Policy Planning and Research.
· Rural women should be involved in all phases of the development of national policies in the areas of health, food and nutrition.
Legal and Policy Reform.
· Legal and policy reforms are needed to effect a fundamental change in the disadvantaged socioeconomic situation of women.
· Basic legislation should be drawn up to facilitate women's access to land.
· Trade agreements should protect local production.
Access to Agricultural Resources and Services
· Measures should be taken to improve women's access to credit; household, agricultural and food processing technologies; energy and water supply; and extension.
· Marketing systems should be improved by creating linkages between NGOs and women's groups in the cities and countryside.
Source: Rapport national sur les femmes, l'agriculture et le developpement rural, 1994.
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