This book is a compilation of papers examining women’s role in rural production systems in India. The book is divided into six sections; the first section explores conceptual, theoretical, and methodological issues with respect to understanding women’s work. The second, third, and fourth sections present evidence from primary and secondary...

The Compendium is a product of the Joint Programme on Gender Transformative Approaches for Food Security and Nutrition implemented by FAO, IFAD and WFP and funded by the European Union. The compendium of 15 good practices of gender transformative approaches (GTAs) includes the individual templates of the 15 good practices,...

Cooking in refugee camps is complex. To feed their families, women and girls must often collect firewood outside the camps, exposing them to the risk of gender-based violence (GBV). Interventions that seek to reduce this risk, such as cleaner cooking solutions, can also create opportunities for participation in other activities,...

El área de extensión de Rimisp ha organizado este primer ciclo de cinco microcursos para este año en torno al tema central del desarrollo territorial. Las clases se realizarán entre el 22 de abril y el 20 de mayo, todos los miércoles a las 12:00 horas Chile (-3 GMT). Temáticas como...

Dada la complejidad que ha significado el manejo de la pandemia del COVID-19 y sus efectos especialmente negativos en las economías de la región, la FAO ha decidido convocar a actores relevantes que inciden en el funcionamiento de los sistemas agroalimentarios tras un acucioso proceso de levantamiento de necesidades desde...

In order to address the root causes that are aggravating the multiple social, economic, health and climate crises that our society is facing due to unsustainable, unjust and unhealthy farming and food systems, the voice of young farmers needs to be put forward in the process of shaping public policies....

Entre os dias 28 a 30 de Novembro de 2020, em audiência internacional, realizamos nossa VIII Grande Assembleia das mulheres Kaiowá e Guarani - Kuñangue Aty Guasu. Devido à pandemia coronavírus, que atingiu a nossa comunidade desde março de 2020, toda a organização e realização do nosso evento foi construída...

This paper examines the patterns of gendered effects of migration on women’s involvement in local agriculture in the dry areas of the world. Dryland communities are often characterized by rural transformations related to agricultural intensification, particularly as a result of irrigation provisions. They also experience high levels of outmigration, exacerbated...

Greetings from the African Centre for Biodiversity! We are happy to share with you our first newsletter. The onset of the Covid-19 pandemic and ensuing flux has led to deep reflection, as we grapple with how to meet unprecedented challenges. And through the stringent lockdown, our agile and mostly young and women-led team were reaching out to partners locally,...

The livelihoods of millions of family farmers in Pakistan have been affected by a series of natural hazards in the last 14 months and stand now to be devastated by COVID-19. In rural parts of Sindh province of Pakistan livestock are an integral part of poor people’s livelihoods, contributing to household...

A Confederação Nacional dos Trabalhadores Rurais Agricultores e Agricultoras Familiares (CONTAG) produziu um vídeo que resgata as primeiras lutas das mulheres do campo, da floresta e das águas do Brasil pelo direito à Previdência, à sindicalização e por participação no movimento sindical. Também destaca a trajetória de 20 anos de...

CLACSO inaugura un observatorio para interpretar el fenómeno de la pandemia global. Con la convicción de que las ciencias sociales y las humanidades cumplen un rol central, CLACSO pone al servicio de la sociedad un conjunto de reflexiones sobre un acontecimiento que afecta todas las dimensiones de la vida en común. El conocimiento científico es...

Pig production in Sub-Saharan Africa is dependent on smallholder farmers who face multiple challenges, including a high disease burden. One of the most challenging diseases for farmers is African swine fever (ASF) (Dione et al. 2014). ASF is a highly infectious and mostly lethal transboundary swine disease, which has devastating...

 July FAO Gender Newsletter came with  a lot of news, papers and  reports regarding Gender and Covid-19

Formed in 2007, Food Plant Solutions Rotary Action Group (FPS) creates science-based educational materials, which: identify highly nutritious local food plants, explain how to grow them in a sustainable, agroecological way, detail the nutritional value of the plants and describe why human bodies require those nutrients. The resources created by FPS allows people to better...

Government statistics note that nearly 70 percent of the Tanzanian population (55.57 million people) live in rural areas, and almost all of them depend on the agricultural sector for their livelihood. Maize is the primary staple crop in Tanzania (Minot 2010), and in the last five decades, Tanzania has been...

Au Sénégal, l’agriculture est confrontée au triple défi de la croissance démographique, du changement climatique et de la dégradation des ressources productives (eau, sols, forêts). Dans ce contexte, lemodèle actuel d’intensification agricole n’apportera pas de réponses durables. Les systèmes de production conventionnels paraissent performants à court terme, mais ils sont...

An FAO project with a women’s clam association in Tunisia’s Gulf of Gabes helped the clam harvesters to earn more for their labour, while also incorporating sustainable practices.

Dans le cadre du projet Sécurité alimentaire: une agriculture adaptée (SAGA), la FAO coordonne différentes initiatives pilotes sur le renforcement des capacités adaptatives de la société civile au Sénégal et en Haïti. Dans ce contexte, d’octobre 2019 à mars 2020, Carrefour International et l’Association pour la promotion de la femme sénégalaise...

Formed in 2007, Food Plant Solutions Rotary Action Group (FPS) creates science-based educational materials, which: identify highly nutritious local food plants, explain how to grow them in a sustainable, agroecological way, detail the nutritional value of the plants and describe why human bodies require those nutrients. The resources created by FPS allows people to better...