Labour, opportunities and returns
Empowering Rural Women Through Agricultural Innovation is the parallel event organized by WFO and GFAR during the CSW in New York.
First-hand involvement by women farmers in the research and development process of agricultural innovation is crucial to reach...
Read moreIn 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 women to be able to grow and to be able...
Read moreThe United Nations has made “Equality for Women is Progress for All” the theme for the observance of the International Women’s Day 2014.
Much of the future of global food security depends on smallholder family farms where in many regions of the world women play a key role. Rural women, particularly in developing countries, often are both providers and producers of food. It is also not...
Read moreA practical guide for integrating gender in agricultural prodcution systems, this manual aims at working towards closing the gender gap in agriculture. Produced by Dr. Kathleen Colverson, a senior gender scientist with the International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI), and the theme leader for Gender, Impact and Learning within the...
Read moreSource: FSN Forum
Discussion until 16th February 2014
"Globally and with only a few exceptions, rural women fare worse than rural men and urban women and men for every MDG indicator for...
Read moreSorce: New Agriculturist
Achieving genuine food security is no longer a matter of making enough food available, but about making enough of the right kind of wholesome food available. Although hunger persists among 870 million people, the diets of 2 billion people are deficient in minerals and vitamins....
Read moreThis post was written by Dr Jozef Turok, Head of the CGIAR Program Facilitation Unit for Central Asia and the Caucasus and Regional Coordinator of ICARDA, based in Tashkent, Uzbekistan. ICARDA is a member of the CGIAR Consortium, and leads the ...
Read moreSource: New Agriculturist
Most rural Bangladeshi households depend on farming and fishing for food and income. But faced with the challenges of low productivity, and limited access to resources and training, farmers and fishers struggle to produce enough food to nourish and support their families. As a...
Read moreSource: 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.
In PNG, where up to 97% of land is owned by the people, land is life. And women are the backbone of the land. But they earn...
Read moreCathy McGowan is a sheep farmer, researcher and businesswoman. Her award winning leadership programs have had a major impact on increasing the participation of women in Australian agricultural industries. She was a founding member of Australian Women in Agriculture[1] and now consults to the PNG Women in Agricultural Development...
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