Cinco agricultoras rurais foram escolhidas como embaixadoras das cinco regiões do Brasil. A cerimônia de entrega das placas alusivas à homenagem foi realizada durante o lançamento da Campanha #Mulheres Rurais, Mulheres com Direitos, da FAO/ONU em parceria com a Reunião Especializada Sobre Agricultura Familiar do Mercosul (REAF), e sob a...

Durante o lançamento da Campanha #Mulheres Rurais, Mulheres com Direitos, da FAO/ONU em parceria com a Reunião Especializada Sobre Agricultura Familiar do Mercosul (REAF), e sob a coordenação da Secretaria Especial de Agricultura Familiar e do Desenvolvimento Agrário (Sead), foi entregue o Selo de Identificação da Participação da Agricultura Familiar (Sipaf)...

En esta edición 36 de la Revista Enlace destacamos la participación de las mujeres en el sector agrícola, en el programa MasAgro y otras actividades que lleva a cabo el Centro Internacional de Mejoramiento de Maíz y Trigo (CIMMYT), donde la perspectiva de género es un eje. Recientemente el cimmyt...

A Confederação Nacional de Municípios (CNM) participou na manhã desta quinta-feira, 23 de março, do lançamento da campanha #MulheresRurais, Mulheres com Direito, promovida pela Food and agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO). A Confederação teve assento na mesa de gestores no evento, representada pela consultora da área técnica de Internacional, Denise...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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....

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...

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. 

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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,...

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...

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.