Publications
Gender assessment in plantation forestry in Uganda
22/08/2022
Empowering women in forestry can create significant development opportunities and generate important additional benefits for their households and communities. Therefore, FAO conducted a study to assess status of gender equality and women empowerment in plantation forestry in Uganda and make recommendations on how to better integrate gender equality in commercial forestry. 60 pp.
Gender-responsive needs assessment for mechanization (Questionnaire)
01/08/2022
The objective of the questionnaire is to guide the selection and promotion of mechanization that responds to the needs of women farmers for their benefit and empowerment. The information compiled builds interventions that reduce women’s drudgery, increase labour productivity, and create income and business opportunities through the provision of mechanization services in rural communities. 7 p.
2021 in Review - Joint Programme on Gender Transformative Approaches for Food Security and Nutrition
01/08/2022
This booklet presents the second annual review of the achievements of the EU-RBA Joint Programme on Gender Transformative Approaches for Food Security and Nutrition. It is broadly structured along the four pillars of the JP GTA, with sections focusing on knowledge generation, country-level activities, capacity development and learning, and policy support and institutional engagement. 11 pp.
Gender, Water and Agriculture - Assessing the Nexus in Palestine
23/07/2022
Gender-responsive water and agriculture assessments study the relative situation of women and men in different communities regarding water access, governance and usage. A study has been implemented in Palestine using the Gender Responsive Water Assessment methodolgy developed under the Water Efficiency, productivity and Sustainability regional project and this flyer summarizes the activity, as well as the main recommendations extracted from the study. 2 pp.
Gender, water and agriculture
22/07/2022
The role of women in fetching, preserving and managing productive and non-productive water often goes unrecognized and understudied. This assessment aims to shed light on the different contributions and benefits of women and men in relation to agricultural roles, responsibilities and resources, focusing mainly on productive agricultural resources, including water, to inform more efficient, equitable and gender-responsive programmes in the future. 76 pp.
Gender, agrifood value chains and climate-resilient agriculture in Small Island Developing States
20/07/2022
This document seeks to enrich the knowledge and evidence base on gender, food systems and resilience in the SIDS of the Caribbean, the Pacific, the Atlantic, the Indian Ocean and South China Sea (AIS) region and explores the interconnections between gender equality, climate resilience and agrifood value chains in SIDS, from a food systems perspective. 80 p.
Consultation for the development of the CFS Voluntary Guidelines on Gender Equality and Women’s and Girls’ Empowerment in the context of Food Security and Nutrition
29/06/2022
This document summarizes the online Consultation for the development of the CFS Voluntary Guidelines on Gender Equality and Women’s and Girls’ Empowerment in the context of Food Security and Nutrition held on the FAO Global Forum on Food Security and Nutrition (FSN Forum) from 16 September to 30 November 2021. 15 pp.
Women processing fish as a business
23/06/2022
This fact sheet supports a series of videos created to promote peer-to-peer learning. The videos were created under the FAO project “Empowering women in fisheries for sustainable food systems”, financed by Norwegian Agency for Development Cooperation (Norad). The videos can be used as training tools to help share knowledge and learning on best practices in small-scale fishing communities. 1 pp.