RAP PUBLICATION 2005/30

Rural women and food security in Asia and the Pacific:
Prospects and paradoxes

Revathi Balakrishnan
Senior Officer, Gender and Diversity
FAO Regional Office for Asia and the Pacific

With contributions on the Pacific Islands from
Peggy Fairbairn-Dunlop, Samoa.

Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Regional Office for Asia and the Pacific
Bangkok, Thailand

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