Publications
A toolkit for incorporating fish into the home-grown school feeding programme
01/06/2024
Food and nutrition security is one of the 17 Sustainable Development Goals enshrined in the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development. In an attempt to contribute to reaching this objective, school feeding programmes are serving meals to over 418 million pre-primary, primary and secondary schoolchildren around the world. 134 p.
Land tenure in Asia and the Pacific - Women’s empowerment and gender equality
01/06/2024
Like land tenure insecurity, gender is a cross-cutting theme of key importance to the work of FAO. In this way, the gender of land users is highly relevant in relation to the impacts of climate change and disasters, and the depletion of forests and fisheries. 2 p.
Advancing Digitalization in Gender Sensitive Agrifood Systems in Pacific Small Island Developing States (SIDS) - FMM/GLO/170/MUL
01/06/2024
Despite a significant potential for innovation and digitalization in the agrifood systems of Pacific SIDS, and the power of digital tools in aiding development efforts, the operating themes of agrifood systems, digitalization and gender empowerment are still in their infancy in the Pacific region, which also faces challenges such as remoteness, limited capacities and natural disasters. 2 p.
Mapping of the soybean-to-poultry value chain in Malawi and South Africa from a trade potential perspective
01/06/2024
This issue brief was developed under the Empowering women and boosting livelihoods through agricultural trade: Leveraging the AfCFTA programme, co-implemented by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) and the International Trade Centre (ITC). 16 p.
Enhancing the Lives of Women in Agrifood Systems - MTF/GLO/1105/BMG
01/05/2024
The FAO report on The status of women in agrifood systems aimed to shed light on the current status of rural women, providing the latest data, lessons learned and recommendations for policy- and decision-makers. It would also help put gender equality and the empowerment of women at the centre of debates and research agendas on agriculture, food systems, food security and nutrition.2 p.
Introduction: Achieving gender equality in climate change and agrifood systems
01/05/2024
This course is addressed to anyone who wishes to learn how to effectively help in designing gender-transformative and gender-responsive policies related to agriculture and climate actions.It is focused on the most critical issues affecting gender equality and explains why they are important for building inclusive and sustainable agrifood systems. Its purpose is also to set the scene and provide key concepts, an overview, and key policy frameworks that will help you in the next course series.2 p.
Gendered impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on food security, agricultural production, income and family relations in rural areas of Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan and Uzbekistan
01/05/2024
This paper explores changes in agriculture, food security, nutrition, and family dynamics in the rural areas of Central Asia – specifically, Uzbekistan, Tajikistan, and Kyrgyzstan – during the pandemic, focusing on women and men. Employing a mixed-methods approach that combines quantitative and qualitative analyses, the findings reveal that rural women were disproportionally affected due to pre-existing gender disparities and limited decision-making power. 34 pp.
Strengthening the capacities of farmers, rural women and youth to drive sustainable agrifood systems
01/05/2024
To promote FAO's work in partnership with civil society organizations (CSOs), PSUP has produced partnership briefs to highlight work done in recent years with some CSO partners. This specific brief highlights the work done together with the Asian Partnership for the Development of Human Resources in Rural Areas (AsiaDHRRA) in building the capacities of key stakeholders, including farmers, women and youth, in building sustainable agrifood systems. 2p.