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Conference paper
Local agri‐food products of women’s cooperatives. The ‘feminine side’ of quality
Rural women’s small businesses engaged in the production of local agri‐food products have been flourishing in the Greek countryside the last years responding to an emerging consumer demand for food of “specific quality”. Such successful initiatives have been particularly developed with co‐operative form, scattered throughout the country, both in the...
Greece
2010
Journal article
妇女与粮食主权
在全世界有25亿以上的小农户从事粮食的 种植、收获和加工,其中半数以上是妇女。妇 女们的知识、劳动在当地多样化的食物体系的 可持续发展中,特别在发展中国家,发挥了重 要作用。
2010 - Center for Biodiversity and Indigenous Knowledge
Journal article
中国西南地区畜牧业发展项目
女性参与,人人受益
在云南省滇西北广大的农村地区,妇女在畜牧业生产中扮演着一个非常重要的角色。然而,在以政府为主导的技术推广与培训活动中,妇女往往被排斥在外或很少有机会参与。近年来,为了改善妇女的这种状况,云南省生物多样性和传统知识研究会的“滇西北农牧区生计改良项目”采取和实施了一系列的针对妇女发展的措施和策略。通过增加女性村民对项目活动的参与和提高女性兽医技术人员的专业能力,降低了畜牧业生产中的风险和提高了家庭的经济收入。同时,在农业生产中,女性村民变得更加自信并意识到她们的决策权利。
China
2010 - Center for Biodiversity and Indigenous Knowledge
Report
Women marginalised farmers
Mobilising for change
Using lessons from the case studies this paper draws out five practical steps in reaching and supporting women marginal farmers: 1) take the lead from women marginal farmers themselves in helping build their networks and groups, 2) promote alliances and external links, 3) organising needs based training workshops and regular...
India - Indonesia - Liberia - Zambia - Zimbabwe
2010 - Concern Worldwide
Journal article
Les gardiennes du savoir faire culturel et agropastoral. Cas de la zone de Djelfa (Algérie)
Les paysages culturels de l’agro pastoralisme sont fortement liés aux pratiques techniques et culturelles des éleveurs utilisateurs et gestionnaires des espaces qu’ils occupent. C’est particulièrement vrai sur la zone de Djelfa, haut lieu du pastoralisme algérien, sur les hauts plateaux. Ce pastoralisme, comme dans l’ensemble du monde méditerranéen, subit des...
Algeria
2010 - International Centre for Advanced Mediterranean Agronomic Studies (CIHEAM)
Journal article
La avicultura familiar en el norte del Tolima (Colombia)
Este artículo muestra los resultados obtenidos en un estudio transversal en cuatro municipios de la zona norte del departamento del Tolima (Colombia) con el fin de caracterizar la avicultura familiar en la comunidad. Información sobre producción avícola, nivel tecnológico, sistemas de alimentación, consumo y contribución a la economía familiar fue...
Colombia
2010 - Universidad del Tolima
Book
Mulheres na Reforma Agrária
A experiência recente no Brasil
Neste livro estão reunidos diversos artigos acadêmicos e de gestoras publicas que buscam problematizar a presença das mulheres na reforma agrária no Brasil. Estudos quantitativos e qualitativos que abordam aspectos fundiários, da produção e reprodução, das relações familiares, das lutas sociais dos movimentos sociais do campo e o das políticas...
Brazil
2010 - Ministério do Desenvolvimento Agrário (MDA)
Policy brief/paper
Producer organisations
Reclaiming opportunities for development
Producer organisations are widely heralded as leading contributors to poverty reduction and the achievement of food security. Following the withdrawal of state support as part of measures for liberalization, producer organizations in Africa have been in a process of transition, attempting to define appropriate strategies in a competitive open market...
Ethiopia - Ghana - Kenya - Malawi - United Republic of Tanzania - Zimbabwe
2010 - Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
Journal
Revista ALASRU Nueva Época n° 5
La revista ALASRU, Análisis Latinoamericano del Medio Rural, es editada y publicada por la Asociación Latinoamericana de Sociología Rural (ALASRU). Este número incluye los artículos:
Hacia el VIII Congreso de ALASRU, "Acercamiento a los proyectos en disputa”.
A sociologia rural na América Latina: produção de conhecimento e compromisso com a sociedade.
Globalização e...
