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¿Feminización de la agricultura peruana?
Cambios muy importantes se han producido en el sector agropecuario nacional entre 1994 y 2012: el sector se ha expandido significativamente. En 1994, el PBI agropecuario era de S/.7,487 millones; a soles constantes, en 2012 fue de S/.17,392 millones: creció en 132%. Pero también ha crecido la superficie agraria; el...
Peru
2014 - Centro Peruano de Estudios Sociales (CEPES)
Book
Resilience for food and nutrition security
Economic shocks including food price shocks, environmental shocks, social shocks, political shocks, health shocks, and many other types of shocks hit poor people and communities around the world, compromising their efforts to improve their well-being. As shocks evolve and become more frequent or intense, they further threaten people’s food and...
2014 - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)
Conference/Meeting
Demands of family farming organisations during the International Year of Family Farming IYFF-2014
Following the declaration of the IYFF- 2014 by the United Nations General Assembly, 22nd December 2011, and the creation of more than 50 National Committees, representatives of Farmers' Organisations from five continents -Africa, America, Asia, Europe and Oceania– met in Abu Dhabi on January 21st-22nd 2014, with the intention of...
2014 - World Rural Forum (WRF)
Video
In the words of family farmers: The Gambia
Almost half of the world's agricultural workers are women - but in Africa, less than 15% of them own land. Rice farmer Awa Jagne explains what it means to her to own her own land and produce food for her family.
Gambia
2014 - International Fund for International Development (IFAD)
Fact sheet
ITALY - Common Agricultural Policy
During the next 7 years, the new CAP is going to invest around EUR 37.5 billion in Italy's farming sector and rural areas. Key political priorities have been defined at European level such as: jobs, sustainability, modernization, innovation and quality. In parallel, flexibility is given to Italy to adapt both...
Italy
2014 - European Commission
Blog article
Supporting Farmer Co-operatives in Rwanda
WFP marks the International day of Co-operatives and commits to invest in capacity building of small-holder farmers through local purchases to achieve sustainable food security.
Rwanda
2014 - PROGRAMA MUNDIAL DE ALIMENTOS DE LAS NACIONES UNIDAS
Video
In the words of family farmers: Guatemala
In Guatemala, many women, like weaver Ana Maria Gonzalez, depend on off-farm income to survive.
Guatemala
2014 - International Fund for International Development (IFAD)
Video
Community Garden in Dangarandove, Zimbabwe: Women making a difference (3' 35")
In a dry, thorny, remote village about 200 km south of Zimbabwe’s capital Harare, a group of women have transformed an abandoned piece of land into a flourishing community garden, growing enough fresh, nutritious vegetables to supply nearby towns and villages, while boosting the health and income of their own community.
Zimbabwe
2014 - Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Working paper
Closing the Gender Asset Gap
Learning from Value Chain Development in Africa and Asia
Strengthening the abilities of smallholder farmers in developing countries, particularly women farmers, to produce for both home and the market is currently a development priority. Although value chain analysis has increasingly incorporated gender issues, the intersection between women’s asset endowments and their participation in market-oriented agriculture receives minimal attention. This...
2014 - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)
Report
Agricultura familiar: Desde una perspectiva de igualdad de género
Sistematización del Encuentro de UPFs
El presente documento es una publicación del Programa de Desarrollo Integral Interdisciplinario (PRODII) en el año internacional de la agricultura familiar.
En noviembre de 2013 el PRODII organizó el encuentro de unidades productivas familiares con la fi nalidad de visibilizar, valorar y dar el reconocimiento a la participación activa de las...
Bolivia (Plurinational State of)
2014 - Programa de Desarrollo Integral Interdisciplinario (PRODII)
Blog article
Women of Kanem taking the lead in agricultural development
The project has enabled women’s groups to access irrigable and fertile land and farm it in their own names.
In the western Chad region of Kanem, the majority of men from poor rural families have migrated to areas with better economic opportunities to ensure the survival of their families. Women are often left as head of household and assume particularly heavy tasks, including cultivating the land. Agricultural production has...
Chad
2014 - Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
Fact sheet
Small farms, big impacts: mainstreaming climate change for resilience and food security
Climate change threatens the natural resource base across much of the developing world. Climate change accelerates ecosystem degradation and makes agriculture more risky. As a result, smallholder farmers, who are so critical to global food security, are facing more extreme weather. Small-scale farmers are impacted more immediately by droughts, floods...
2014 - International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD)
Conference proceedings
Priorities for FAO activities in the Near East and North Africa
This report is divided into three sections: Section II outlines how priorities and items requiring follow-up emanating from the previous Regional Conference have been addressed, bringing to the attention of the Members major achievements and aspects requiring further consideration. The section will also draw lessons from the implementation of the...
2014 - Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO)
Book
Estudio comparativo regional de asistencia técnica y extensión rural con perspectiva de género
Programa Regional de Género de la Reunión Especializada de la Agricultura Familiar - REAF
El presente estudio comparativo regional de asistencia técnica y extensión rural con perspectiva de género, convocado por el Programa Regional de Fortalecimiento Institucional de Políticas de Igualdad de Género en la Agricultura Familiar del MERCOSUR, se realizó entre los meses de octubre, noviembre y diciembre de 2013 y principios de...
Argentina - Brazil - Uruguay
2014 - Ministerio del Desarrollo Agrario (MDA), Brasil
Magazine article
Empowering rural stakeholders in the Western Balkans
Opportunity – the road to empowerment of stakeholders and to partnership between stakeholders and governments
The role of different levels of governance is not fully clear. Action at village level is very limited. Mechanisms for connecting governments and stakeholders are emerging. Governments are committed to the further involvement of stakeholders. The groundwork for LEADER-type partnerships is being laid. Rural development networks are in place or...
2014 - EU Agriculture and Rural development
Fact sheet
Capacity Development Support to Rural Women on the Socio-Economic and Gender Aspects of Sustainable Rural Development
This project, started in 2014 under the FAO-Turkey Partnership Programme, was developed to improve services for rural women by enhancing the capacity of institutions and of agricultural extension and rural advisory services staff in Turkey and Azerbaijan. The project’s ultimate objective was to promote rural women’s socio-economic integration and enhance...
Azerbaijan - Türkiye
2014 - Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Video
La escuela del silencio
"La escuela del silencio". Una mirada a la desigualdad de género en la educación.
Peru
2014 - UNICEF Perú
Blog article
Creating a brighter future for farmers
Charcoal smokers introduced by the South-South Cooperation programme have improved women’s income in the Edeha fish market.
During the past ten years, over 600 Chinese experts and technicians have been deployed in Nigeria to share their agricultural skills with local farmers. The South-South Cooperation (SSC) programme, which has been fully funded by the Government of Nigeria and facilitated by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United...
Nigeria
2014 - Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
Report
Upper Egypt rural development project supervision report
Main report and appendices
The UERDP constitutes a USD 20 million development investment financed by Government (almost USD 3.7 million) and IFAD (loan of USD 15 million and grant of USD 1 million). The project is contributing to reducing poverty and improving livelihoods of the rural poor in Qena and Assiut governorates of Upper...
Egypt
2014 - International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD)
Video
Las Mujeres de Amak: Justicia para las Sobrevivientes de Violencia Basada en Género en Áreas Rurales
Esta es la historia de las valientes mujeres, de la comunidad de Amak, situada en el corazón de Alto Wangki y Bocay, Nicaragua, quienes se han convertido en un ejemplo como sobrevivientes de violencia basada en género. A través del nuevo sistema de los wihtas, o Jueces Comunitarios, se les ha...
Nicaragua
2014 - UNFPA América Latina y el Caribe
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