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Identifying opportunities for climate-smart agriculture investments in Africa
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G. Branca (ed);T. Tennigkeit (ed);W. Mann (ed)
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Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations ,
2011
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It is clear that, in the face of climate change, the agriculture sector in Africa is being called on to increase food production to meet the food demand for a growing population. A number of countries...
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The State of Food and Agriculture 2010–2011: Women in Agriculture. Closing the Gender Gap for Development
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Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations ,
2011
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Women account for a high proportion of farmers in many developing countries yet often have very little access to the resources they need to support their livelihoods, including land, livestock, techno...
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Farmers in a Changing Climate: Does Gender Matter? Food security in Andhra Pradesh, India
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Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations ,
2009
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This report presents the findings of research undertaken in six villages in two drought-prone districts of Andhra Pradesh in India Mahbubnagar and Anantapur. This FAO study uses gender, institutional,...
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Rural women and food security in Asia and the Pacific: Prospects and paradoxes
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Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations ,
2011
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In many Asian and Pacific countries, substantial gender equality gains have been made in urban areas in education, health and employment, yet rural women lag behind. Moreover, rural women’s work...
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Agriculture, trade negotiations and gender
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Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations ,
2006
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Women and men in developing countries have different roles in agriculture, and different access to and use of productive resources, therefore the effects of trade liberalisation have had diverse impac...
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What are “women's crops”, and why?
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Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations ,
2011
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This online article highlights how gender inequalities can limit women to certain choices which prevent them from developing profitable farming activities. For example, many women farmers tend to grow...
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Agri-Gender Statistics Toolkit
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Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations ,
2011
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This free online database, created by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United States (FAO), aims to support and encourage the use of sex-disaggregated agricultural data in development proj...
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State of the World's forests 2011
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A. Perlis (ed)
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Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations ,
2011
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Forests have unrecognised potential in furthering the development agenda. Forest industries have the opportunity to maximise energy efficiency, spur innovation, create a reliable fibre supply and cont...
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Climate change and food systems resilience in sub-Saharan Africa
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L. Ching (ed);S. Edwards (ed);N. Scialabba (ed)
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Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations ,
2011
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In 2008, a conference on ecological agriculture in Africa was held in Ethiopia. This volume contains the following views, conclusions and recommendations as expressed by conference participants. The m...
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The fisheries and aquaculture sector in National Adaptation Programmes of Action: importance, vulnerabilities and priorities
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L. Vadacchino (ed);C. de Young (ed);D. Brown (ed)
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Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations ,
2011
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Half a billion people directly or indirectly depend on fisheries and aquaculture for their livelihoods. Fish provides essential nutrition for about three billion people and is highly traded with more ...
