Modules on gender, population & rural development with a focus on land tenure & farming system* - (November 1995)
(*The term module should be understood here as referring to a subset of a group rather than in the commonly used IEC/training sense.)
FOOD AND AGRICULTURE ORGANIZATION OF THE UNITED NATIONS
Viale delle Terme di Caracalla
00100 Rome, Italy
Cables: FOODAGRI ROME
Telex: 625852 FAO I / 625853 FAO I / 610181 FAO I
Facsimile: 52253152
Telephone: 5225
The set of five modules on Gender, Population and Rural Development was prepared under the guidance of Jacques du Guerny, Chief, Population Programme Service (SDWP), Division of Women and People's Participation in Development (SOW), Sustainable Development Department, by Daphne Topouzis, consultant.
These modules have been prepared with UNFPA support under the FAO component of the UNFPA Technical Support Services (TSS).
For further information, please contact Jacques du Guerny, SDWP, FAO, Viale delle Terme di Caracalla, 00100 Rome, Italy.
Telephone: (396) 5225-3816
Facsimile: (396) 5225-5490
E-mail: [email protected].
Purpose and scope of the modules on gender, population and rural development
Module I: The population parameters of rural development
Gender in rural development and population issues
Policy and programme costs of neglecting gender
Sustainable agriculture, rural development and population growth
Module II: Gender, rural fertility/mortality and land tenure
What have gender and rural fertility/mortality to do with land tenure a?
Linkages between gender, fertility/mortality and land tenure
Gender disparities in access to land
Gender disparities in security of tenure
Gender disparities in sustainability
Module III: Gender, rural fertility/mortality & farming systems
The agricultural gender division of labour
Linkages between fertility, mortality and farming systems and their implications
Module IV: Gender, migration, farming systems & land tenure
What have gender and migration to do with farming systems and land tenure?
A. Gender, rural-to-urban migration & farming systems
Rural-to-urban migration: a gender perspective
"Push/Pull" factors and gender selectivity
Linkages between gender, rural-to-urban migration & farming systems
The interface between gender, the rural-urban continuum and farming systems
B. Gender, rural-to-rural migration and land tenure
Module V: Gender, population, farming systems & land tenure: Main policy issues
Vertical versus holistic approaches to gender, population & agriculture/rural development.
Case study: Planning for community forestry and population issues -- Thailand. INT/90/P40
