La pauvreté contraint souvent les femmes à travailler hors du secteur agricole, ce qui peut avoir un effet déterminant sur le degré de pauvreté du ménage. Les avantages qu'elles obtiennent dépendent de la manière dont se répartissent leurs nouveaux revenu

Si les agricultrices pratiquent la culture de subsistance, de moindre valeur, ce ne serait pas en raison de préférences personnelles mais plutôt car elles n'ont pas accès aux ressources qui leur permettraient de faire autrement.

Les élevages collectifs de volailles, les systèmes de récupération de l’eau et les mécanismes d’épargne et de crédit à l’échelle communautaire sont quelques unes des stratégies que des groupes de femmes ont utilisées pour renforcer leur production de denr

Évictions, confiscations de propriété et discrimination font l'objet de plaintes de plus en plus nombreuses de la part des veuves et des orphelins au Mozambique. Un rapport commandité par la FAO avance des recommandations pour garantir les droits de propr

Les coopératives de producteurs aident les femmes rurales employées dans l'agriculture, les pêches et la sylviculture à relever les défis spécifiques auxquels elles font face, notamment ceux liés aux inégalités entre les sexes.

Access to decent employment is one of the most effective ways for rural people to lift themselves out of poverty.

Dimitra and its partner in Niger, ONG VIE Kande ni Bayra created the “listener’s clubs” project in 2009 to give rural men and women better access to information and means of communication.

Women have a special role to play in ensuring the food security of their families, said FAO’s Director-General Elect José Graziano da Silva at a panel discussion hosted by US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton.

Poor rural households in developing countries were the hardest hit by the 2006-2008 food crisis, with women at a particular disadvantage because of their lack of access to resources like credit, land, technologies and infrastructure.

Today’s global food insecurity destabilizes rural communities all over the world, impeding their access to food and affecting their ability to earn a livelihood.

Une publication FAO-FIDA présente des succès obtenus dans le monde entier au bénéfice des petits producteurs

As the agricultural sector races to adapt to climate change, awareness is growing that gender issues are at the heart of climate-smart agriculture and food security.

Advancing rural women’s economic empowerment and access to decent rural employment, supporting associations in giving them a stronger voice in decision-making, and fostering their better access to land are three priority areas

At a time when governments are designing strategies and making crucial decisions to restore long-term, inclusive economic growth, it is essential to raise the profile of rural women and to sensitize both governments and the wider public.

Granting secure land rights to vulnerable farmers enables them to pursue income-earning activities, access credit, increase agricultural production and raise their overall living conditions.

On the heels of the 2012 International AIDS Conference, which took place from July 22-27 in Washington DC, we sat down with Karine Garnier, FAO’s Nairobi-based regional emergency officer for gender and HIV.

Rural cooperatives and farmers’ organizations play a crucial role in the eradication of hunger and poverty. One of the ways they achieve this is through their vocation to empower small agricultural producers, and in particular women farmers.

This year, leaders of the Rome-based agencies (FAO, WFP and IFAD), as well as IDLO, in partnership with the Government of Iceland, met at WFP headquarters to mark International Women’s Day.

Government leaders and world food experts called for a ‘global goal on food and nutrition security’ in the Post-2015 development agenda during a high-level consultation on Hunger, Food Security and Nutrition in Madrid, Spain, on 4 April 2013.

Securing water is critical to achieve food security and improve rural livelihoods, especially for the women and men living in arid and semi-arid areas. But accessing this scarce resource can be difficult for those engaged in rural agriculture, women in pa