Argentina - Cuba - Ecuador
2010 - Asociación Latinoamericana de Sociología Rural
Report
Africa’s smallholder farmers
Approaches that work for viable livelihoods
Most Africans depend on small-scale farming systems as the primary source of their livelihoods. Yet they are marginalized and often do not produce enough to enable their families to have sufficient food to eat throughout the year. Smallholder farmers are also particularly vulnerable to climatic and economic shocks. Despite these...
2010 - African Smallholder Farmers Group (ASFG)
Policy brief/paper
Cinco áreas esenciales para movilizar el potencial de los servicios de asesoría rural
Ha surgido una renovada atención hacia el papel tan importante que desempeñan los servicios de asesoría rural (extensión) en los procesos de desarrollo. Este documento resume la publicación titulada ‘Cómo movilizar el potencial de la extensión agraria y rural’ que se elaboró para la Conferencia Mundial sobre la Investigación Agrícola...
2010 - Foro Global para los Servicios de Asesoría Rural (GFRAS)
Journal article
Evaluation of women farmers’ perception of the impact of Women-In-Agriculture programme on yield, income and decision-making power in South-eastern Nigeria
One of the reasons that necessitated the establishment of Women-in-Agriculture (WIA) Programme in 1989 was the perception that women farmers were not having adequate access to extension services compared to their male counterparts. Feminists argued that the inadequate access to extension services resulted in women farmers having poor farm yields,...
Nigeria
2010 - University of Abuja
Guidelines
Linking people, places and products
A guide for promoting quality linked to geographical origin and sustainable Geographical Indications
The objectives of this guide are: 1. to explain what origin-linked quality and the GI concept are; 2. to raise awareness regarding the potential of origin-linked products for rural development and conditions for sustainability; 3. to facilitate implementation of GI processes at local level by providing tools and a concrete...
2010 - Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
Video
Livestock Insurance for Pastoralists in Kenya
January 2010 saw the launch of the world's first livestock insurance for remote African pastoralists as a result of years of research.
Kenya
2010 - International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI)
Magazine article
Water Management and Food Security in Africa
This issue of Baobab focuses on access to water for sustainable agriculture and livelihoods, its management and policies, or lack of them, which can regulate its effective and efficient use. In a region that highly relies on rainfall for food production, a lot needs to be done in agricultural water...
Malawi
2010 - Arid Lands Information Network (ALIN)
Technical paper
“Climate-Smart” Agriculture
Policies, Practices and Financing for Food Security, Adaptation and Mitigation
Building on case studies from the field, the paper outlines a range of practices, approaches and tools aimed at increasing the resilience and productivity of agricultural production systems, while also reducing and removing emissions. The second part of the paper surveys institutional and policy options available to promote the transition...
2010 - Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
Website
Confederación Nacional de Mujeres Campesinas (CONAMUCA)
CONAMUCA es una organización de cobertura nacional, fundada el 1ero. de noviembre del año 1986, que promueve los intereses y derechos de las mujeres y reivindica la lucha por una vida digna. Su misión es construir un modelo de producción agrícola que recupere la agricultura campesina basada en la igualdad de...
Dominican Republic
2010 - Confederación Nacional de Mujeres Campesinas (CONAMUCA)
Journal
Revista Mundos Rurales, enero 2010, n° 2
Este número de Mundos Rurales incluye artículos sobre:
Charagua, líder en las reivindicaciones del pueblo guaraní, avanza a la Autonomía Indígena.
Vivencias en elecciones Largo camino para ejercer el derecho
Amazonía: día esperado, entre incertidumbre y esperanzas
Asentamientos humanos en Pando: explorando mejores condiciones de vida
Pese a la Constitución y las leyes, las mujeres...
Bolivia (Plurinational State of)
2010 - Centro de Investigación y Promoción del Campesinado (CIPCA)
Case study
Problems facing small scale farmers in Isingiro District, Uganda
Focus on Bananas
The study aimed at examining how the policies and regulations in place (or lack thereof) impact on smallscale banana farmers in Isingiro district and share possible solutions with the government, farmers, interested donors and other stakeholders.
Uganda
2010 - ACORD Agency for Co-operation and Research in Development
Case study
Technology for improved income of smallholder pineapple producers
Pineapple is by far the most important crop within the horticultural sub-sector of the Ghanaian economy. The crop employs over 15,000 individuals out of which 40% are women and generates rural incomes of over 6 million USD. Large and medium commercial farms account for about 70% of production with the...
Faroe Islands
2010 - SNV Netherlands Development Organisation
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