Rekha Mehra, director economic development, and David Kauck, senior gender and agriculture specialist, provide an insightful analysis on practical measures needed to address critical issues facing women farmers (particularly given the release of the new US govt. hunger and food security initiative) at the Katrine Chronicals Blog. Go to the post or read the text >> Read more
Resource: Launch of ASTI Blog
We are pleased to announce the launch of the Agricultural Science and Technology Indicators (ASTI) blog at: http://astinews.wordpress.com/ The blog will feature the latest ASTI news and information. A number of exciting ASTI publication releases and events have occurred recently and more are expected in the coming months. The first posts include entries such as: >> Read more
Call for Ideas & Inputs: Women in agriculture and rural development
The Agricultural Development Economics Division of FAO is currently preparing the State of Food and Agriculture 2010 on “Women in agriculture and rural development”. The report focuses on the important role that women play in agriculture and rural economies, the gender differences in assets and access to economic opportunities, and the potential gains from removing >> Read more
Funding: M.S. Swaminathan Research Foundation (MSSRF) announces a Ph. D. position in Social Sciences/Gender Studies
Job Code : 200SS4510 The person should work in a research programme at Wayanad district of Kerala titled ‘Social transformation knowledge of gender relations in agrobiodiversity management’ in close collaboration with the BioDIVA research group at the Leibniz University Hannover in Germany. The project will work in the frame of socio-ecological research to generate transformation >> Read more
News: Better Data Key to Supporting Women Farmers
Source: IPS Genderwire By Mantoe Phakathi MBABANE, May 20, 2010 (IPS) - An accomplished farmer who won the coveted Woman Farmer of the Year Award in 2008, Thabile Dlamini-Gooday wants to uplift the standard of other women in agriculture. She believes that if women farmers were to work together they could fight hunger and significantly >> Read more
Publication: Patterns and trends of child and maternal nutrition inequalities in Nigeria
Author: Omilola, Babatunde (IFPRI) IFPRI Discussion Paper. Despite the fact that nonincome dimensions of well-being such as nutrition and health are now placed on the global development agenda, substantial gaps remain in our knowledge about patterns and trends in nutrition inequalities in many developing countries. The main objective of this paper is to document a >> Read more
Publication: The International Handbook of Gender and Poverty; Concepts, Research, Policy
Edited by Sylvia Chant, London School of Economics and Political Science, UK In the interests of contextualising (and nuancing) the multiple interrelations between gender and poverty, Sylvia Chant has gathered writings on diverse aspects of the subject from a range of disciplinary and professional perspectives, achieving extensive thematic as well as geographical coverage. This benchmark >> Read more
Call for Applications: Certificate of Advanced Studies in Disaster Risk Reduction Vulnerabilities and Capacities in the Context of Climate Change
This 2x2 week programme aims to train professionals in both Southern and Northern countries in the field of natural disaster prevention, especially related to climate change. This course proposes an integrated and interdisciplinary approach and focuses on populations at risk, reduction of vulnerabilities and the strengthening of capabilities. The course is based on the North-South >> Read more
Multimedia: Powerpoint on women’s access to non-land inputs
Last week a review of empirical evidence on gender differences in non land agricultural inputs, technology and services in developing countries was released as an IFPRI Discussion paper (access it here). The corresponding powerpoint (access it here) for this paper was presented at FAO's State of Food and Agricultural (SOFA) Writers Workshop last fall in >> Read more
Multimedia: Presentation on ‘Gender Equality & Poverty Reduction; Good Practices & Lessons Learned’
Great presentation made by Agnes Quisumbing on March 9th at the United Nations that provides valuable insights as the MDGs are under review. To see the presentation
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