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Book (stand-alone)Empowering women farmers
A mechanization catalogue for practitioners
2022Rural women across the world work along agri-food value chains performing numerous agricultural operations. Their work is increasingly affected by land degradation, climate change impacts, and out-migration. It is often unrecognized, unqualified, and unpaid. Moreover, the traditional division of labor often relegates women to manual, time-consuming operations with high degrees of drudgery. The combination of family responsibilities and insufficient access to critical services, information, and technologies, affects women’s work burden and their potential for income generation. For example, fewer rights over land make it more difficult for women to access subsidies, finance, or mechanization. There are three ways in which sustainable mechanization can empower women and respond to their needs:- as customers of mechanization service providers - reducing their drudgery, and freeing up time for resting or opting for other social or economic activities;
- as operators of machinery and equipment or staff of a mechanization hiring services business - offering their service to others to earn an income;
- as entrepreneurs managing their own mechanization hiring services agribusiness - providing a service for other farmers and generating revenue.
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- promote inclusive agricultural mechanization interventions;
- reduce women’s drudgery and improve the efficiency of tasks they perform;
- address gender issues in agriculture;
- support economic opportunities for women as entrepreneurs.
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Book (stand-alone)Products and profit from poultry - second edition 2011
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No results found.Traditionally poultry is found in many communities the world over and can be, with adequate support, training and investment, a viable commercial enterprise for many small-scale farmers. As a start-up, poultry does not require large capital investments and labour needs are not excessive. Poultry can provide for a good source of nutrition for the farm family and an income source, which does not depend on the harvest cycle common to crops. Moreover poultry provides a number of important products, such as meat and eggs as well as important and complementary services for farm crops and other livestock. All in all poultry is an easy enterprise for small-scale farmers to diversify into. The booklet is aimed at raising awareness and promoting poultry as a business to all those who are involved in supporting small-scale farming and rural development in general. -
Book (stand-alone)Traditional fermented food and beverages for improved livelihoods 2011
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Small-scale on-farm fermentation enterprises are important both for stimulating sustainable development in rural and peri-urban areas of countries, and for making food available to the increasing populations in urban areas. It can play an important role in strengthening livelihoods of millions of people and reduce their vulnerability to poverty, through both income generation and by making an important contribution to dietary variety and food security. Small-scale on-farm fermentation enterprise s also provide linkages to other income generating activities such as the manufactures of equipment, packaging and other ingredients that may be required for fermentation. This booklet is intended to heighten awareness about the potential of fermented foods and beverages as a viable enterprise that can contribute to small-scale farmers’ income. It provides information to decision-makers at policy-level and those involved in development programmes about opportunities, markets and technical sup port required for such a diversification enterprise.
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