A vast wealth of knowledge about crops, nutrition, medicines, biodiversity, ecosystems, climate change and more, is on the verge of being lost to Africa forever, just when it is most needed. Over millennia, women in most African traditions have played a central role in selecting, storing, and enhancing the diversity...

This policy brief provides five lessons to support gender inclusive interventions for agriculture and food security, based on evidence and case studies from research in low- and middle-income countries. The brief also offers guidelines for crafting gender-responsive climate policies at global and national levels.  Recommendations cover adoption of new technologies...

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...

Born in a rural Bedouin community in North Sinai Governorate, Egypt, Yasmina Atta grew up in a culture that heavily restricts the roles of women. Undeterred by this oppression, she started to support young women in claiming their rights and becoming relevant economic and political actors.

En los países de América Latina y el Caribe, las áreas rurales abarcan, por lo general, más del 90% del territorio nacional. En muchos más del 50% de la población rural económicamente activa trabaja en actividades no agrícolas, y este hecho es especialmente válido para las mujeres. Las mujeres que trabajan...

Cecilia William était tributaire des pluies irrégulières pour irriguer ses cultures. Mère célibataire, elle luttait pour produire de quoi nourrir sa famille. Un système d’irrigation a maintenant changé sa vie. Depuis qu’elle a un accès régulier à l’eau, Cecilia est non seulement une agricultrice performante, mais aussi une chef d’entreprise...

En América Latina el 40% de las mujeres rurales mayores de 15 años no tienen ingresos propios y sin embargo trabajan a diario y mucho Es un hecho que las mujeres que trabajan en la agricultura de forma no remunerada constituyen el universo más numeroso pero menos conocido de las...

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...

Thirty women groups attached to the Koinadugu Women Vegetable Farmers’ Cooperative benefited from high quality vegetable seeds of different varieties with support from FAO to enhance their production and depleted income.

Biblioteca INDAp - Astudios y Documentos elaborados por el Instituto de Desarrollo Agropecuario

El número 12 del Boletín de Agricultura Familiar, correspondiente al periodo abril-junio de 2015, incluye: Entrevista a Onaur Ruano, Secretario de Agricultura Familiar de Brasil Observatorio: Plataforma de Conocimiento sobre Agricultura Familiar Fortalecimiento del sector semillero en Haití Modelos Casa Sombra para la producción de hortalizas y apoyo a la disminución de la pobreza rural...

La hausse des prix alimentaires au Sénégal était telle que les Sénégalais ne pouvaient même pas acheter des produits de base car tout était importé. Sans accès à des semences de bonne qualité, ils ne pouvaient pas produire leur propre nourriture. Un projet visant à cultiver des semences de meilleure...

Mediante un Modelo de Regresión Logística se analiza la participación laboral de las mujeres rurales y los factores asociados. Se observa un aumento en la tasa de participación con reducidos niveles de desempleo,no obstante persistir brechas y precarización de las condiciones de trabajo. Mujeres con mejor preparación y con actitudes...

The biggest challenge we face now is the limited awareness of ecological practices and lack of land for smallholders. We are very much against the current push for hybrids and GMOs and the dependence that comes with them. Thus we call upon our government to declare Tanzania free of such...

This Blog article resumes the work FAO is undertaking with the European Union under the Millennium Development Goal 1c programme (MDG1c) to support smallholder farmers to develop improved post-harvest techniques. Since the inception of the project, over 260 artisans were trained in 15 districts of Mozambique in building and promoting improved...

We have been talking about women in agriculture – that they are important to farming, that they perform around 50% of the farming activities, despite having less access to resources and technical inputs. And we have been discussing this for more than three decades…with very little being done for them....

El Programa propone un esquema de apoyo y asistencia, orientado según las características de los grupos a atender: en el caso de Agricultores Familiares, procurará su vinculación a las cadenas de valor y mercados, a afectos de que mejoren en forma significativa sus ingresos en el caso de las familias pertenecientes a...

The newsletter opens with several articles that address issues that are key to improving nutrition. In Chad, FAO is working with administrative and traditional authorities to implement an innovative approach aimed at increasing women’s access to fertile land, a winning formula for improving the livelihoods of rural households. Another initiative...

For the NENA region, FAO has formulated three Regional Initiatives (RIs) that reflect the commonpriorities expressed by the Member Countries. These initiatives are based on the principles of country ownership, participation and partnership. They focus on innovations and enhanced collaboration within and among the countries of the region, highlight the need for...

 Women in Asia are, in most cases, the farmers. But more than that, they are concerned about the nutrition of their families. There are actually more women interested in the models of agriculture that support diversity and nutrition. There are many cases of women who are fighting for land, particularly...