Goal 5 of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) “Achieve gender equality and empower all women and girls” recognizes the fundamental role of women in achieving poverty reduction, food security and nutrition. Target 5.a aims to “Undertake reforms to give women equal rights to economic resources, as well as access to...

La cultura Zenú, en Colombia, ha desarrollado y mantenido vivo por más de 2000 años, el ‘Sistema hidráulico de agricultura anfibia Zenú’, el cual establece canales en forma perpendicular a los ríos y caños, con el propósito de generar productividad, garantizar la protección de las viviendas y regular el flujo...

En el ‘Sistema tradicional de la Chagras Amazónicas del medio Caquetá’ confluye una gran diversidad biológica, con variedad de grupos étnicos, quienes a través de la implementación de Chagras Amazónicas emulan los procesos de sucesión en los bosques, integrando los conocimientos sobre las plantas cultivadas, las tecnologías adaptadas a las...

The leader of the Community Managed Natural Farming (CMNF) programme Vijay Kumar explains the Social Capital side of the story, and how women’s groups were a central part of the success of CMNF, now recognised worldwide as a model of agricultural transformation. The CMNF initiative has mobilised over a million...

Este documento fue elaborado a partir del trabajo de dos plataformas regionales que impulsa la  International Land Coalition en América Latina y el Caribe: Agricultura Familiar y Tierra y ODS. El mismo es resultado de una revisión de 5 informes nacionales sobre Agricultura Familiar en la región de América Latina, y de 10 informes...

Muitas experiências de promoção da agroecologia no Brasil e no conjunto da América Latina estão baseadas em conhecimentos tradicionais sobre a produção agrícola em harmonia com a natureza, assim como no consumo de alimentos saudáveis que se apresentam de várias formas: nas refeições cotidianas, em festas e rituais, em determinadas...

Este video fue grabado por las organizaciones afiliadas a COPROFAM para el seminario "Semillas y Patrimonio Biocultural - El rol estratégico de la Agricultura Familiar, Campesina e Indígena" de la XXXIV REAF

This Country Gender Assessment (CGA), conducted in Palestine’s West Bank and Gaza Strip, examines existing gender roles and gaps between men and women in agriculture and rural development and explores practical needs, strategic interests and perspectives on gender equality. The Assessment presents existing policies, strategies, plans and programmes and highlights...

With Turkey hosting more than 3.6 million Syrians, that makes it home to the world’s largest refugee population. Many of those refugees, who have been granted “temporary protection” in Turkey, work in the agri-food and livestock sectors, which offer the most opportunities in the areas where they reside. However, these opportunities...

The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, through the Globally Important Agricultural Heritage Systems (GIAHS) Programme, will organise the International Symposium on Globally Important Agricultural Heritage Systems and Family Farming from 18th to 20th of October 2021.  The Symposium will focus on how the main features of GIAHS sites and the UN Decade of Family Farming action...

Women smallholder farmers in Zimbabwe have appealed for government assistance, claiming that they are often ignored when authorities and other organizations visit their regions to provide agricultural assistance. Despite their significant contribution to the country's food security, female smallholder farmers in Zimbabwe who practice agroecology (AE) and grow 'women seeds,'...

Women’s contributions to rangeland cultivation in Tunisia and the effects upon their livelihoods of climate change are both policy blind spots. Despite women’s growing participation in rangeland management, an outcome at least in part of male-outmigration to urban areas and increased availability of nonfarming economic opportunities for men, women are...

La cooperativa está integrada por mujeres que buscan su empoderamiento económico, reconocimiento y visibilización en la actividad pesquera, defendiendo sus derechos, cultura e identidad con un compromiso ambiental. Como cooperativa de mujeres ellas tienen un espacio propio y realizan proyectos económicos sustentables a través de los cuales cuidan y rescatan los...

The HtDN complements the IFAD toolkits on Poverty targeting, gender equality and empowerment and the Land Tenure Toolkit. It builds on the work carried out by IFAD around the world and highlights pertinent issues and good practices on how to address issues of women’s tenure rights. The HtDN aims to provide guidance for country programme...

The 60th Meeting of the Presiding Officers of the Regional Conference on Women in Latin America and the Caribbean will be held virtually from 23 to 25 February 2021. The meeting is being organized by the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC), as secretariat of the Conference,...

El equipo de género de la Oficina Regional de la FAO para América Latina y el Caribe ha considerado la necesidad de fortalecer las capacidades técnicas de gobiernos, sociedad civil e instituciones responsables de políticas, planes y programas de protección social para la integración efectiva del enfoque de género en...

Gender equality is a key to eliminating poverty and hunger, as it has been demonstrated by the FAO throughout its research worldwide. As part of the FAO efforts on generating evidence and knowledge, and in compliance with the FAO Policy on Gender Equality, the purpose of the Country Gender Assessment...

Sem recursos e “no meio do mato”, a fome assolava a vida de muitas famílias no assentamento Monjolinho, em Anastácio, na região oeste do estado. Isso em meados da década de 80, quando mulheres andavam cerca de 15 km para buscar leite para as crianças. E foi na dificuldade que as...

This article narrates the story of Movai Matombo, a 57-year-old woman smallholder farmer who began practicing agroecology in 2010. Matombo resides in the Shashe region of Mashava, Masvingo province, Zimbabwe, where she learnt about agroecology farming, a technique that produces a high yield while conserving the soil and the environment....

Los productores familiares son importantes elaboradores de alimentos artesanales, pero tienen problemas en su comercialización, por lo que surge la necesidad de mejorar dicho proceso con estrategias apropiadas. Estudios previos del equipo de la Universidad Nacional de Río Cuarto en la región, identificaron problemas en aspectos como calidad e inocuidad,...