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- Ending poverty: Learning from good practices of small and marginal farmers
[ www.fao.org ]
Languages: English
This publication is intended for FAO and SEWA staff and other development practitioners. It has three objectives. First, it shares and records a small subset of experiences gained and good practices identified by participants, and summarizes some of the lessons learned. Second, it aims to serve as a reference for other organizations who may wish to embark on a
similar collaboration. Third, drawing on a few of the personal and technical documents prepared by FAO participants following the four Exposure and Dialogue Programmes, this publication documents some of the practices, mechanisms, and models that make SEWA an exemplary organization in addressing grassroots issues using a needs-based, capacity-development approach. 2013.
- Decent rural employment for food security: A case for action
[ www.fao.org ]
Languages: English
Promoting decent employment is essential to achieving food security and reducing poverty. This Case for Action argues that improving policy coherence between employment and agricultural initiatives and investing more in the promotion of decent rural employment contribute highly to the interlinked challenges of fighting rural poverty and feeding a growing world population in a sustainable way.
- Women's Role in Forestry and Soil Conservation
- Community listeners’ clubs: Stepping stones for action in rural areas
[ www.fao.org ]
Languages: English
This publication summarizes the unique experience of the community listeners’ clubs set up in Niger and the Democratic Republic of Congo by FAO-Dimitra and its partners.
- Communicating gender for rural development
[ www.fao.org ]
Languages: English
This document is designed to promote the introduction of a gender perspective into communication for development initiatives in rural areas. The publication will be useful to all development practitioners, particularly rural communicators and staff of community radio stations.
- FAO at work 2010-2011: Women key to food security
[ www.fao.org ]
Languages: English
This year’s FAO at work looks at the huge boost to food production that would occur if women farmers were given the same access as men to productive resources such as land and credit. The publication also reviews the evolution of the US$1.5 billion FAO field programme and highlights key events and achievements during the time period.
- Video: How do you use ComDev to promote women's participation?
[ http://www.youtube.com/user/FAOoftheUN ]
Languages: English
Communication for Development (ComDev) is a mediation process that uses communication technologies and media tools to promote social development. Eliane Najros, FAO Dimitra Project Coordinator, explains how ComDev is used to promote the active involvement of both rural women and men in decision-making.
- Video: Why do you use ComDev with a gender sensitive approach?
[ http://www.youtube.com/user/FAOoftheUN ]
Languages: English
Communication for Development (ComDev) is a mediation process that uses communication technologies and media tools to promote social development. Eliane Najros, FAO Dimitra Project Coordinator, explains why ComDev is used with a gender-sensitive approach in the Dimitra project.
- The Vital Role of Women in Agriculture and Rural Development
[ www.fao.org ]
Languages: English
This document, prepared for the Thirty-seventh Session of the FAO Conference (Rome, 25 June - 2 July 2011), provides evidence on the vital role of women in agriculture and rural
development. It demonstrates that eliminating the gap between men and women in access to
agricultural resources and inputs would raise yields on women’s farms by 20-30 percent and
increase agricultural production in developing countries by 2.5-4 percent, which could in turn
reduce the number of undernourished people in the world by 12-17 percent or 100-150 million
people. The document also reviews policy recommendations and proven strategies for closing
the gender gap in agriculture and rural development.
- Gender dimensions of agricultural and rural employment: Differentiated pathways out of poverty
[ www.fao.org ]
Languages: English
This report is the result of a collaborative effort of the FAO, IFAD and the ILO team working on the Gender Dimension of Rural Employment. It discusses key issues related to gender equality and rural employment in the context of poverty reduction. It presents various policy responses, empirical data and good practices.
