This manual has been developed as part of the FAO project “Capacity Development Support to Rural Women on the Socio-economic and Gender Aspects of Sustainable Rural Development”, which was implemented in Turkey and Azerbaijan, between 2014 and 2016. The project was developed under the FAO-Turkey Partnership Programme and financed by the Government of Turkey. The initiative reflects the two project countries’ and FAO’s ongoing commitment to gender equality both as a basic human right, and as an essential requirement for achieving high level developmental objectives to eradicate hunger and poverty worldwide, by raising levels of nutrition, increasing agricultural productivity, and improving natural resource management and the lives of the rural population.