The solution to these global challenges rests upon unlocking the full potential of women in the world of work. Did you know that 52% of Zimbabweans are women, and yet there are fewer women being represented in parliament (32%), local Authority (16.7%) and in managerial positions in the private sector...

O governo do Estado de Mato grosso do Sul decretou a criação de dois programas de apoio de incentivo a agricultura familiar e indígena: o Programa de Apoio às Comunidades Indígenas (Procacin) e o Projeto Quintal Produtivo. O Proacin é destinado a apoiar os agricultores familiares das comunidades indígenas para o...

More than 40 percent of economically active women in Armenia are employed in agriculture, compared to about 30 percent of men. The vast majority of those women are informal workers on family farms however, and this fact has major implications for rural livelihoods and wellbeing, according to a report just...

La Campaña se enmarca en los Objetivos de Desarrollo Sostenible (ODS) y se basa en las reflexiones de Ia Conferencia de la Mujer Rural en América Latina y el Caribe (Brasilia, 2014) y la XIII Conferencia Regional de la Mujer (Montevideo, 2016), así como en la experiencia de dos campañas...

For farmers’ organization (FOs) in India, one of the key areas of emphasis in the recent years has been the use of technology by grassroots women to increase efficiency and cost effectiveness of last mile operations and to improve delivery.

A identificação será efetivada a partir de uma alteração na Portaria Nº 7, de 13 de janeiro de 2012, por meio da Subsecretaria de Agricultura Familiar (SAF), vinculada a Secretaria Especial de Agricultura Familiar e do Desenvolvimento Agrário (Sead). A novidade permitirá que produtos feitos por mulheres rurais tenham uma...

In its final newsletter of 2016, FAO-Rwanda shares valuable updates and inspiring success stories from our One UN nutrition project to reduce stunting and our Rural Women's Economic Empowerment project. This issue also includes highlights from World Food Day and information on the emergency relief work FAO is supporting to...

O documento que você tem em mãos é uma compilação de histórias de trabalhadoras rurais que, contra todas as adversidades, conquistaram algo muito maior do que o respeito: seus direitos. Guiadas pelos 17 Objetivos para o Desenvolvimento Sustentável, as matérias foram publicadas entre os dias 1º e 17 de outubro de...

This issue of Farming Matters addresses the intersection of agroecology, food sovereignty and the climate crisis. Climate change is a political problem that highlights the need for systemic change to the way food is produced, processed and distributed. From agroecological practices that build resilience, to social movements that resist land grabbing,...

La obra que ahora presentamos reúne trabajos de investigación en alimentos y territorio en el contexto de una nueva ruralidad. Los estudios fueron realizados con el enfoque de Sistemas Agroalimentarios Localizados (SIAL), como una herramienta que permite conocer y explicar la red de relaciones entre los actores sociales y el...

This workshop, jointly organised by the ENRD Contact Point and the European Council of Young Farmers (CEJA), focused on identifying how various Rural Development Programmes Measures could support generational renewal. The workshop discussed challenges faced by young farmers and new entrants, such as access to land, finance, training, and knowledge. It...

A Confederação Nacional dos Trabalhadores Rurais Agricultores e Agricultoras Familiares (CONTAG) recebeu em sua sede os coordenadores nacionais da Reunião Especializada da Agricultura Familiar (Reaf) Mercosul, do Uruguai, Argentina, Brasil, Paraguai e Chile, para debater temas importantes para o setor, como, por exemplo, cobrar mais espaço para as organizações da...

Chile tiene una de las menores tasas de participación laboral femenina en Latinoamérica, a pesar de su aumento sostenido desde el retorno de la democracia. Este incremento no ha ido acompañado de cambios en los sistemas de género, donde persisten la distribución tradicional de roles y las desigualdades en los...

Les modèles agricoles sont plus que jamais mis en débat, au Sud et dans les pays du Nord. Défis Sud poursuit son ambition d’éclairer les enjeux sous-jacents aux divers modèles agricoles en publiant un baromètre annuel des agricultures familiales. Approchées et interrogées tant dans leurs dimensions quantitatives que qualitatives, les...

EU agriculture is facing a decreasing farming population. The overall number of farmers in the EU-27 has rapidly decreased in the last decade, falling from 14.5 million in 2005 to 10.7 million in 2013, i.e. a reduction of one fourth in less than a decade. All age groups of farmers...

Starting or participating in an agrifood business could make good sense for women in poor rural areas of Albania. A new study commissioned by FAO – and presented at a conference here today – identifies several business ideas and examines value chains and markets with potential for improving women’s incomes....

This paper provides an overview of concepts, issues and research on the relationship between financial inclusion and inclusive rural transformation. When considering how the growth of demand for financial services is related to the broader processes of structural and rural transformation, the evidence shows that agricultural credit provides positive returns,...

Women in the Fishery Sector are afflicted by a lot many bottlenecks like unhygienic market conditions, apathy towards the sector in general and women in particular, cut-throat competition, and inability to keep their produce dry and fresh, etc. SEWA-Kerala has been lobbying on their behalf with government authorities and thanks to...

Desde la FAO se ofrecen estudios de las cadenas de valor en experiencias productivas en América Latina, realizados específicamente con enfoque de género. A partir de tal aproximación, se espera llamar la atención de entidades públicas y privadas, organizaciones multilaterales, organizaciones sociales, los gobiernos nacionales y locales, sobre las desigualdades...

This climate-smart agriculture scoping study for Ethiopia was produced by the FAO. The study is aimed at identifying and documenting existing climate-smart agriculture practices in Ethiopia that enable stakeholders to understand the opportunities and constraints to adopting particular climate-smart agriculture technologies or practices.