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...

It comes with experience perhaps but having that gifted sixth sense helped immensely in PNG Women in Agriculture Development Foundation (PNGWiASF)’s COVID-19 response. Months before fresh food markets were to shut down and workers told to stay home, Maria Linibi and the PNGWiADF she leads had begun developing a seed and...

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...

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...

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...

The ‘Rural Women Entrepreneurs’ project aims to respond to the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic by closing the gaps in healthcare access for the most vulnerable members of rural communities with the help of digital technologies. It does this by mobilising and developing the capacity of 58 women’s business centres...

The HER-SELF project (Highlighting pathways to Empower Rural women to have Sustainable and Equitable Livelihoods in Farming) is funded under the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (DAFM) 2022 Policy and Strategic Studies Research call. The project is a collaboration between Munster Technological University (MTU), Maynooth University (MU) and...

Baseado nos saberes e nas trocas de experiências e convivências dentro do contexto rural da Cooperativa dos Agricultores Familiares de Poço Fundo e Região foi apontada pelas Mulheres Organizadas Em Busca de Igualdade (MOBI) a demanda de produção de alimentos para consumo próprio. Além da própria demanda do grupo enquanto...

After expanding the milk business and saving enough, my plan is to purchase another milking cow to increase the supply.” Bushra, 35-year-old mother of seven children, from Tuban, Lahj governorate in Yemen” One of ERRYII Joint programme that is funded by EU and Sida goals is to empower rural women in...

Las mujeres rurales enfrentan grandes brechas y barreras en la región en materia de acceso y control de activos rurales como la tierra y los capitales financieros; de distribución y de reconocimiento del trabajo productivo y reproductivo; de equidad en el nivel de ingresos; en la toma de decisiones; en...

En su intervención, José Mujica, Ex Presidente del Uruguay, destacó la importancia de la agricultura familiar en nuestra región, incluyendo su historia, su trayectoria y su futuro. Mujica enfatizó la importancia de la voluntad política para proteger los derechos y habilidades de los agricultores familiares e hizo un llamado a...