Publications
Empowering women in the Western Balkans
01/11/2024
Women’s economic empowerment is essential in promoting equality between women and men and a precondition for sustainable development. Women’s economic empowerment can be achieved through equal access to and control over economic resources and opportunities and the elimination of structural gender inequalities. 5 p.
Empowering Rural Communities in Central Asia through Digital Transformation in Agriculture - FMM/GLO/171/MUL
01/11/2024
Rural communities in Europe and Central Asia grapple with a triple challenge: the urban-rural gap, gender disparities and the digital divide, which perpetuate a cycle of decline characterized by limited economic opportunities and inadequate services. Digital technologies have the potential to significantly alleviate the challenges encountered in rural areas by enabling instant virtual communication and access to e-services. 2 p.
Theory of change for gender transformative programming for food security, nutrition and sustainable agriculture
01/10/2024
This technical note presents the theory of change for gender transformative programming for food security, nutrition and sustainable agriculture. It aims to provide the rationale for development actors and practitioners to adopt the theory of change for gender transformative change in interventions contributing to the achievement of SustainableDevelopment Goal 2 – Zero Hunger. 24 pp.
Empowering Women’s Livelihoods in Small-Scale Fisheries in Liberia During and After COVID-19 - GCP/LIR/031/JPN
01/10/2024
In 2019, the world was struck by the COVID-19 pandemic, which affected all sectors, including the livelihoods of rural communities. In Liberia, as in many countries, the government imposed restrictions and other public health measures to contain the spread of the virus. These measures rendered women vulnerable to shocks, thus creating the need for livelihood improvement at different levels. 2 p.
Climate technologies for agrifood systems transformation - Placing food security, climate change and poverty reduction at the forefront
01/10/2024
The global community has committed to responding to climate change while ensuring decent livelihoods and healthy food for everyone, keeping within planetary boundaries. Transforming agrifood systems is essential to meeting these challenges, with climate response being an intrinsic element. The need for more resilient systems that can sustain increasing demands in a setting of tightening constraints is evident. 126 p.
Employment indicators 2000–2022
01/10/2024
As of September 2024, FAOSTAT disseminates five new indicators on employment in agrifood systems (AFS) for the period 2000–2021 at the country, regional and global levels. These indicators extend FAO's recent efforts to develop a methodology to estimate employment in agrifood systems over the last few years. 15 p.
Promoting sustainable agricultural mechanization for smallholder farmers
01/10/2024
This five-step guide helps practitioners and project managers improve rural livelihoods by creating or improving business models for sustainable agricultural mechanization for smallholder farmers. 14 p.
Lessons learned on establishing a "Gender Desk" within a national fisheries institution
01/10/2024
The EAF-Nansen Programme helped establish dedicated “Gender Desk” within the Fisheries Ministries in Tanzania and The Gambia from 2022 to 2023, to mainstream gender in all activities of the institutions’ work within the national fisheries sector. The experience showed that there are different levels of awareness and consideration of gender issues to be taken into account, and that there is a need to build institutional capacity on gender mainstreaming. 4 p.