Publications
Promoting Gender Equality and Women’s Empowerment in Fisheries and Aquaculture
15/12/2016
An overview of current gender equality and women’s empowerment issues in the fisheries sector, with regard to institutional policy and planning processes, statistics in gender analysis, lessons learned and opportunities for gender mainstreaming for sustainable and equitable fisheries and aquaculture development. 12 pp.
Sustainable value chains for sustainable food systems (workshop report)
13/12/2016
Held in June 2016, the FAO/UNEP workshop on Sustainable Value Chains for Sustainable Food Systems included a session on inclusive food value chains, in particular, with regard to FAO’s approach to gender-sensitive and sustainable food value chains. 352 pp.
How to Mainstream Gender in Forestry: A Practical Field Guide
08/12/2016
A gender mainstreaming guide to assist technical officers, particularly those working in forestry, in developing gender-responsive actions in forestry-related projects and programmes. 12 pp.
Turkey: National gender profile of agricultural and rural livelihoods (Country Gender Assessment Series)
07/12/2016
This National Gender Profile was prepared under the “Strengthening national capacities for production and analysis of sex-disaggregated data through the implementation of the FAO Gender and Agriculture Framework (GASF)” project. The overall objectives of the project were to assist beneficiary countries in developing gender-sensitive and sex-disaggregated datasets on the agricultural and rural sector. 72 pp.
A gender-responsive approach to disaster risk reduction (DRR) planning in the agriculture sector
07/12/2016
In the Disaster Risk Reduction (DRR) community, there is broad understanding that gender equality is fundamental for increased resilience to disasters. This note provides an overview of how to apply a gender-responsive approach to DRR planning in the agriculture sector, including five key actions for supporting rural women and men to build resilience in the face of disasters. 8 pp.
Developing Gender-Sensitive Value Chains: A guiding framework
05/12/2016
The purpose of this publication (part of the FAO series on sustainable food value chain development) is to facilitate the systematic integration of gender equality dimensions into value chain development programmes and projects. It raises awareness on gender inequalities and discusses the importance of addressing these dimensions in value chain development, while also building a common approach for work on gender-sensitive value chain development. 52 pp.
Meeting fuel and energy needs in protracted crises (The SAFE approach)
01/12/2016
This note focuses on the topic of access to fuel and energy in protracted crises, and the possible solutions using the SAFE approach, illustrated by case studies from FAO's interventions in protracted crisis situations. Access to fuel and energy – vital for food security – is often highly constrained in protracted crises. 28 p.
Towards inclusive Pluralistic Service Systems: Insights for innovative thinking
01/12/2016
A growing variety of public and private rural advisory services are available today, leading to increasingly pluralistic service systems (PSS) – in which advisory services are provided by different actors and funded from different sources. PSS have emerged in many countries as a response to a decline in public sector extension and the increasing demand for tailored, diverse and market-oriented services. 50 p.