Policy Planning and Research.
· A reliable data base and a system for the collection and analysis of data on the activities of rural women should be set up.
· Farming systems research should be strengthened to take into account the needs of women.
· A clear development policy taking into account the role of women in agriculture and the constraints they face should be drawn up.
· MINASCOF should promote activities by technical ministries to implement such a policy and set up a monitoring and evaluation system.
Access to Agricultural Resources and Services
· Measures should be taken to improve women's access to credit, seeds, labour-saving technologies, extension and marketing, including the promotion of micro-enterprises for processing and marketing, training more women extensionists, and promoting local savings and credit groups
· Better coordination is necessary among the various international and national NGOs to permit a more integrated and effective approach to increasing women's access to agricultural resources and services.
· Rural women's groups and organizations should be encouraged, and meetings between women at different levels promoted for an exchange of experiences and information on successful initiatives.
Source: National Sectoral Report on Women, Agriculture and Rural Development, 1994.
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