Gender in Agriculture - Sourcebook
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2009
The source book combines descriptive accounts of national and international experience in investing in agriculture with practical operational guidance on to how design agriculture-for development strategies that capitalize effectively on the unique properties of agricultural growth and rural development involving women and men as a high-impact source of poverty reduction. It looks at gender equality and women’s empowerment, and the associated principles that have the potential to make a difference in the lives of hundreds of millions of rural poor.
Countries: Côte d'Ivoire, Gambia, Ghana, Niger, Uganda, United Republic of Tanzania, Honduras, Peru, Bangladesh, India, Indonesia, Malaysia, Nepal, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Thailand
Commodities: Non-Commodity specific
Topics: Gender equity
Authoring organization: World Bank (WB), Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD)
Publisher: World Bank (WB)
Type: Discussion, Tool
Format: Document