia and Tanzania

Maternal &amp; Child Nutrition
2022-10 | Journal article
Part of ISSN: 1740-8695
Part of ISSN: 1740-8709
Contributors: Dawit Mekonnen; Jowel Choufani; Elizabeth Bryan; Beliyou Haile; Claudia Ringler
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Understanding the pathways to women’s empowerment in Northern Ghana and the relationship with small-scale irrigation

Agriculture and Human Values
2022-09 | Journal article
Contributors: Elizabeth Bryan; Elisabeth Garner
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To ease the world food crisis, focus resources on women and girls

Nature
2022-09-01 | Journal article
Part of ISSN: 0028-0836
Part of ISSN: 1476-4687
Contributors: Elizabeth Bryan; Claudia Ringler; Nicole Lefore
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A review of evidence on gender equality, women’s empowerment, and food systems

Global Food Security
2022-06 | Journal article
Part of ISSN: 2211-9124
Contributors: Jemimah Njuki; Sarah Eissler; Hazel Malapit; Ruth Meinzen-Dick; Elizabeth Bryan; Agnes Quisumbing
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Seasonal variation in maternal dietary diversity is reduced by small‐scale irrigation practices: A longitudinal study

Maternal &amp; Child Nutrition
2022-04 | Journal article
Part of ISSN: 1740-8695
Part of ISSN: 1740-8709
Contributors: Kaleab Baye; Dawit Mekonnen; Jowel Choufani; Seid Yimam; Elizabeth Bryan; Jeffrey K. Griffiths; Claudia Ringler
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Hierarchical Modelling of Small-Scale Irrigation: Constraints and Opportunities for Adoption in Sub-Saharan Africa

Water Economics and Policy
2022-01 | Journal article
Part of ISSN: 2382-624X
Part of ISSN: 2382-6258
Contributors: Beliyou Haile; Dawit Mekonnen; Jowel Choufani; Claudia Ringler; Elizabeth Bryan
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Women and small-scale irrigation: A review of the factors influencing gendered patterns of participation and benefits

2021 | Working paper
Contributors: Elizabeth Bryan; Nicole Lefore
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Gender differences in awareness and adoption of climate-smart agriculture practices in Bangladesh.

Gender, climate change and livelihoods: vulnerabilities and adaptations
2021-07-28 | Book chapter
Contributors: E. Bryan; E. Kato; Q. Bernier
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The diffusion of small-scale irrigation technologies in Ethiopia: Stakeholder analysis using Net-Map

2020 | Working paper
Contributors: Elizabeth Bryan; Fitsum Hagos; Dawit Kelemework Mekonnen; Demie Abera Gemeda; Sein Yimam
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Women’s empowerment and farmland allocations in Bangladesh: evidence of a possible pathway to crop diversification

Climatic Change
2020-11 | Journal article
Part of ISSN: 0165-0009
Part of ISSN: 1573-1480
Contributors: Alex De Pinto; Greg Seymour; Elizabeth Bryan; Prapti Bhandari
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Addressing gender and social dynamics to strengthen resilience for all

2019 | Report
Contributors: Sophie Theis; Elizabeth Bryan; Claudia Ringler
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Irrigation-nutrition linkages: Evidence from northern Ghana

2019 | Working paper
Contributors: Dawit Kelemework Mekonnen; Jowel Choufani; Elizabeth Bryan; Abdul-Razak Abizari; Claudia Ringler; Joseph Amikuzuno
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Increasing Crop Production Benefits to Small Producers in Bangladesh

Asian Journal of Agricultural Development
2018 | Journal article
Contributors: Elizabeth Bryan; Andrew Reid Bell; Claudia Ringler; Akhter U. Ahmed; Elizabeth Bryan; Andrew Reid Bell; Claudia Ringler; Akhter U. Ahmed
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What happens after technology adoption? Gendered aspects of small-scale irrigation technologies in Ethiopia, Ghana, and Tanzania

Agriculture and Human Values
2018-09 | Journal article
Part of ISSN: 0889-048X
Part of ISSN: 1572-8366
Contributors: Sophie Theis; Nicole Lefore; Ruth Meinzen-Dick; Elizabeth Bryan
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Evaluating the pathways from small-scale irrigation to dietary diversity: evidence from Ethiopia and Tanzania

Food Security
2018-08 | Journal article
Part of ISSN: 1876-4517
Part of ISSN: 1876-4525
Contributors: Simone Passarelli; Dawit Mekonnen; Elizabeth Bryan; Claudia Ringler
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Making climate change adaptation programmes in sub-Saharan Africa more gender responsive: insights from implementing organizations on the barriers and opportunities

