Gender, agriculture and food security
Women produce half of the world’s food production and in most developing countries they produce between 60% and 80% of the food. However women continue to be regarded as home producers or assistants on the farm, and not as farmers in their own right.
In many developing countries, men generally own the land. Therefore women may lack access to land, water rights and livestock. Women often do not have access to the appropriate technology, tools and inputs for farming productively, and receive a small fraction of assistance for agricultural investment. Women also face many underlying barriers, particularly time (and energy) constraints given their other multiple and often competing roles.
In many developing countries, men generally own the land. Therefore women may lack access to land, water rights and livestock. Women often do not have access to the appropriate technology, tools and inputs for farming productively, and receive a small fraction of assistance for agricultural investment. Women also face many underlying barriers, particularly time (and energy) constraints given their other multiple and often competing roles.
- Gender in agriculture sourcebook
- The Sourcebook adopts the Sustainable Livelihoods Approach (SLA) to provide a conceptual framework for the complexities and synergies of gender equality, livelihoods, food security, and poverty reduction. It provides practical advice, guidelines, principles, descriptions and illustrations of approaches that have worked so far to achieve the goal of effective gender mainstreaming in the agricultural operations of development agencies.It is intended as a guide for practitioners and technical staff in addressing gender issues and integrating gender-responsive actions in the design and implementation of agricultural projects and programmes.
Latest Documents
- Smallholder agriculture’s contribution to better nutrition
- S. Wiggins; S. Keats / Overseas Development Institute, 2013
- Commissioned by the UK Hunger Alliance for the June 2013 'Hunger Summit' this report asks "How can smallholder agriculture contribute to improving food security and reducing under-nutrition?" Potentially, smallholder agricultur...
- Addressing the gender gap in agriculture: opportunities for collaboration in gender-responsive research
- Consultative Group on International Agricultural Research, 2012
- This workshop report by the Consultative Group on International Agricultural Research’s (CGIAR) Gender and Agriculture Research Network identifies opportunities for cross programme collaboration to enhance CGIAR’s contribu...
- Creating gender-responsive agricultural development programs: an orientation document
- Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, 2012
- This document provides an overview of gender issues in agricultural development, and describes the kind of gender-responsive programmes the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation is looking to fund. Some of the topics it highlights are: ...
- Briefing paper presenting lessons learned from working with women smallholders on food security
- R. Tripathi; K. Deering; N. Saracini 2012
- This briefing paper is the result of a collaboration between nine different agencies, sharing lessons learned from working with women smallholders in order to close the gender gap in agriculture. Despite making up 43 per cent of the a...
- Integrating gender issues in food security, agriculture and rural development
- Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, 2010
- In line with ongoing reforms aimed at a more effective and coherent UN system and wider efforts for greater harmonization and alignment of aid delivery, Joint Programmes have become increasingly numerous over the past two years. Joint...
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