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Potentially Important Food Plants of Tanzania
Formed in 2007, Food Plant Solutions Rotary Action Group (FPS) creates science-based educational materials, which:
identify highly nutritious local food plants,
explain how to grow them in a sustainable, agroecological way,
detail the nutritional value of the plants and
describe why human bodies require those nutrients.
The resources created by FPS allows people to better...
United Republic of Tanzania
2018
Book
Potentially Important Food Plants of Tanzania - Kenya Swahili
Formed in 2007, Food Plant Solutions Rotary Action Group (FPS) creates science-based educational materials, which:
identify highly nutritious local food plants,
explain how to grow them in a sustainable, agroecological way,
detail the nutritional value of the plants and
describe why human bodies require those nutrients.
The resources created by FPS allows people to better...
United Republic of Tanzania
2018 - https://foodplantsolutions.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/Potentially-Important-Food-Plants-of-Tanzania-Translated.pdf
Book
Potentially Important Food Plants of Tanzania - Kenya Swahili
Formed in 2007, Food Plant Solutions Rotary Action Group (FPS) creates science-based educational materials, which:
identify highly nutritious local food plants,
explain how to grow them in a sustainable, agroecological way,
detail the nutritional value of the plants and
describe why human bodies require those nutrients.
The resources created by FPS allows people to better...
Kenya
2018 - Food Plant Solutions
Policy brief/paper
Employment, work and time use in agricultural contexts: what data do we need for gender analysis?
All over the world, women contribute enormously to rural development through their work in agriculture. As a result of male outmigration from rural areas and the growth of commercial farming, women’s roles in agriculture are expanding in many countries (FAO, 2017), with significant consequences for food systems and rural societies...
2018 - Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
Policy brief/paper
The gender gap in land rights
For rural women and men, land is often the most important household asset for supporting agricultural production and providing food security and nutrition. Evidence shows that secure land tenure is strongly associated with higher levels of investment and productivity in agriculture – and therefore with higher incomes and greater economic...
2018 - Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
Report
Uganda Country Gender Assessment Report
The objective of the assessment is to analyse the agricultural and rural sector of Zambia from a gender perspective at the macro (policy), meso (institutional) and micro (community and household) levels in order to identify gender inequalities in access to critical productive resources, assets, services and opportunities. In particular, the...
Uganda
2018 - Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
Report
National Gender Profile of Agriculture and Rural Livelihoods – Liberia
Country Gender Assessment Series
The objective of the assessment is to analyse the agricultural and rural sector of Liberia from a gender perspective in order to identify gender inequalities in access to critical productive resources, assets, services and opportunities. In particular, the assessment identifies needs and constraints of both women and men in FAO’s...
Liberia
2018 - Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
Technical paper
Farmers’ crop choice decisions
Trends and Determinants in Nigeria and Uganda
This study investigates the determinants of farmers’ crop choice decisions, crop area diversification, and income diversification in Sub-Saharan Africa using nationally representative panel data for Nigeria and Uganda.
Nigeria - Uganda
2018 - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)
Report
Gender opportunities and constraints in land-related agricultural investments
Synthesis Report
This report presents a synthesis of the main findings from case studies carried out in six countries in Africa (Ghana, Sierra Leone, United Republic of Tanzania and Zambia) and Asia (Laos and Philippines). The findings were disseminated and discussed in multistakeholder initiatives at regional and country level. The report illustrates...
2018 - Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
Book
Food Plants for Healthy Diets in Rwanda
Formed in 2007, Food Plant Solutions Rotary Action Group (FPS) creates science-based educational materials, which:
identify highly nutritious local food plants,
explain how to grow them in a sustainable, agroecological way,
detail the nutritional value of the plants and
describe why human bodies require those nutrients.
The resources created by FPS allows people to better...
