Gender in Agriculture Partnership | Transforming agriculture to empower women and deliver food, nutrition and income security

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West African Economic and Monetary Union (UEMOA)

the Niger

Joint Programme Country Update: Niger

Lead agency	FAO
Launch workshop	Date:27-28 November 2012 Location: Niamey, Niger
	Participants: 27 women; 19 men (46...

Gender in Agricultural Partnership (GAP) Case Study - Niger

The aim of the Gender and Agriculture Partnership (GAP) – an open and inclusive partnership program between gender experts in the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), the Consultative Group on International Agricultural Research (CGIAR) AWARD program, the FARA Sub Saharan Africa Challenge Program (SSA-CP), NGO networks and...

Burkina Faso

SOWING SEEDS OF GOOD NUTRITION - Making Agricultural Policies Deliver Better Nutrition

Linking agriculture with nutrition and improving the nutritional impact of agriculture programmes and interventions is the topic of a growing international agenda. The objective of this report is to assess to what extent this global agenda is actually translating into action at country...

Mali

Increasing the Productivity and Empowerment of Women Smallholder Farmers

Agriculture can be an important engine of growth and poverty reduction. However, the sector is underperforming in many countries in part because women, who are often a crucial resource in agriculture and the rural economy, face constraints that reduce their productivity. Aggregate data show that women comprise about 43 percent of the agricultural labor force globally and in developing...