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Campanha internacional valoriza mulheres rurais
A Secretaria Especial de Agricultura Familiar e do Desenvolvimento Agrário (SEAD) lança, nesta quinta-feira (23), a campanha internacional #MulheresRurais, mulheres com direitos.
A iniciativa busca conscientizar a população sobre as principais atividades das mulheres rurais para alcançar o desenvolvimento sustentável.
A campanha #MulheresRurais, mulheres com direitos promoverá o intercâmbio de experiências, políticas, inovações, estratégias e...
Brazil
2017 - Portal Brasil
Working paper
Impact of Malawi’s Farm Income Diversification Programme on household welfare
Empirical evidence from eleven districts
This study used cross sectional data from the government of Malawi’s Farm Income Diversification Programme (FIDP) to examine the impact of FIDP on household welfare. Total annual household income, food security, and the wealth status of households were used as measures of household welfare. A propensity score matching procedure was...
Malawi
2017 - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)
Newsletter article
SEAD lança campanha a favor das mulheres rurais
A Secretaria Especial de Agricultura Familiar e do Desenvolvimento Agrário (SEAD) apresenta em Brasília a Campanha Internacional #MulheresRurais, mulheres com direitos. O objetivo é dar visibilidade para essas mulheres e destacar o trabalho que realizam. “A mulher rural é a protagonista do desenvolvimento sustentável. E é para isso que estamos...
Brazil
2017 - Radio Sociedade
Newsletter article
Regional Office for Africa Quarterly Newsletter
For a Hunger-Free Africa
FAO RAF Quarterly Newsletter is an information resource platform designated for broader audience in Africa and published every quarter of the year. This newsletter mostly contains news stories, articles, reports and up-to date events from FAO’s representatives, policy makers and other stakeholders in the sub region of Africa. The aim...
Burundi - Democratic Republic of the Congo - Ghana - Mozambique
2017 - Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
Report
Gender assessment of dairy value chain
Evidence from Ethiopia
The present study is a gender assessment of the dairy value chain in selected sites in Ethiopia: North Shoa Shewa (Degem woreda), East Gojam (Dejen woreda) and Gamu Gofa Arba Minch (Arba Minch Zuria woreda). It relies on evidence gathered through fieldwork complemented by a review of specialized background documentation....
Ethiopia
2017 - Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Report
Women, Decent Work and Empowerment in Rural Egypt
Rural Egyptian women play a key role in food security, income generation and agricultural production but their contributions remain invisible and they face difficulties in accumulating assets, accessing work opportunities under decent work conditions and respective training, and have limited bargaining power at the household and community levels. Therefore, it...
Egypt
2017 - International Center for Agricultural Research in the Dry Areas (ICARDA).
Video
Mehaou – A Nigerien Grandmother, Farmer and Leader
This video tells the story of Mehaou, an inspiring Nigerien farmer and grandmother who has overcome many challenges to provide for her family - including rearing, breeding and selling goats.
Nigeria
2017 - Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
Report
Study on small-scale agriculture in the Near East and North Africa region (NENA). Focus Country: Egypt
The study relies on national data and accessible documents; academic and non-academic literature, including development projects documents. The study involved also interviews with key stakeholders to identify and analyze their experience about the current and past state of affairs on public policies in support of small-scale agriculture (SSA). The final...
Egypt
2017 - Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
Report
Study on small-scale family farming in the Near East and North Africa region. Focus country: Sudan
The Study was based on secondary data as well as on information provided by relevant government and non-government agricultural units at the Federal and states levels. The Study is intended to provide an analytical basis for recommending policy actions towards revitalizing inclusive and sustainable small-scale agriculture sub-sector. The Study starts...
Sudan
2017 - Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
Book
Construyendo cambios desde las mujeres: género, cosmovisión y bosque en comunidades miskitu y mayangna
En este documento argumentamos que la participación de las mujeres mayangna y miskitu de seis comunidades indígenas del Caribe Norte de Nicaragua, en el manejo de los bosques no ha sido equitativa con respecto a los hombres, debido a la forma en que se establecen las relaciones de género en...
