Policy Planning and Research.
· The Secretariat of State on the Status of Women needs to be strengthened in terms of staff and financing.
· Data collection, statistics and research on women's roles in and contribution to agriculture should be increased.
· Gender training should be extended to staff at the national and regional levels.
Access to Agricultural Resources and Services
· Greater efforts are needed to improve women's access to credit, education and technical training, income-generating activities, extension, water supply, wood fuel, and appropriate technologies, particularly for food processing.
· Women's groups should be strengthened and women's participation promoted in village structures, particularly in the planning, implementation and evaluation phases of projects.
Source: National Sectoral Report on Women, Agriculture and Rural Development, 1994.
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