Gender in Agriculture Partnership

Transforming agriculture to empower women and deliver food, nutrition and income security
GAP Highlights

  • In May 2014 the first annual Stockholm Food Forum - EAT - will welcome participants from all over the world to help set goals and guidelines for the future. In an informal atmosphere, reflected by the warmth and...
  • Video message of Prof. Catherine Bertini, GAP Co-Patron

    In this video message, Prof. Catherine Bertini, Co-Patron of the Gender in Agriculture Partnership (GAP), underlines the importance of proper policies and programs in order to facilitate opportunities for girls and...

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  • Women in Agriculture - Success story from Papua New Guinea

    Source: Our Pacific Ways

    Everyday in Papua New Guinea’s rugged eastern Highlands province, the nation’s biggest business success story is taking place. It is the story of women farmers.

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  • Interview with Lindiwe Majele Sibanda

    Interview with Lindiwe Majele Sibanda

    Interview with Lindiwe Majele Sibanda

    Lindiwe Majele Sibanda, chief executive officer and head of mission of the Food, Agriculture and Natural Resources Policy Analysis Network (FANRPAN), highlights the need to invest in women farmers to boost...

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  • Video Notes

    Interview with Ruth K. Oniang'o

    Ruth K. Oniang'o on the importance of empowering women farmers

    Ruth K. Oniang'o, Vice-Chair of GFAR, Founder and Editor-in-chief of the African Journal of Food, Agriculture, Nutrition and Development, as well as the Founder and CEO of Rural Outreach Africa, addresses gender...

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  • Prof MS Swaminathan: Walking our talk on gender in agriculture

    Prof MS Swaminathan: Walking our talk on gender in agriculture

    Prof MS Swaminathan: Walking our talk on gender in agriculture

    In this video message, Prof. MS Swaminathan, Co-Patron of the Gender in Agriculture Partnership (GAP), underlines the importance of working together for women`s rights in agriculture. He emphasizes that women are the...

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15/5/2014

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9/5/2014

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8/5/2014
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Patrons

Prof. M.S. Swaminathan
MS Swaminathan Research Foundation
India
“Sustainable food security will be only a dream without the participation of women”
Prof. Catherine Bertini
Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs at Syracuse University
United States of America

Catalysts

Mobilising Institutions
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Marie Marilyn Jalloh
Ministry of Agriculture Forestry and Food Security of Sierra Leone
Sierra Leone

Carolina Navarrete Frias
International Center for Tropical Agriculture (Florafox inc. - Moscow)
Colombia

Elizabeth M. Waithanji
International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI)
Kenya

Miranda Morgan
WorldFish
Canada, Malaysia

Recently joined

Victoria Kao
U.S. Department of Commerce
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Tim Kitchin
Independent
United Kingdom
Andre Croppenstedt
The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Italy

Teverai Chigogo
Women In Agriculture Apex
Zimbabwe

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Decision tools for family poultry development
12/5/2014

Agriculture Gender Strategy - Rwanda
5/5/2014

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