Food trees contribute substantially to the food and nutrition security of millions of rural households in Africa. Farming communities prioritize tree and shrub species on farms based on a combination of factors, including their knowledge of potential uses the species' economic potential and a range of constraints and opportunities that...

In areas ravaged by droughts intensified by climate change, women from traditional cattle farming communities in Kenya are expanding their knowledge and skills so that they can get climate smart and adapt to an increasingly arid environment.

Este documento es resultado del Encuentro Regional sobre Cambio Climático e Igualdad de Género, que se realizó de manera virtual en septiembre de 2021, organizado por el Gobierno de Chile —como país que ejerció la Presidencia del 25º período de sesiones de la Conferencia de las Partes en la Convención...

Smallholder farmers' use of solar-powered water pumps and other equipment creates opportunities to increase productivity and income. However, they generally struggle to get access to financing, quality farm inputs, advisory support and connections to markets. These challenges are felt more acutely by women and other marginalised farmers who typically do...

Women play an important role in agriculture and rural economic development. Gender access to farmland and its impact on agricultural productivity, as well as gender-based sustainable livelihoods, are all part of rural development policy. Understanding or gaining insight into gender access to agricultural land and long-term sustainability aids in improving...

Despite their crucial role in agrifood systems, women are faced with enormous challenges, including exclusion from decision-making, denial of essential productive resources such as land, water, credit, information, and technologies, and disregard for their deep knowledge of local contexts. A key ally in empowering these women to continue working the...

Women make up 43% of the global agricultural workforce, yet they face significant inequality in access to land, finance, training, and equipment. This lack of resources limits their productivity, financial stability, and ability to ensure food security. Despite being nearly half of all farmers, only 15% of landholders are women,...

Women are equally as important economic actors as men, yet they suffer gross inequalities such as gender gaps in income and human capital, despite rapid improvements in global living standards and educational attainment. The compilation of evidence and data presented in this report proves that the many gender-related gaps identified...

Rural women provide significant contributions to agriculture and food security while simultaneously taking care of their families and households. This heavy burden often goes unrecognized and uncompensated.  In addition, rural women face barriers in access to resources such as property (including land), credit, technologies, decent employment, information and skills. FAO data...

The issue to be addressed in this article is the limited exploration thus far of how rural women in Latin America themselves define and interpret the world around them and what meaning, if any, they attach to key terms employed by researchers concerned with development issues. A review of the...

En este documento compartimos la experiencia de juntanza entre mujeres indígenas, afrodescendientes y mestizas del sur de La Guajira, para reflexionar y actuar frente a nuestro derecho a una vida libre de violencias. Estos encuentros tuvieron lugar a partir del espacio Círculo de la Palabra de las Mujeres (en adelante...

Agroecology is a holistic and integrated approach that simultaneously applies ecological and social concepts and principles to the design and management of sustainable agriculture and food systems. The transition to agroecology can support the concurrent achievement of multiple sustainability objectives – economic, environmental, social, nutritional, health and cultural – holistically...

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...

En este documento compartimos la experiencia de juntanza entre un grupo de mujeres del pueblo Wiwa, para reflexionar sobre la defensa del derecho a una vida libre de violencias. Estos encuentros tuvieron lugar a partir del Círculo de la Palabra de las Mujeres, desarrollado por el Centro de Investigación y...

This study analyzes gender dynamics in small-scale arable crop farming in Oshimili South, Delta State, Nigeria, using data from 150 respondents selected through multi-stage random sampling. Findings show that both male and female farmers are predominantly under 35 years old, with the majority being married and having formal education. Men...

The fifteenth of October is the International Day of Rural Women. This is a day to recognize that women’s empowerment and gender equality can lead to better lives, better production, and a better environment for all. One such story is that of how Hilal and Emine created a lavender agribusiness cooperative...

The contributions of women in agriculture are often invisible or otherwise poorly recognized, especially in settings such as rural Afghanistan, where women's work is largely home-based. This study maps key informants' perceptions of gender roles along the full wheat value chain in Afghanistan. We present a deep, localized overview of...

The study examines the impact of microfinance on women’s economic empowerment. It uses data from a survey of 346 female microfinance clients and applies multiple regression and paired sample t-test methods. Results show that factors like age, marital status, education, loan amount, and training significantly influence women’s empowerment, while previous...

Dans la littérature scientifique en sciences humaines et sociales sur l’alimentation, la question du genre n’est abordée que depuis une trentaine d’années, souvent pour souligner la division sexuelle du travail relatif à l’alimentation, un domaine où les femmes portent la plus grande part de la charge physique et mentale, de...

This brief summarizes evidence of impacts of climate services supported by the CCAFS West Africa Regional Program; and by the “Climate Information Services for Increased Resilience and Productivity in Senegal” project, which was made possible by the generous support of the American people through the U.S. Agency for International Development...