Four critical activities were undertaken during the first six months of Year 4, as follows: (1) continued data gathering through Participatory Focus Group Discussion (FGD) and Participatory Planning Workshop for the gendered market networks study, (2) three public disseminations of the findings from the market and gender studies, (3) initiation of a leveraged vermicomposting pilot project among selected women participants of the gender study, and (4) continued preparation of the proposed market and gender books.