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...

Just transitions to low-carbon societies and economies are important areas of climate-change relevant, post-pandemic and development policy and practice in the global North and the global South. These transitions present opportunities to transform gender equality. Now is the time to assess, negotiate and set gender-equality aims for gender just transitions to...

Galería de fotos para medios de comunicación de la 37.° período de sesiones de la Conferencia Regional de la FAO para América Latina y el Caribe.

On the occasion of International Women’s Day, CIDSE and the Centre for Agroecology, Water and Resilience (CAWR) from Coventry University launch a podcast mini-series of 3 episodes exploring feminist agroecology.  As part of its advocacy and storytelling around agroecology, CIDSE has highlighted how its social and cultural dimension, including a feminist...

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...

This rapid gender analysis (RGA) explores the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on gender equality and food security in the Arab region, focusing on Iraq and the Sudan as case studies. This RGA is a collaboration between the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), the World Food...

It is only recently, at age 36, that Saoudé Garba has felt in charge of her own life. Born in the village of Danje in southern Niger, she was married early to one of the three chiefs of the village. She had her first child at the age of 15,...

Este folleto es producido en el marco del proyecto +Algodón y presenta un breve resumen de esta iniciativa de cooperación sur-sur trilateral llevada a cabo desde el 2013 en conjunto por la FAO, Agencia Brasileña de Cooperación del Ministerio de Relaciones Exteriores (ABC/MRE ) y 7 países socios: Argentina, Bolivia,...

El desarrollo de sistemas alimentarios sostenibles es un elemento clave de la ​Agenda 2030 para el Desarrollo Sostenible. Este curso analiza por qué es fundamental eliminar las desigualdades de género para lograr las transformaciones necesarias.​ Propone utilizar el Marco de la FAO de cadenas de valor sensibles al género como...

Organic Without Boundaries is a blog by IFOAM – Organics International.Uncover interesting stories about organic agriculture and the people working to build a more sustainable world.

Un grupo de mujeres de Abya Yala elevó sus voces firmes y profundas, para hablar sobre la soberanía alimentaria en regiones tan distintas pero tan hermanadas como América y África en la COP 27 de Egipto el pasado 16 de noviembre de 2022, desde organizaciones como Regeneration International y OMANIAP. En el...

This systematization presents the outcomes of the use of the "Women in Development" approach (WID) by FAO-Haiti. This women-only approach recognizes the productive role of women, in addition to their reproductive role, and seeks to improve women's living conditions through the implementation of Income Generating Projects. Given the fragility of...

En América Latina y el Caribe las desigualdades en relación a la inseguridad alimentaria y nutricional, la situación de pobreza y capacidades de respuesta ante el cambio climático se encuentran fuertemente ancladas en diferencias de género, origen étnico-racial, grupo etario y territorio, situación que demanda observar la naturaleza entramada de...

This report examines the promise and reality of including smallholders from developing countries in modern value chains as a path to sustainable development. Drawing on an extensive literature review and interviews with diverse stakeholders, we lay out the ambitions, expectations and assumptions hanging on smallholder inclusion with regard to income,...

The Rotterdam Convention Secretariat (NSPRD) and the Gender team in ESP developed this publication with the objective of highlighting the gender-related implication of pesticide use and management, focusing on the role of women in handling hazardous pesticides in agriculture, the reasons why they are at higher risk and the health-related...

Land- and nature-based approaches in the agroforestry and forestry sectors provide a unique opportunity to generate win-wins against the interrelated environmental crises of biodiversity loss, climate change, and land degradation. Harnessing synergies among these environmental goals, reflected in the Rio Conventions, critically hinges on land-use decisions, which are influenced by...

En el marco del Decenio de las Naciones Unidas de la Agricultura Familiar 2019-2028 (DNUAF 2019-2028) el Foro Rural Mundial (FRM), junto con la FAO y otras organizaciones de la agricultura familiar, trabajan para lograr la adecuada participación de las mujeres en los espacios de toma de decisión. Es necesario continuar trabajando...

Focused on gender equality, analysis and mainstreaming, the training provided an opportunity for 12 females and 18 males Solomon Islands Government staff from the ministries of Agriculture and Livestock (MAL), Women, Youth, Children and Family Affairs (MWYCFA), Public Service (MPS) and Fisheries and Marine Resources (MFMR) to learn more about...