Nicaragua
2017 - Nitlapan-UCA
Website
Latin American Council of Social Sciences (CLACSO)
The Latin American Council of Social Sciences (CLACSO) is a non-governmental international organization with UNESCO associate status, established in 1967. We currently bring together 587 research centers and graduate schools in the field of the social sciences and humanities in 46 Latin American countries, the United States, Canada, Germany, Spain, France and...
2017 - Latin American Council of Social Sciences (CLACSO)
Book
Food Plants for Healthy Diets in Timor Leste
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...
Timor-Leste
2017
Blog article
Farming Beyond Borders: Farmers Share Challenges and Solutions
Whilst many challenges facing Farming First’s supporters can vary from region to region, we also stand to gain much from sharing our common experiences, to identify relevant solutions. With this in mind, we recently interviewed farmers from opposite ends of the world, to find out which concerns and interventions – if...
2017 - Farming First
Fact sheet
Supporting Family Farmers to reduce rural poverty
There are still 2.1 billion poor people and other 900 million living in extreme poverty, most of which live in rural areas. Most of the poor live in rural areas and 95% per cent of the rural poor live in East Asia, South Asia and sub-Saharan Africa. Most of the...
2017 - Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
Blog article
Conheça as ganhadoras do concurso #MulheresRurais, mulheres com direitos
A equipe da campanha #MulheresRurais, mulheres com direitos divulga a lista de vencedoras do Concurso de vozes, imagens, histórias e experiências das mulheres rurais. Foram mais de 100 inscritas nas categorias de Relatos de Vida e Experiências de Organizações. Mulheres rurais, negras, quilombolas, indígenas, de todos os lugares do país,...
Brazil
2017 - Secretaria Especial de Agricultura Familiar e do Desenvolvimento Agrário (SEAD)
Video
The Story of Women in Seafood: A Case From Women in Salted Fish Industry at Tambak Lorok
The assumption that fishery is a sector exclusive to men only is not true. There is a misleading assumption in most research that fisheries operate in the public domain is usually dominated by men, which is why the private domain (women dominated) is hardly the focus of attention.And this video...
Indonesia
2017 - Women in Seafood
Video
Afishionado - Hana Nelson
A glimpse into the world of Afishionado Fishmongers a community-minded distributor and retailer of sustainable, transparent and locally sourced seafood based in Halifax, NS Canada.
Canada
2017 - Women in Seafood
Blog article
Convocatoria Mujeres Rurales: las historias y experiencias seleccionadas
En el marco de la “Campaña #MujeresRurales, mujeres con derechos”; anunciamos hoy las historias y experiencias seleccionadas que participaron de la Convocatoria “Voces, historias y reflexiones”. Durante el desarrollo de la iniciativa se recibieron 136 relatos de mujeres y organizaciones de todo el país, con un notable apoyo de extensionistas...
Argentina
2017 - Unidad para el Cambio Rural (UCAR)
Policy brief/paper
Use of Livestock Resources for Food Security in the Light of Climate Change
Sub-Saharan Africa has a great deal of livestock, but productivity is generally low. Climate change is expected to create new challenges, such as increased prevalence of diseases, heat stress, and reduced access to feed and water due to increased temperatures and more extreme weather conditions. This policy brief examines the...
2017 - Swedish International Agricultural Network Initiative (SIANI)
Video
Gutting for Living - unromantic tale of fishermen's wives
Small scale fishers are often presented or perceived as the ‘poorest of the poor’ (Bailey, 1988; Squires et al., 1998). Among small scale fishers in Sri Lanka, women involvement is significantly high as limited employment opportunities are available for them, especially in remote rural locations. Women in fishing communities have traditionally...
Sri Lanka
2017 - Women in Seafood
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