Many agricultural companies pursue living income goals but often overlook gender equality. This paper by the Anker Research Institute and the Living Income Community of Practice shows why gender equality is key to achieving living incomes and offers a practical framework for gender-transformative action in supply chains.

This report describes and uses the recently developed Ank- er Methodology® to obtain sub-national living income and living wage estimates. Using Brazil as a pilot country, the methodology calculates living incomes and living wages for Brazilian state capital cities, surrounding metropolitan areas, and mesoregions in the rest of each state.