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Asian women in agriculture, environment and rural production Posted February 1999. Based on fact sheets prepared by FAO's Regional Office for Asia and the Pacific, this Special provides a general profile, plus an analysis of women's roles in agriculture, environment, rural production and food security, in 10 countries: Bangladesh, Bhutan, Cambodia, China, India, Lao PDR, Nepal, Pakistan, Sri Lanka and Viet Nam. The original fact sheets are also available as full-colour PDF files. Population, poverty and environment Posted January 1999. Explores the implications of linkages among population trends, poverty incidence and environmental degradation. These were discussed at a recent FAO/ILO workshop in Rome aimed at enhancing the contribution of population programmes to poverty alleviation and sustainable development. Gender and participation in agricultural development planning Posted February 1998. Draws on the experiences of 12 FAO projects that tested various approaches aimed at making agricultural planning more participatory and responsive to the needs of both male and female farmers. From these experiences, FAO prepared 10 case studies and an issues paper focussing on four areas: producing gender disaggregated information, training agricultural staff in participatory methods, linking farmer's priorities with policy-making and planning processes, and promoting institutional change. Posted November 1997. Starting in the early 1980s, the FAO People's Participation Programme (PPP) used small-scale projects in Africa, Asia and Latin America to develop strategies for organizing grass roots rural people. It created small, informal, self-reliant groups that allowed members to work together on income-generating activities, served as receiving mechanisms for development services, and provided a voice in dealings with local authorities. We present here details of lessons learned from the PPP experience. Empowering the rural disabled in Asia and Pacific Posted July 1997. Asia and Pacific countries have designated 1993-2002 the "Decade for the Disabled" - ten years to raise awareness of the problems of millions of disabled men, women and children. An estimated one to three percent of the region's adult population are disabled and 80% of them live in rural areas. We publish seven papers presented at a recent FAO Round Table on the Integration of Disabled People in Agricultural and Agro-industry Systems, held in Bangkok. The papers review the status of the disabled in Bangladesh, Cambodia, Sri Lanka, Thailand and Viet Nam and propose income-generating activities in agroindustry and horticulture. Gender: the key to sustainability and food security Posted May 1997. This Special presentation describes FAO's conceptual framework for analysing gender's implications for sustainable agriculture and rural development. It shows how FAO is transforming these ideas into strategies and action in the areas of natural resources management, agricultural support systems, food and nutrition, and improved policy-making and planning. Potential impacts of sea-level rise on populations and agriculture Posted March 1998. Under the "worst case" scenario, global mean sea-level is expected to rise almost one metre by the year 2100, affecting more than 140 million people in China and Bangladesh alone. Now, an interdisciplinary team of FAO experts has conducted a major study of sea-level rise (SRL) and its impact on people and agriculture. The authors - from FAO's Sustainable Development and Agriculture Departments - review SRL's demographic, physiographic and socio-economic setting, its direct and indirect effects, and lessons from extreme events of the recent past. They conclude that "in general, it is likely that the relative importance of coastal disasters will decrease." | |
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