GENDER AND FOOD SECURITY
The role of information
STRATEGY FOR ACTION

Contents

Preface

Relationship between food security and information

Framework of the Strategy for Action

Information as a decision-making tool

Information as a means of empowerment

Information as a tool in negotiation

Implementation of the Strategy for Action

Editing, design, graphics and desktop publishing:
Editorial Group,
FAO Information Division


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