Gender Equity through Agricultural Research and Education (GEARE)
GEARE is a network of interdisciplinary scholars and researchers that initiate and respond to the new opportunities for research, instruction, and evidence-based outreach that address the intersections of gender with agricultural and environmental sciences.
Our Vision: To promote food security, resilience, and improved livelihoods, through global gender equity (in key areas of agriculture, energy and environment).
Our Mission: We research innovative and sustainable gender integrated development practices. We build gender focused capacity of scholars, practitioners, and producers. We build trans-disciplinary, cross agency, and geographically diverse networks.
Latest News
July 30, 2024
Farm families' childcare challenges impacting farm businesses, research suggests
New study shows how childcare difficulties have wide, rippling effects on farm enterprises. In the study, over three quarters of farm families with children under 18 reported that they had experienced childcare challenges, largely due to cost and availability, which means that they often must cobble together multiple paid and unpaid childcare options. Credit: pixdeluxe/Getty Images / Penn State. Creative Commons
Read MoreMay 3, 2024
Research Report: Managing the Water-Energy-Food-Gender Nexus
Between Subsistence and Sustainability on Isla Fuerte, Colombia
Read MoreApril 10, 2024
Policy Brief: Women Grape and Wine Producers
Stephanie Buechler (Ag Sciences Global), Kathy Kelley (Plant Sciences), and Michaela Centinari (Plant Sciences), together with research assistants Zoelie Rivera and Sarah Peachey, developed a policy brief based on the findings of their interdisciplinary, applied project, 'Women Grape and Wine Producers in Pennsylvania, USA and Mendoza, Argentina: Meeting Sustainability Challenges through Networks.'
Read MoreMarch 5, 2024
Ag Sciences Global to host a four-part virtual food-security seminar series
The college’s Ag Sciences Global unit received a Gilman International Scholarship Grant from the U.S. Department of State to present the Gilman Global Food Security Virtual Seminar, which will be held beginning at 1 p.m. on Feb. 9 and 23, March 29 and April 26.
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