The Business Observer spoke to three key FAO officials - FAO Representative, Sri Lanka and the Maldives, Nina Brandstrup, Gender Officer, FAO Regional Office, Asia and the Pacific, Clara Park and Gender and Development Consultant, FAO Social Policies and Rural Institutions (ESP) Division, Rome, Francesca Distefano - on the launch of the first ever Country Gender Assesment of the Agriculture and Rural Sectors in Sri Lanka.