Rural households and sustainability: Integrating environmental and gender concerns into home economics curricula
WORKING DOCUMENT
FOOD AND AGRICULTURE ORGANIZATION OF THE UNITED NATIONS
Rome, 1994
This document has been prepared by Karlyn Eckman for the Women in Agricultural Production and Rural Development Service, Human Resources, Institutions and Agrarian Reform Division. The opinions expressed are those of the author, and do not imply the expression of any opinion on the part of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
Chapter 1: Rural households and the environment
Chapter 2: Relevance of environmental concerns to home economics
Part two: Reorienting training programmes
Chapter 4: Sustainable agriculture and rural development
Chapter 7: Watersheds and water quality
Chapter 8: Biological diversity
Chapter 10: Land use and land tenure
Chapter 11: Urbanization and migration
Chapter 12: Conservation methods
Chapter 14: Pollution and waste