Selected programmes in support of women in agriculture and fisheries
Policy Planning and Research.
· The Technical Cooperation Network of Support Institutions and Bodies for Rural Women, coordinated by the Ministry of Agriculture, has conducted gender sensitization activities, collected information on rural women for a data bank, and assisted women farmers organizations in the formulation and financial management of small projects.
· A project to promote the transfer of technology to peasant communities in the mountain areas has promoted the participation of women in extension, and carried out sensitization workshops for programme and project designers.
University Graduates in Agriculture and Veterinary Medicine, 1990
Source: UNALM and UNMSM
· Another project was directed to developing gender sensitization tools, training, courses, and workshops for institutions and organizations working with the rural population.
· Gender is being included as a variable in the design of the second National Agricultural-Livestock Census.
Legal and Policy Reform.
In January of 1995 the Ministry of Agriculture organized a workshop with the Unidad de la Mujer Rural in order to identify the necessary steps to be taken to improve the quality of life in rural areas, and specifically on the means to promote the necessary conditions for women's equal access to and control over productive resources and increased participation in defining strategies.
Access to Agricultural Resources and Services.
A number of government, bi-lateral, multi-lateral and NGO projects have addressed the needs of rural women directly or indirectly in areas such as alternative technologies and the organization of women for food processing activities, credit, community forestry, irrigation and extension.
