The State of Food and Agriculture 2010–11 (SOFA) makes a strong “business case” for addressing gender issues in agriculture and rural employment. Women make significant contributions to the rural economy of all developing country regions. Their roles vary widely by country and context, yet one finding is strikingly consistent: women in all regions face gender-related constraints that reduce their productivity and impose real costs on society.
SOFA 2010–11 provides comprehensive data and analysis of the costs of the gender gap faced by rural women in access to land, livestock, education, financial services, extension, fertilizers, tools and employment opportunities. With sex-disaggregated statistics on a range of socio-economic indicators, the report provides compelling empirical estimates of the production and food security gains that could be achieved simply by closing the gender gap in agricultural input use. These gains represent just the first round of the economic and social benefits that would flow from closing the gender gap in agriculture and rural employment.
with panelists
Shenggen Fan
Director General, International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)
Danielle Mutone-Smith
Director of Global Trade and Agriculture Policy, Women Thrive
Kostas Stamoulis
Director, Agricultural Development Economics Division
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
Marcela Villarreal
Director, Gender, Equity and Rural Employment Division, FAO
Terri Raney
Editor of The State of Food and Agriculture 2010-11
Monday, March 14, 2011
9:30 - 11:00 a.m.
(Coffee and light refreshments will be served starting at 9:00 a.m.)
The National Press Club
Murrow, White, & Lisagor Rooms
529 14th St. NW
Washington, DC 20045
RSVP
FAO Liaison Office for North America
202.653.2402
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