Publications
Eliminating gender-based violence and protecting rural communities through food security and agricultural interventions
04/09/2023
This brief is associated with the "Practical guide on how to eliminate GBV and protect rural communities through food security and agriculture interventions". Its primary objective is to provide a concise overview of the essential measures and suggestions for mitigating and responding to gender-based violence within the operational areas of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO).
Contributing to a world free from hunger, malnutrition, poverty and inequality
01/09/2023
The Framework for Gender-Responsive Livestock Development was jointly developed by the International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI), the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), the World Bank and the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD), with the aim of supporting the planning and implementation of gender-responsive policies, projects and investments related to the development of the livestock sector.
Guidelines for measuring gender transformative change in the context of food security, nutrition and sustainable agriculture
01/09/2023
These Guidelines include step-by-step guidance to formulate qualitative and quantitative indicators of gender transformative change to help gender experts and food security, agriculture and nutrition programme specialists in their efforts to design, implement, monitor and evaluate gender transformative interventions. 76 pp.
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.