Women have always had an important role in Eritrean society. During the struggle for independence they helped transform Eritrean society, and today rural women contribute substantially to the agriculture sector and provide income for their households. Like women around the world and especially those in developing countries, the women in...

En este conocemos a Stella Maris Rébora, docente entrerriana comprometida con la construcción de una sociedad más justa e igualitaria, que luchó por el acceso a la educación de la población rural más postergada. Llegó a formar parte del Movimiento Rural (donde fue nombrada responsable nacional de los maestros rurales)...

Metade da população brasileira é composta por mulheres, que também têm papel importante no mundo rural, mas as propriedades comandads por mulheres representam apenas 5% da área rural. Não ter a posse da terra significa uma relação de poder do homem sobre a mulher. Para a diretora executiva da organização não governamental (ONG)...

Produit dans le cadre du projet Mécanismes de reddition des comptes dans la gouvernance foncière, ce rapport examine la redevabilité dans les transactions foncières au Sénégal. Il passe au crible le cadre juridique national qui régit les investissements fonciers et explore les occasions de reddition de comptes et la manière dont...

This product has been produced as part of the identification of key issues on gender and rural development that has served in the preparation of the Regional Gender Strategy approved by the REU ADG. It is a brief overview of key issues affecting the status of rural women in the...

A nivel mundial, la pesca de captura y la acuicultura proporcionan empleo directo a unas 200 millones de personas, la mayoría de las cuales trabaja en el sector artesanal a pequeña escala, lo que representa el 70 % de la producción pesquera. Las mujeres representan alrededor del 50 % de las personas...

Este artículo da cuenta de la experiencia del proyecto “Adaptación al Cambio Climático en El Puestito”, financiado por el Programa de Desarrollo Rural Incluyente (PRODERI). Su objetivo es financiar inversiones de carácter comunitario para la adaptación al cambio climático, con un enfoque sistémico, para disminuir los riesgos y daños ocasionados por las...

Cairo: 29 June 2016--The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) in collaboration with the Arab Women Investors Union (AWIU) and the industrial investors Guild Suez line channel  today launched a Regional competition for an “Aquaponics design”. The competition aims to raise awareness on the use of new and...

The National Gender Profile of Agricultural and Rural Livelihoods is part of the project GCP/SEC/008/TUR, which contributes to the Regional Initiative 1 for the REU Region and to the SO3 by improving knowledge for evidence-based policies. The purpose of the National Gender Profile of Agricultural and Rural Livelihoods - Turkey...

This is the seventeenth volume of Gender, Poverty, and Environmental Indicators on African Countries published by the Statistics Department of the African Development Bank Group. The publication also provides some information on the broad development trends relating to gender, poverty and environmental issues in the 54 African countries. Gender, Poverty and Environmental Indicators on African...

O Programa Nacional de Documentos da Mulher Trabalhadora Rural (PNDTR) tem o objetivo de assegurar às mulheres da agricultura familiar, acampadas, assentadas da reforma agrária, atingidas por barragens, quilombolas, pescadoras artesanais, extrativistas e indígenas o acesso aos documentos civis, previdenciários e trabalhistas, de forma gratuita e nas proximidades de moradia,...

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...

Girls and young women represent a crucial invisible labour force in the developing world, as Carmen Torres explains in her recent article for the Girls Rights Gazette. They play a key role as producers of food, managers of natural resources, income earners, and main caregivers of their families and communities....

The 16th Agricultural Policy Forum (APF), held in Tirana, Albania on 12 – 13 October 2016, brought together around 110 diverse stakeholders from 19 different countries/territories representing relevant international and regional institutions, governmental and non-governmental organizations and academic establishments. The main theme of the APF this year was Evidence – Based...

This FFS Guidance Document focuses on the process and critical decisions that are necessary when starting a new FFS programme, and guides the reader through the essential steps required to establish a solid basis for such programmes, in tune with the specific local conditions. It also defines the essential elements...

Por meio do Programa Nacional de Fortalecimento da Agricultura Familiar (Pronaf), a agricultora familiar Letícia Weigert conseguiu fazer seu primeiro financiamento, em 2009. “Com um investimento de aproximadamente R$ 40 mil, ampliamos a nossa unidade agroindustrial”, conta ela, que recentemente passou a trabalhar com o cultivo suspenso de morangos. A agricultora...

APF CR is a part of the International project FARM_SUCCESS, which deal with succession at family farms.  The main aim of the project is to provide tools and knowledge to young farmers in order to enhance and support succession process in family farms. In mid of September already third meeting...

Vários municípios desconhecem os programas de compras públicas de alimentos produzidos pela agricultura familiar para fins sociais e, além disso, por várias dificuldades não vem cumprindo a lei federal que determina aquisição direta de gêneros alimentícios produzidos pela agricultura familiar para a merenda escolar.   A cartilha “Boas Compras da Agricultura Familiar”...

El 17 de junio se realizó el Seminario Equidad de Género para el Desarrollo Territorial en la Cineteca del Centro Cultural Palacio la Moneda en el que, frente a más de 100 personas, se presentaron dos documentos: el Informe Latinoamericano sobre Pobreza y Desigualdad 2015: Género y Territorio, elaborado por...

Tenure security is believed to be critical in spurring agricultural investment and productivity. Yet what improves or impedes tenure security is still poorly understood. Using household- and plot-level data from Ghana, this study analyzes the main factors associated with farmers’ perceived tenure security. Individually, farmers perceive greater tenure security on...