Rekhadevi Bohora serves as the secretary of the Kalika Land Right Agriculture Cooperative, an essential role in her community. Inspired by her cooperative's support, she embarked on an entrepreneurial journey by securing a loan. With these funds, she established her own shop, a testament to her determination and the cooperative's...

The vegetable plots are all booming. There are strawberries, green peppers, cucumbers, and lettuce. This bounty of fresh food and colors is tended by local producers and a team from the farming association Solidarite Haïtienne pour le Développement Rural de Kenscoff (SOHADERK), which is part of IFC Haiti Horticulture Project. Fadia...

This film describes how three pastoralist women from different parts of the world are restoring rangelands to improve livelihoods, and benefit the greater society and the environment. The film contributes to the documentation of rangelands case studies for the global Rangelands Atlas: https://www.rangelandsdata.org/Atlas

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...

Desde los años 70 y más acentuadamente desde los 90, en que se firma la Convención de Brasilia, las mujeres en Latinoamérica, cuyo contexto de actividades se relaciona al medio rural, se han venido organizando en movimientos para llevar adelante luchas que posibiliten hacer visibles sus reclamos, derechos y necesidades, más allá del trabajo doméstico que siempre...

Anita Kumari Chaudhary is a dedicated member of the Kalika Land Rights Agriculture Cooperative in Nepal. Through her affiliation with the cooperative, she gained essential tailoring skills and ventured into entrepreneurship with a cooperative-backed loan. Today, she not only manages her thriving business but has also created job opportunities by...

In Asia, inclusive cooperatives and associations play a pivotal role in surmounting the challenges that women farmers encounter. This video showcases the transformative impact of women-led cooperatives and enterprises, shedding light on how they have empowered and enriched the lives of women farmers.

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...

In Nigeria, women play key roles in food and nutrition security through their contributions to agricultural production, their influence on how to allocate household income, and their efforts to ensure proper nutrition for all household members. However, malnutrition remains widespread among rural women and children in Nigeria, especially following the...

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...

A comprehensive study provides an in-depth analysis of the status of mangroves globally, highlighting the critical challenges these vital ecosystems face, including deforestation, climate change, and coastal development. The study underscores the urgent need for coordinated conservation efforts to protect and restore mangrove forests, which are essential for coastal protection,...

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,...

Addressing gender gaps is crucial for just transitions in family farming. This study explores enablers and barriers within agroecological innovations to promote gender equality and just transitions in family farming in Guatemala. Emphasis is put on female farmers’ perceptions as key agents for just transitions. The results showed that agroecological innovations...

We have travelled all over East Africa to find hard working farmers. We want to celebrate them while giving them the help they need to improve their farms, get better yields and become profitable farmers. We will see how farmers from across the region can benefit from our experts’ advice,...

In developing countries, the long decades of the battle against malnutrition, and poverty have placed women on the frontline because they actively play significant roles in agricultural food production, processing, and distribution to ensure food security in the communities. Using peer-reviewed papers and reports from credible organizations, this work examines...

Oil palm is one of the fastest expanding crops in tropical regions, leading to massive land-use changes and far-reaching social implications. In Indonesia, much of the oil palm land is cultivated by smallholder farmers. While household income effects of oil palm cultivation were analyzed in previous studies, effects on intra-household...

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...

Rural women are key agents for achieving environmental, economic, and social changes required for sustainable development. After nearly eight years of continuous conflict in Yemen, rural communities are becoming more dependent on women. According to World Bank research on climate adaptation, almost two-thirds of Yemenis still rely on agriculture to make...

Basically everyone agrees that women and men are different. Women and men in the household are generally subject to the division of labor. This division of labor led to the development of limited social roles for both sexes and the creation of power differences in some respects that were more...

Este material es una invitación para conocer distintas experiencias de mujeres agricultoras agroecológicas del territorio de Sobral (estado brasileño de Ceará). Son historias que expresan el trabajo, la diversidad, la producción, el corage, las estrategias, la creatividad, la resistencia y la resiliencia de mujeres campesinas de la región de Semiarido...