Publications
Good practices for promoting gender equality through rural advisory services
01/12/2022
This objective of this publication is to support RAS providers to adopt and adapt these good practices so that they can design and deliver truly gender-responsive services. 96 pp.
Gender, agriculture and rural development in Europe and Central Asia
01/12/2022
In its 2011 flagship publication, The State of Food and Agriculture: Women in Agriculture, the FAO made the case that women’s unequal access to resources and opportunities not only holds them back but is a determining factor in the underperformance of the agriculture sector in many countries. 42 p.
Practical guide on how to eliminate gender-based violence and protect rural communities through food security and agriculture interventions
01/12/2022
This guidance is meant to support country offices, FAO staff and strategic partners in the fight against any form of gender-based violence, facilitate the integration of protection issues in an FAO project cycle, and support the collection and analysis of data disaggregated by sex and other social variables for generating the evidence for policy-making and planning of gender-responsive and gender-transformative interventions. 96 p.
Strengthening gender-responsive climate policies and actions in agrifood value chains
01/11/2022
This brief showcases promising research and innovation, particularly from countries engaged through the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) Flexible Multi-Partner Mechanism (FMM) 149 project. Senegal, Samoa and Zambia are highlighted as examples to inform policymakers, guide gender-responsive investments, policies, and strategies in countries’ work in response to climate change. 7 pp.
Strengthening gender-responsive climate policies and actions in aquaculture and fisheries
01/11/2022
This brief showcases promising research and innovation, particularly from countries engaged through FAO's Flexible Multi-Partner Mechanism (FMM) 149 project. Samoa, Uganda and Belize are highlighted as examples to inform policymakers, guide gender-responsive investments, policies, and strategies in countries’ work in response to climate change. 7 pp.
Strengthening gender-responsive climate policies and actions in climate-smart agriculture
01/11/2022
This brief showcases promising research and innovation, particularly from countries engaged through FAO's Flexible Multi-Partner Mechanism (FMM) 149 project. Senegal, Uganda and Belize are highlighted as examples to inform policymakers, guide gender-responsive investments, policies, and strategies in countries’ work in response to climate change. 8 pp.
Strengthening gender-responsive climate policies and actions in the livestock sector
01/11/2022
This brief showcases promising research and innovation, particularly from countries engaged through FAO's Flexible Multi-Partner Mechanism (FMM) 149 project. India and Botswana are highlighted as examples to inform policymakers and guide gender-responsive, climate-smart investments and policies in countries’ livestock sectors. 7 pp.
Mainstreaming youth in FAO's Work Programme
01/11/2022
This vademecum provides notions on why ‘’youth’’ have been identified as a cross-cutting theme in FAO’s Strategic Framework, who can be defined as youth, what is the specific Key Performance Indicator (KPI) and how to better include them in FAO’s activities while also providing notions on where to search for specific data and information on youth while designing or programming an activity. 28 p.