Culture, agriculture and rural development: A view from FAO's Population Programme Service

10/07/2000

This publication outlines FAO's approach to cultural issues and describes one of the instruments it uses to understand cultural factors and their complex relation with agriculture and development: socio-cultural research.

Gender and food Security: The role of information

13/06/2000

This document outlines FAO's strategy to support the production and dissemination of gender-specific information and data for the formulation of gender-responsive agricultural and rural development policies. 

Dimitra Newsletter 4

01/03/2000

This newsletter presents some of the many projects carried out by Dimitra partners in Southern Africa. The projects, which focus on women's rights to land, illustrate the efforts made by NGOs to inform rural women on their legal, econonomic and political rights. 12 pp.

Dimitra Newsletter 3

01/09/1999

This issue of the Dimitra newsletter presents some information on the FAO High Level Consultation on Rural Women and Information, which was held in Rome from 4-6 October 1999. 12 pp.

6,000,000,000 and counting: Food security and agriculture in a demographically changing world

29/07/1999

This publication links rapid population growth over the last century to our growing food insecurity as s result of the increasing demand on agricultural production.

TSS thematic workshop on male involvement in sexual and reproductive health programmes and services

07/07/1999

The Technical Support Services (TSS) System of the UNFPA and participating UN Agencies decided to undertake a seminar on male involvement in reproductive health, focusing on both operational and conceptual aspects, from a multi-disciplinary and inter-agency perspective.

Policies meeting the challenges of both food security and gender equality: The role of information

24/06/1999

A summary of the Strategy for Action submitted for review at the High-Level Consultation on Rural Women and Information. It provides decision-makers and planners with guidance on how to collect information related to the economic and social contribution made by rural men and women to agricultural production.

Maldivian gender roles in bio-resource management

23/06/1999

This study examines the gender roles in livelihood resource management in the ecosystem context of the Maldives archipelago. The different roles and responsibilities of men and women in harvesting and managing terrestrial and marine-based resources are identified and analysed. 58 pp.