- Gender and Rural Employment Policy Briefs
[ www.fao.org ]
Languages: English
FAO/ IFAD/ ILO
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Rural Poverty Report 2011 - New realities, new challenges:
new opportunities for tomorrow's generation
[ http://www.ifad.org/ ]
Languages: Arabic | English | French | Italian | Spanish
The Rural Poverty Report 2011 provides a coherent and comprehensive look at rural poverty, its global consequences and the prospects for eradicating it. The report contains updated estimates by IFAD regarding how many rural poor people there are in the developing world, poverty rates in rural areas, and the percentage of poor people residing in rural areas. IFAD, 2010
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Rural Poverty Portal
[ http://www.ruralpovertyportal.org/ ]
Languages: English
Powered by the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD), the Rural Poverty Portal is a website where rural poor people, policy-makers, donors, research institutes, non-governmental organizations and other development partners can share information about eradicating rural poverty. The portal includes a section on "Gender and rural poverty" at http://www.ruralpovertyportal.org/web/guest/topic/home/tags/gender
- Food security in times of crisis: rural women speak out
[ www.fao.org ]
Languages:
Arabic |
Chinese |
English |
French |
Russian |
Spanish
Hundreds of rural women in Africa, Asia and Latin America took part recently in grassroots consultations on food insecurity and its impacts. A selection of viewpoints...
- The State
of Food
and
Agriculture
2010-2011: Women in agriculture: closing the gender gap for development
[ www.fao.org ]
Languages:
Arabic |
Chinese |
English |
French |
Russian |
Spanish
The State of Food and Agriculture 2010–11
makes the “business case” for addressing gender
issues in agriculture and rural employment. The
agriculture sector is underperforming in many
developing countries, in part because women
do not have equal access to the resources and
opportunities they need to be more productive.
The gender gap imposes real costs on society in
terms of lost agricultural output, food security
and economic growth. Promoting gender
equality is not only good for women; it is also
good for agricultural development. FAO
- Agri-Gender Statistics Toolkit
[ www.fao.org ]
Languages: English
The "Agri-Gender Statistics Toolkit" is a database with a cross range of tools for the collection and use of sex-disaggregated agricultural data, and designed for development specialists and planners. The so-called "AGRI-GENDER DATABASE" provides examples of questions asked in agricultural census programmes implemented in selected countries in Africa over the past two decades, covering the following data items: agricultural population and households; access to productive resources; production and productivity; destination of agricultural produce; labour and time-use; income and expenditures; membership of agricultural/farmer organisations; food security; poverty indicators. Furthermore, the toolkit contains examples oftable formats that facilitate the presentation of gender relevant data in agriculture.
- Gender in Agriculture Sourcebook
[ www.worldbank.org ]
Languages: English
A joint product of the World Bank, FAO, and IFAD, the Sourcebook provides an up-to-date understanding of gender issues with a rich compilation of compelling evidence of good practices and lessons learned to guide practitioners in integrating gender dimensions into agricultural projects and programs. World Bank, FAO, IFAD, 2008
- October 15: International Day of Rural Women
[ www.un.org ]
Languages: English
The International Day of Rural Women directs attention to both the contribution that women make in rural areas, and the many challenges that they face.
- Gender and Equity Issues
in Liquid Biofuels Production
[ www.fao.org ]
Languages: English
Rapid increases in the large-scale production of liquid biofuels in developing countries could exacerbate the marginalization of women in rural areas threatening their livelihoods, according to this new FAO study. FAO, 2008
- Polishing the stone: A journey through the promotion of gender equality in development projects
[ www.ifad.org ]
Languages: English
New publication on gender equality and rural development published by the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD). IFAD, 2008
- 2007: General Assembly Resolution 62/136. Improvement of the situation of women in rural areas
[ www.un.org ]
Languages:
Arabic |
Chinese |
English |
French |
Russian |
Spanish
- FAO LinKS project: Gender, boidiversity and local knowledge systems for food security
[ www.fao.org ]
Languages: English
- FAO Dimitra Project: Rural Women and Development
[ www.fao.org ]
Languages: English
- Agrarian Change, Gender and Land Rights
[ www.unrisd.org ]
Languages: English
UNRISD Project from 2000 to 2002.
- Agrarian Change, Gender and Land Reform: A South African Case Study
[ www.unrisd.org ]
Languages: English
This paper looks at the land reform policies of the ANC government in South Africa from the democratic transition in that country in 1993/1994 until November 2000, and the extent to which women's rights and interests in land were addressed during that time.
- Nepal - Production Credit for Rural Women
[ www.ifad.org ]
Languages: English
Interim Project Evaluation Summary, 1995
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