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Study on small-scale family farming in the Near East and North Africa region. Synthesis

This report provides an overview of a study conducted in the NENA region in 2015-2016 in partnership with FAO, CIRAD, CIHEAM-IAMM and six national teams, each of which prepared a national report. In the six countries under review in the NENA region (Egypt, Lebanon, Morocco, Mauritania, Sudan and Tunisia), agriculture...
Egypt - Lebanon - Mauritania - Morocco - Sudan - Tunisia
2017 - Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)

Video
Campanha fala sobre direitos das mulheres no campo

Nesta quinta-feira (23), a Secretaria Especial de Agricultura Familiar e do Desenvolvimento Agrário (SEAD) lançou a campanha Mulheres Rurais, Mulheres com Direitos 2017. Objetivo é garantir direitos e valorizar o trabalho das mulheres de zonas rurais - entre as ações, estão os mutirões de documentação, que devem beneficiar 100 mil...
Brazil
2017 - TVNBR

Magazine article
Representante da FAO defende maior participação da mulher nos espaços políticos

O representante da Organização das Nações Unidas para Alimentação e Agricultura (FAO) no Brasil, Alan Bojanic, defendeu hoje (23) maior presença das mulheres nos espaços de poder e nas tomadas de decisões, visando a proteger os seus direitos, que muitas vezes não são reconhecidos. A afirmação foi feita durante o...
Brazil
2017 - ISTOÉ

Blog article
As cinco regiões do País ganharam embaixadoras da agricultura familiar

Cinco agricultoras rurais foram escolhidas como embaixadoras das cinco regiões do Brasil. A cerimônia de entrega das placas alusivas à homenagem foi realizada durante o lançamento da Campanha #Mulheres Rurais, Mulheres com Direitos, da FAO/ONU em parceria com a Reunião Especializada Sobre Agricultura Familiar do Mercosul (REAF), e sob a...
Brazil
2017 - Asssociação Brasileira das Entidades Estaduais de Assistência Técnica e Extensão Rural (ASBRAER)

Blog article
Agricultoras familiares do DF qualificam seus produtos e recebem Selo da Agricultura Familiar

Durante o lançamento da Campanha #Mulheres Rurais, Mulheres com Direitos, da FAO/ONU em parceria com a Reunião Especializada Sobre Agricultura Familiar do Mercosul (REAF), e sob a coordenação da Secretaria Especial de Agricultura Familiar e do Desenvolvimento Agrário (Sead), foi entregue o Selo de Identificação da Participação da Agricultura Familiar (Sipaf)...
Brazil
2017 - Empresa de Assistência Técnica e Extensão Rural do Distrito Federal (EMATER-DF)

Journal
Revista EnlACe Nº 36

En esta edición 36 de la Revista Enlace destacamos la participación de las mujeres en el sector agrícola, en el programa MasAgro y otras actividades que lleva a cabo el Centro Internacional de Mejoramiento de Maíz y Trigo (CIMMYT), donde la perspectiva de género es un eje. Recientemente el cimmyt...
Mexico
2017 - Centro Internacional de Mejoramiento de Maíz y Trigo (CIMMYT)

Blog article
CNM compõe mesa em lançamento de programa para mulheres rurais

A Confederação Nacional de Municípios (CNM) participou na manhã desta quinta-feira, 23 de março, do lançamento da campanha #MulheresRurais, Mulheres com Direito, promovida pela Food and agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO). A Confederação teve assento na mesa de gestores no evento, representada pela consultora da área técnica de Internacional, Denise...
Brazil
2017 - Confederação Nacional de Municípios (CNM)

Blog article
Campanha internacional valoriza mulheres rurais

A Secretaria Especial de Agricultura Familiar e do Desenvolvimento Agrário (SEAD) lança, nesta quinta-feira (23), a campanha internacional #MulheresRurais, mulheres com direitos. A iniciativa busca conscientizar a população sobre as principais atividades das mulheres rurais para alcançar o desenvolvimento sustentável. A campanha #MulheresRurais, mulheres com direitos promoverá o intercâmbio de experiências, políticas, inovações, estratégias e...
Brazil
2017 - Portal Brasil

Working paper
Impact of Malawi’s Farm Income Diversification Programme on household welfare

