In the past, Monowara Begum had trouble growing enough to feed her family. But when she joined a Village Based Organization (VBO) under a project supported by FAO, she learned about improved farming techniques such as Integrated Pest Management (IPM). “I used to starve for shortage of rice, but now I sell rice,” she says proudly.

When Shipra Bagchi started shrimp farming 20 years ago, she had less than a tenth of a hectare of land. “I didn’t know the good practices of shrimp farming,” she recalls. But thanks to a project implemented by FAO and the Ministry of Fisheries and Livestock, Shipra was able to improve and increase her shrimp production.

As in other countries, the joint programme for Accelerating Progress towards the Economic Empowerment of Rural Women (RWEE) in Niger works to improve rural women’s food and nutrition security, increase their incomes, enhance their decision-making power and encourage policy environments that are conducive to their economic empowerment.

Gender in agriculture and rural development: The first of a three-video training toolkit on gender statistics in agriculture, this video discusses the importance of considering gender inequalities in agriculture and rural development.

The importance of gender statistics: This video is the second of the three-video toolkit on gender statistics in agriculture, and discusses the importance of considering gender issues when collecting statistics in agriculture and rural development, as well as some tools to do so.