Publications
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.
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.
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.
Dimitra Clubs: Leaving no one behind through community engagement and women’s empowerment
03/07/2023
Development and humanitarian actors tend to overlook the use of community engagement and gender-transformative approaches, despite the fact that these are cost effective and have high returns. it is of paramount importance to promote collective action at community level – ensuring ownership and sustainability – to trigger transformative changes in terms of gender equality, women’s leadership and social inclusion. 2 p.
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.
Global Parliamentary Pact against Hunger and Malnutrition 2023
17/06/2023
We, parliamentarians from national, sub-regional and regional parliaments of the world, gathered in Valparaíso, Chile, on 15 and 16 June 2023, for the Second Global Parliamentary Summit against Hunger and Malnutrition. 5 p.
Making the AfCFTA work for women in the agrifood sector
08/06/2023
This policy brief unpacks how non-tariff measures may promote or hinder women’s participation in the agrifood sector across sub-Saharan Africa. 8 p.