Climate and Development
2018-07-04 | Journal article
Part of ISSN: 1756-5529
Part of ISSN: 1756-5537
Contributors: Elizabeth Bryan; Quinn Bernier; Marcia Espinal; Claudia Ringler
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Ethiopian energy status and demand scenarios: Prospects to improve energy efficiency and mitigate GHG emissions

Energy
2018-04 | Journal article
Part of ISSN: 0360-5442
Contributors: Md Alam Hossain Mondal; Elizabeth Bryan; Claudia Ringler; Dawit Mekonnen; Mark Rosegrant
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Gender-sensitive, climate-smart agriculture for improved nutrition in Africa south of the Sahara

2017 | Report
Contributors: International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)
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Addressing gender in agricultural research for development in the face of a changing climate: where are we and where should we be going?

International Journal of Agricultural Sustainability
2017-09-03 | Journal article
Part of ISSN: 1473-5903
Part of ISSN: 1747-762X
Contributors: Patti Kristjanson; Elizabeth Bryan; Quinn Bernier; Jennifer Twyman; Ruth Meinzen-Dick; Caitlin Kieran; Claudia Ringler; Christine Jost; Cheryl Doss
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Ethiopian power sector development: Renewable based universal electricity access and export strategies

Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews
2017-08 | Journal article
Part of ISSN: 1364-0321
Contributors: Md. Alam Hossain Mondal; Elizabeth Bryan; Claudia Ringler; Mark Rosegrant
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Food versus fuel: examining tradeoffs in the allocation of biomass energy sources to domestic and productive uses in Ethiopia

Agricultural Economics
2017-07 | Journal article
Part of ISSN: 0169-5150
Contributors: Dawit Mekonnen; Elizabeth Bryan; Tekie Alemu; Claudia Ringler
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Rice productivity in Bangladesh: What are the benefits of irrigation?

Land Use Policy
2015-11 | Journal article
Part of ISSN: 0264-8377
Contributors: Andrew Reid Bell; Elizabeth Bryan; Claudia Ringler; Akhter Ahmed
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Can agriculture support climate change adaptation, greenhouse gas mitigation and rural livelihoods? insights from Kenya

Climatic Change
2013-05 | Journal article
Part of ISSN: 0165-0009
Part of ISSN: 1573-1480
Contributors: Elizabeth Bryan; Claudia Ringler; Barrack Okoba; Jawoo Koo; Mario Herrero; Silvia Silvestri
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Adapting agriculture to climate change in Kenya: Household strategies and determinants

Journal of Environmental Management
2013-01 | Journal article
Part of ISSN: 0301-4797
Contributors: Elizabeth Bryan; Claudia Ringler; Barrack Okoba; Carla Roncoli; Silvia Silvestri; Mario Herrero
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Climate change perception and adaptation of agro-pastoral communities in Kenya

Regional Environmental Change
2012-12 | Journal article
Part of ISSN: 1436-3798
Part of ISSN: 1436-378X
Contributors: Silvia Silvestri; Elizabeth Bryan; Claudia Ringler; Mario Herrero; Barrack Okoba
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Soil and water conservation technologies: a buffer against production risk in the face of climate change? Insights from the Nile basin in Ethiopia

Agricultural Economics
2011-09 | Journal article
Part of ISSN: 0169-5150
Contributors: Edward Kato; Claudia Ringler; Mahmud Yesuf; Elizabeth Bryan
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Global Change: Impacts on Water and food Security

Springer Berlin Heidelberg
2010 | Book
Part of ISSN: 1614-810X
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Global carbon markets: Opportunities for sub-Saharan Africa in agriculture and forestry

Climate and Development
2010-10 | Journal article
Part of ISSN: 1756-5529
Part of ISSN: 1756-5537
Contributors: ELIZABETH BRYAN; WISDOM AKPALU; MAHMUD YESUF; CLAUDIA RINGLER
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Green and blue water accounting in the Ganges and Nile basins: Implications for food and agricultural policy

Journal of Hydrology
2010-04 | Journal article
Part of ISSN: 0022-1694
Contributors: Timothy B. Sulser; Claudia Ringler; Tingju Zhu; Siwa Msangi; Elizabeth Bryan; Mark W. Rosegrant
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Comparing Food and Cash Transfers to the Ultra-Poor in Bangladesh

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Adaptation to climate change in Ethiopia and South Africa: options and constraints

Environmental Science &amp; Policy
2009-06 | Journal article
Part of ISSN: 1462-9011
Contributors: Elizabeth Bryan; Temesgen T. Deressa; Glwadys A. Gbetibouo; Claudia Ringler
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