Gender roles in agriculture
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- Reviewing participatory mapping - what works and what doesn't
- ( J. Corbett / International Fund for Agricultural Development , 2009)
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Participatory mapping, commonly used in participatory development, plays an important role in helping marginalised groups by making visible the association between land and local com...
Female land productivity in the Ethiopian highlands
- ( S. Holden;M. Bezabih / Department of Economics and Resource Management, Norwegian University of Life Sciences , 2008)
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There is a common view and belief that women are the ones that do the farming in Africa while the men do not work much. This paper seeks to find explanations to why land productivity is lower on la...
- Global food price surge: strategies to strengthen women adaptative capacity
- ( A. Quisumbing;R. Meinzen-Dick;L. Bassett / International Food Policy Research Institute , 2008)
- This policy brief outlines the gender implications of the recent food price crisis and how it impacts on poor and vulnerable households. The report calls on decision makers to incorporate what is know...
- Gender in Agriculture from a sustainable livelihoods approach
- ( L. Brown;Y. Lambrou;R. Birner / International Fund for Agricultural Development , 2008)
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This sourcebook combines descriptive accounts of national and international experience in investing in agriculture with practical operational guidance on to how to design agriculture-for-developmen...
- Persisting rural poverty in the Near East and North Africa (NENA) region
- ( I. Christensen;B. Veillerette;S. Andricopulos / International Fund for Agricultural Development , 2007)
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Poverty in the Near East and North Africa region (NENA) is mainly a rural phenomenon. Almost half (48%) the area’s population lives in rural areas. This report focuses on key rural poverty is...
- Assessing the impact of nutritional definciency in famine
- ( R. Mu;X. Zhang / International Food Policy Research Institute , 2008)
- An increasing literature examines the association between restricted fetal or early childhood growth and the incidence of diseases in adulthood. Little is known, however, about gender difference in th...
- Integrating gender into monitoring and evaluation
- ( World Bank Publications , 2008)
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The toolkit for integrating gender into monitoring and evaluation has been developed to assist project task teams, borrowers and partners to recognise and address gender concerns in designing rural...
- Supporting rural livelihoods through water investment in sub-Saharan Africa
- ( Land and Water Development Division, FAO , 2008)
- Insecure access to water for consumption and productive uses is a major constraint on poverty reduction in rural areas of sub-Saharan Africa. This publication addresses the linkage between water and r...
- Moving forward with gender equality challenges and opportunities
- ( K Mørck Jensen / Danish Ministry of Foreign Affairs , 2008)
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This guide aims to provide useful context on gender equality as a priority of Danish development assistance. It offers strategic directions and presents good examples of how gender programming can ...
- Promoting women’s entrepreneurship and e-business development
- ( United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific , 2007)
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This document explores the potential for women in entrepreneurship and e-business in the niche area of green or “organic” cooperatives. It seeks to promote women’s entrepreneurshi...