Rwanda
2018
Blog article
Securing land tenure rights for farmers in Sierra Leone
Protecting farmers’ access to land and natural resources
In Sierra Leone, the livelihoods of many people depend on having secure and equitable access to and control over natural resources. However, increased pressure on land, forestry and fisheries compounded by weak tenure governance has led to ownership disputes. The Voluntary Guidelines on the Responsible Governance of Tenure of Land,...
Sierra Leone
2018 - Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
Book
Feminist practices for economic change
In this publication, the authors share the results of this process. They begin with an introduction to the context of the region and the principles that guide us. They then present the methodological practices they used to build rural women’s autonomy and agroecology.
Brazil
2018 - Sempreviva Organização Feminista
Blog article
The rise of permaculture in Malawi
Through training, facilitation, demonstration gardens, role modeling, and counseling for sustainable living, a nationally registered environmental service provider, Matthews Shaba Mpofu is able to train rural women and youth, who are in majority in Malawi but are mostly grappled with poverty and high unemployment levels, the basics of permaculture. His...
Malawi
2018 - Greentumble
E-learning
Migration and gender
This one-lesson course considers the gender dimension of rural migration. As men and women experience migration differently, to reduce the vulnerability and empower both rural women migrants and women who stay behind, it is essential to integrate gender into policies and programmes on migration and rural development.
The target audience for...
2018 - FAO
Book
Potentially Important Food Plants of Sierra Leone
Formed in 2007, Food Plant Solutions Rotary Action Group (FPS) creates science-based educational materials, which:
identify highly nutritious local food plants,
explain how to grow them in a sustainable, agroecological way,
detail the nutritional value of the plants and
describe why human bodies require those nutrients.
The resources created by FPS allows people to better...
Sierra Leone
2018 - Food Plant Solutions
Journal
Strengthening the Role of Women in Rural and Agricultural Areas – Obstacles and Opportunities - CIHEAM Watch Letter n. 40
Co-published by the Union for the Mediterranean (UfM) and the CIHEAM, the Watch letter n ° 40 "Strengthening the role of women in rural and agricultural areas - Obstacles and opportunities" aims to show different perspectives of the situation in the Mediterranean region by analyzing the challenges and opportunities in the socio-economic, social, environmental,...
2018 - Centre international de hautes études agronomiques méditerranéennes (CIHEAM)
Book
Potentially Important Food Plants of Sierra Leone
Formed in 2007, Food Plant Solutions Rotary Action Group (FPS) creates science-based educational materials, which:
identify highly nutritious local food plants,
explain how to grow them in a sustainable, agroecological way,
detail the nutritional value of the plants and
describe why human bodies require those nutrients.
The resources created by FPS allows people to better...
Sierra Leone
2018 - Food Plant Solutions
Book
Potentially Important Food Plants of Sierra Leone
Formed in 2007, Food Plant Solutions Rotary Action Group (FPS) creates science-based educational materials, which:
identify highly nutritious local food plants,
explain how to grow them in a sustainable, agroecological way,
detail the nutritional value of the plants and
describe why human bodies require those nutrients.
The resources created by FPS allows people to better...
Sierra Leone
2018 - Food Plant Solutions
Book
Potentially Important Food Plants of Sierra Leone
Formed in 2007, Food Plant Solutions Rotary Action Group (FPS) creates science-based educational materials, which:
identify highly nutritious local food plants,
explain how to grow them in a sustainable, agroecological way,
detail the nutritional value of the plants and
describe why human bodies require those nutrients.
The resources created by FPS allows people to better...
Sierra Leone
2018 - Food Plant Solutions
Statement
A Strategic Plan for Rural Development in Bosnia and Herzegovina adopted
At the proposal of the Ministry of Foreign Trade and Economic Relations, the Council of Ministers of Bosnia and Herzegovna adopted in January 2018 a Proposal of the Strategic Plan for Rural Development of Bosnia and Herzegovina (2018-2021), which created conditions for domestic agricultural producers to receive funds from the...
Bosnia and Herzegovina
2018 - Ministry of Foreign Trade and Economic Relations of Bosnia and Herzegovina
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