Why gender
Target: Gender equality
Rural women make up the majority of the world’s poor. That is why gender equity in access to resources, goods, services and decision-making has become central to FAO's vision of a world free of hunger and poverty...
Insight
What are "women's crops", and why?
Farming women may grow lower-value subsistence crops not because they prefer to, but because they cannot access the resources that would permit them to do otherwise
Projects
Horticulture helps Palestinian women feed families
Drip irrigation networks ensure fruit and vegetable production even during water scarcities of the hot summer months
