Publications
Monitoring gender equality and social inclusion in forest and landscape restoration programs
01/09/2023
This brochure is a tool to guide monitoring the GESI strategy in forest and landscape restoration projects and programmes, relevant for both national and subnational efforts. It includes a checklist to evaluate a programme’s attention to GESI and guidance on how to define specific indicators to track progress, based on the Reach, Benefit, Empower, Transform framework. A table of sample indicators is included. 14 p.
Promoting gender-sensitive farm business schools. A companion guide
03/08/2023
The training toolkit ‘Promoting gender-sensitive farm business schools’ was designed to complement the Farm Business School (FBS) universal training package and assist FBS practitioners integrating the gender dimension in FBS approach.
Empowering women in small-scale fisheries for sustainable food systems (Second Edition)
01/08/2023
This report presents the design and results of a baseline survey with respect to a project of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) focusing on empowering women in small-scale fisheries. 98 p.
Women leading mechanization hire services: An inspiring story from Chiti village, Nepal
01/08/2023
Nepal, a landlocked country known for its mountain peaks including Mount Everest — the world’s tallest peak, is home to Chiti village. Most households of Chiti village rely on agriculture and wage labour for their livelihoods. Rice, maize and wheat are the main staple crops. Farmers from the village would walk for more than two hours several times during the harvest seasons to process their grains at the nearest mill centre. 2 p.
Angola: National gender profile of agriculture and rural livelihoods (Country Gender Assessment Series)
01/08/2023
In Angola around 80 percent of farmers are smallholders, so the agriculture sector still represents an important source of income, employment and food for a large part of the production.
Dimitra Clubs: Leaving no one behind through community engagement and women’s empowerment
03/07/2023
The world is not on track in making the pledge of leaving no one behind a reality, particularly in rural areas where most of the extreme poor live. Rural people in low-income countries increasingly face structural constraints in seizing socio-economic and political opportunities.
Agrifood trade and gender equality: exploring key linkages
01/07/2023
The note analyses key features of the interplay between trade and gender equality in agriculture exploring gender dynamics in agrifood value chains and their implications for developing countries, with a focus on the dimensions of employment, market participation and entrepreneurship. Globally, gender inequalities constrain women’s access to agrifood markets and have an impact on agricultural value chain development, trade performance and economic growth. 13 p.
Gender dimension in the Cotton Sector: characterising the role of women
01/07/2023
Cotton is an important source of livelihood for millions of smallholders worldwide and women contribute significantly to cotton farming, constituting a large share of the workforce involved in primary production. However, women face disproportionate barriers along the cotton value chain in terms of access to land, inputs and services that affect the quality of their participation and the benefit they can derive. 14 p.