Empirical evidence from eleven districts
This study used cross sectional data from the government of Malawi’s Farm Income Diversification Programme (FIDP) to examine the impact of FIDP on household welfare. Total annual household income, food security, and the wealth status of households were used as measures of household welfare. A propensity score matching procedure was...
Malawi
2017 - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)

Newsletter article
SEAD lança campanha a favor das mulheres rurais

A Secretaria Especial de Agricultura Familiar e do Desenvolvimento Agrário (SEAD) apresenta em Brasília a Campanha Internacional #MulheresRurais, mulheres com direitos. O objetivo é dar visibilidade para essas mulheres e destacar o trabalho que realizam. “A mulher rural é a protagonista do desenvolvimento sustentável. E é para isso que estamos...
Brazil
2017 - Radio Sociedade

Newsletter article
Regional Office for Africa Quarterly Newsletter

For a Hunger-Free Africa
FAO RAF Quarterly Newsletter is an information resource platform designated for broader audience in Africa and published every quarter of the year. This newsletter mostly contains news stories, articles, reports and up-to date events from FAO’s representatives, policy makers and other stakeholders in the sub region of Africa. The aim...
Burundi - Democratic Republic of the Congo - Ghana - Mozambique
2017 - Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)

Report
Gender assessment of dairy value chain

Evidence from Ethiopia
The present study is a gender assessment of the dairy value chain in selected sites in Ethiopia: North Shoa Shewa (Degem woreda), East Gojam (Dejen woreda) and Gamu Gofa Arba Minch (Arba Minch Zuria woreda). It relies on evidence gathered through fieldwork complemented by a review of specialized background documentation....
Ethiopia
2017 - Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations

Report
Women, Decent Work and Empowerment in Rural Egypt

Rural Egyptian women play a key role in food security, income generation and agricultural production but their contributions remain invisible and they face difficulties in accumulating assets, accessing work opportunities under decent work conditions and respective training, and have limited bargaining power at the household and community levels. Therefore, it...
Egypt
2017 - International Center for Agricultural Research in the Dry Areas (ICARDA).

Video
Mehaou – A Nigerien Grandmother, Farmer and Leader

This video tells the story of Mehaou, an inspiring Nigerien farmer and grandmother who has overcome many challenges to provide for her family - including rearing, breeding and selling goats. 
Nigeria
2017 - Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)

Report
Study on small-scale agriculture in the Near East and North Africa region (NENA). Focus Country: Egypt

The study relies on national data and accessible documents; academic and non-academic literature, including development projects documents. The study involved also interviews with key stakeholders to identify and analyze their experience about the current and past state of affairs on public policies in support of small-scale agriculture (SSA). The final...
Egypt
2017 - Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)

Report
Study on small-scale family farming in the Near East and North Africa region. Focus country: Sudan

The Study was based on secondary data as well as on information provided by relevant government and non-government agricultural units at the Federal and states levels. The Study is intended to provide an analytical basis for recommending policy actions towards revitalizing inclusive and sustainable small-scale agriculture sub-sector. The Study starts...
Sudan
2017 - Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)

Book
Construyendo cambios desde las mujeres: género, cosmovisión y bosque en comunidades miskitu y mayangna

En este documento argumentamos que la participación de las mujeres mayangna y miskitu de seis comunidades indígenas del Caribe Norte de Nicaragua, en el manejo de los bosques no ha sido equitativa con respecto a los hombres, debido a la forma en que se establecen las relaciones de género en...
Nicaragua
2017 - Nitlapan-UCA

Website
Latin American Council of Social Sciences (CLACSO)

The Latin American Council of Social Sciences (CLACSO) is a non-governmental international organization with UNESCO associate status, established in 1967. We currently bring together 587 research centers and graduate schools in the field of the social sciences and humanities in 46 Latin American countries, the United States, Canada, Germany, Spain, France and...
2017 - Latin American Council of Social Sciences (CLACSO)

Book
Food Plants for Healthy Diets in Timor Leste

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...
Timor-Leste
2017

Blog article
Farming Beyond Borders: Farmers Share Challenges and Solutions

Whilst many challenges facing Farming First’s supporters can vary from region to region, we also stand to gain much from sharing our common experiences, to identify relevant solutions. With this in mind, we recently interviewed farmers from opposite ends of the world, to find out which concerns and interventions – if...
2017 - Farming First
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