Agricultural extension and advisory services can play an imperative role to ensure gender equality and improved nutrition globally. Firstly by providing capacity building opportunities to rural communities toward community development in the form of groups. Secondly by integrating extension and advisory services to education by introducing nutritional campaigns in schools for sustainable nutritional intake among male and female children which will lead to healthy and nutritious life.
Capacity building programs will provide knowledge sources and skill enhancement for farming communities (including male and female farmers) to boost up farm production, similarly nutritious campaigns will ensure nutritional intake among male and female children, which will lead healthy life. In the same way extension and advisory services by female extension staff can target women participation in various agricultural activities to grow healthy and nutritious vegetables and fruits at household level. This practice will confirm gender equality in agriculture and will ensure nutritious food intake among farming communities.
Dr. Muhammad Yaseen