Nambiro Fatuma is a single mother of 4 kids that fully depend on her. She, on the other hand, depends on her income that comes from a family farm owned by her father. “I produce bananas, maize, beans, cassava, sweet potatoes, mangoes and avocados…” she says. “I once thought about starting a poultry...

Responsible financing models, platforms and activities have skyrocketed in the last few years. Trends show that stocks with sound environmental and social targets may fare better than those without these targets, even in times of crisis. At the basic level, a claim of responsible finance indicates that investments catalyze positive outcomes alongside...

The Too Big to Ignore (TBTI) Digest contains all of the project's recent activities and outputs.

Evidence shows that an increase in women's representation in agriculture – as can be seen today in South Asia – does not guarantee their socioeconomic empowerment. But that does not mean that it cannot. Kuala Lumpur – South Asia’s record on gender equality is weak, to say the least. The region has...

Following the session Rural Women, Agroecology and Covid-19, the course Formation and Use of Agroecological Notebooks - Africa will take place on 28 July. The session will be public and will feature the participation of family farmers, the national gender institute, donors and international agencies, with the aim of presenting the results and lessons...

The Too Big to Ignore (TBTI) Digest contains all of the project's recent activities and outputs.

This report presents findings on the impact of COVID-19 and the associated State of Emergency from March – June 2020 on women in agriculture in Timor-Leste. The findings were gathered form interviews with 266 vulnerable women in agriculture and agribusiness from six municipalities in Timor-Leste: Ermera, Dili, Liquica, Aileu, Baucau,...

The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) in collaboration with the Non-Governmental Organization (NGO) Life Vision have started its all women Farmer Field School (FFS) activities on sugar beets in Beni Ebeid and Mansheit ElNasr villages in Minya governorate, Egypt. The main objective is to introduce Good...

Women are often among the most vulnerable and marginalized, with limited access to resources and assets, and face formidable barriers in adapting to climate change. Their vulnerability stems from a variety of sources, including basic gender inequality, distribution of rural work effort, and disproportionate access to economic, health and educational...

For many Syrian refugees in Turkey, the food and agriculture sector is an entry point into the Turkish economy because of the sector’s prominence in areas hosting large numbers of Syrian refugees, particularly in the south-eastern provinces and large cities, such as Istanbul and Izmir. Many of them are engaged...

Women are an underappreciated economic force who, when empowered by association with a female organization, can be a catalyst for development. To assess the status of Indigenous rural women, as well as the mechanisms and impacts of their empowerment, this paper presents a case study of a community development approach...

Climate finance, gender and poverty are not stand-alone, independent topics. Climate change affects all people in different ways. Climate finance can catalyze actions that can either alleviate or exacerbate gender equity and poverty. Mechanisms that fund climate action should be designed to enable, rather than hinder marginalized populations, notably women...

O Observatório das Mulheres Rurais do Brasil faz parte do Sistema de Inteligência Estratégica da Embrapa - Agropensa. Por meio da apresentação visual e interativa de dados, de análises, diagnósticos e prognósticos, o Observatório pretende fornecer subsídios para o desenvolvimento de estratégias, projetos e programas e para criação ou aprimoramento de...

Un año más, el Anuario de la Agricultura Familiar en España sale a la luz gracias a la Fundación de Estudios Rurales, entidad creada en el año 2000 en el seno de UPA con el objetivo de impulsar el estudio y debate de todos los aspectos culturales, económicos, sociales y...

This report begins to address the vast gap in knowledge about the roles and experiences of women in extensive livestock management systems in Spain. Throughout recent history, women’s roles in these systems have been largely invisible and no research has systematically examined the experiences of women pastoralists. The methodology applied...

With COVID-19, women around the world are being evicted and forced to marry male relatives hungry for land

Nearly 1 billion of the world’s 1.2 billion youth aged 15-24 reside in developing countries. Their numbers are growing far more rapidly in lower income countries than in higher income countries, particularly in rural areas. In fact, rural youth make up around half of all youth in developing countries. The...

La investigadora del IDAES y CLACSO, Karina Bidaseca, lidera un relevamiento online para comprender cómo se han reorganizado las vidas de las mujeres en mayor situación de vulnerabilidad en Argentina, a partir de la pandemia. La iniciativa tiene el apoyo de la Unidad COVID-19. Estudios previos muestran que han aumentado...

En agosto 2019, la Embajada de Suecia en Colombia solicitó la Oficina de Evaluación de la FAO (OED) a realizar una evaluación final de dos proyectos en forma conjunta para proporcionar recomendaciones que pudieran apoyar tanto a la Embajada de Suecia y FAO Colombia a implementar un nuevo proyecto, “Transformación...

Without a single doubt, sustainability holds the key to food security along with education, woman empowerment and gender equality. Sulemana Hibbatullah Wunpini is a gender activist fighting for women and girls’ rights while seeking for equality. She constantly seeks for opportunities to speak in public for everything she stands for...