Publications
Interagency experiences and lessons: From the Forum on Operationalizing Sustainable Livelihood Approaches
26/07/2000
The Forum demonstrated a high degree of convergence around the principles of sustainable livelihoods approaches. Participants also made recommendations about how the agencies might work together in future to improve effectiveness.
Population and gender in rural societies from the perspective of FAO's Population Programme
13/07/2000
The purpose of this publication is to clarify how a population and gender perspective may contribute to a better understanding of rural development and food security, and how this perspective is being integrated by FAO's Population Programme Service.
Culture, agriculture and rural development: A view from FAO's Population Programme Service
10/07/2000
This publication outlines FAO's approach to cultural issues and describes one of the instruments it uses to understand cultural factors and their complex relation with agriculture and development: socio-cultural research.
Gender and food Security: The role of information
13/06/2000
This document outlines FAO's strategy to support the production and dissemination of gender-specific information and data for the formulation of gender-responsive agricultural and rural development policies.
Dimitra Newsletter 4
01/03/2000
This newsletter presents some of the many projects carried out by Dimitra partners in Southern Africa. The projects, which focus on women's rights to land, illustrate the efforts made by NGOs to inform rural women on their legal, econonomic and political rights. 12 pp.
Dimitra Newsletter 3
01/09/1999
This issue of the Dimitra newsletter presents some information on the FAO High Level Consultation on Rural Women and Information, which was held in Rome from 4-6 October 1999. 12 pp.
6,000,000,000 and counting: Food security and agriculture in a demographically changing world
29/07/1999
This publication links rapid population growth over the last century to our growing food insecurity as s result of the increasing demand on agricultural production.
TSS thematic workshop on male involvement in sexual and reproductive health programmes and services
07/07/1999
The Technical Support Services (TSS) System of the UNFPA and participating UN Agencies decided to undertake a seminar on male involvement in reproductive health, focusing on both operational and conceptual aspects, from a multi-disciplinary and inter-agency perspective.