Eliza Khan is a beneficiary of an FAO project focusing on smallholder dairy development. Through the project, she was trained in improved dairy farming practices and livestock management. “From this training I learned how to prepare the sheds and how to take care of the cows.”

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.

Этот фильм – первый из трех, составляющих видеопособие по гендерной статистике в сельском хозяйстве. Фильм посвящен важности рассмотрения вопросов гендерного неравенства в сельском хозяйстве и развитии сельских районов.