Tools and methodologies
Many food security initiatives have given insufficient attention to the linkages between gender and food security. Programmes which address these links at the various stages of the programme cycle - from programme design to monitoring and evaluation - are more likely to address underlying issues faced by women and girls.
Having the appropriate systems and tools to disaggregate is vital - here we collate various shared by organisations working in the field.
- Building on gender, agrobiodiversity and local knowledge: a training manual
- This training manual focuses specifically on the linkages between local knowledge systems, gender roles and relationships, the conservation and management of agrobiodiversity, plant and animal genetic resources, and food security. Its aim is to promote a holistic understanding of these components. The training objective is to strengthen the institutional capacity in the agricultural sector and to recognise and foster these linkages in the relevant programmes and policies.
Latest Documents
- 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...
- Gender and Collective Action: A Conceptual Framework for Analysis
- International Food Policy Research Institute, 2005
- This paper presents a framework for investigating the intersection of collective action and gender to better understand how gender-oriented analysis can foster effective collective action in the context of agriculture and natural reso...
- Gender and asset ownership: a guide to collecting individual-level data
- World Bank, 2008
- Ownership and control over assets such as land and housing provide direct and indirect benefits to individuals and households, including a secure place to live, the means of a livelihood, protection during emergencies, and collateral ...
- Promoting Gender Equitable Opportunities in Agricultural Value Chains: A Handbook
- US Agency for International Development, 2009
- Gender issues fundamentally shape the production, distribution, and consumption within an economy but have often been overlooked in value chain development. A value chain describes the full sequence of activities required to bring a p...
- Agri-Gender Statistics Toolkit
- Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, 2011
- 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 projects. It was developed as a direct...
