Publications
The household livelihood security concept
01/07/1998
This paper examines the household livelihood security concept: a tool for understanding poverty, malnutrition and the complex strategies adopted by food insecure households for survival.
Village chicken production systems in rural Africa: Household food security and gender issues
25/06/1998
This publication presents the results of a field study on village poultry production. It demonstrates that, when enhanced, it can have a special impact in increasing household food security and gender equity. 81 pp.
Gender and Aquaculture in Lao PDR
17/06/1998
A socio-economic and gender analysis study of Lao aquaculture, which identifies a range of practical conclusions and recommendations for more gender sensitive aquaculture development.
Empowering the rural disabled in Asia and the Pacific: Disabled women in rural areas of the region
25/12/1997
Disabled women comprise one of the most neglected segment of the population in Asia and the Pacific. This paper aims to review some existing data on the disabled to help design effective programmes for educating, training and employing the disabled.
Gender and participation in agricultural development planning
09/06/1997
A review of ten case studies written about FAO field projects that tested methods and tools for gender-sensitive participatory agricultural policy-making and planning.
Workshop on gender roles and issues in artisanal fisheries in West Africa
05/06/1997
A collection of documents presented at the above workshop. They are summaries of indvidual reports, which cover issues such as women's income generating activities and sanitation conditions of women and children in fishing communities. 47 pp.
Cross-sectoral responses to HIV/AIDS: Impacts of HIV/AIDS on food security and rural livelihoods
30/07/1996
This brochure presents some key findings from HIV/AIDS impacts surveys in rural areas in Namibia, Uganda and Zambia. 8 pp.
Guidelines for the improvement of statistics on women
28/06/1996
A practical guide to amending national agricultural survey programmes in order to improve the collection and dissemination of adequate gender-disaggregated data.