Beyond Access to Finance: How Burkina Faso’s Microfinance Institutions are Advancing Gender and Nutrition August 2026 Summary Moving beyond financial inclusion: MFIs supported through IGNITE+ are beginning to examine how their policies, products, services, and institutional systems can better respond to the different needs of women and other underserved clients. Small institutional changes can drive [...]
How Can Agricultural Programmes Demonstrate that their Investments are Actually Improving Nutrition? August 2026 Summary Measure what matters, not just what is easy to count: While agricultural programmes often track production, yields, and income, these indicators alone do not reveal whether interventions are improving diets and nutrition outcomes. Nutrition-sensitive agriculture requires measuring the pathways that [...]
Turning Gender Commitments into Investment through Gender-Responsive Budgeting August 2026 Summary Turning Commitments into Action: Through IGNITE+, Tanager and its Local Service Providers are equipping agricultural institutions with practical tools to translate gender equality commitments into gender-responsive budgets and investments. Strengthening Technical Capacity: Gender experts from IGNITE+ Local Service Providers (LSPs) across Ethiopia, Kenya, Nigeria [...]
