This Guide for Trainers provides a complete set of materials for use in training sessions on mainstreaming gender in adaptation planning in the agriculture sectors. It is designed for a trainer or team responsible for delivering a training workshop for stakeholders who are involved in adaptation planning and related budgeting processes in agriculture.
This case study chronicles Uganda’s experiences developing a gender-responsive National Adaptation Plan for the Agricultural Sector (NAP-Ag) and related capacity development for gender-responsive planning, budgeting and policy formulation.
Given its superior importance of digital agricultural solutions to overcome challenges in agricultural activities, many of the solutions are in face of challenges to scale in Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA).
This study identified gender-based constraints affecting the production, processing and marketing of biofortified cassava in two states in Nigeria, using a mixed methods approach. The study identified major differences between the two study sites (Benue and Oyo). The scale of production of biofortified cassava is higher in Oyo state among adult men because of their active involvement and collaboration with research institutes within the state and the ease of transporting products to Lagos State for designated diverse markets.
Ensemble, La FAO et la france travaillent pour améliorer la gouvernance alimentaire mondiale, promouvoir la gestion durable des ressources naturelles, renforcer les moyens de subsistance des communautés vulnérables, et favoriser le développement rural durable. Les récentes initiatives FAO + France ont contribué à :
Le projet fait partie de l’initiative spéciale du ministère fédéral allemand de la Coopération économique et du Développement (BMZ) " Un seul monde sans faim". Les projets de ladite initiative spéciale contribuent la réduction de l’extrême pauvreté et la faim par la mise en place, dans le monde, de plusieurs projets globaux touchant différents secteurs. Les thèmes visés sont la sécurité alimentaire, la nutrition et la résilience.
Women are the backbone of the development of rural and national economies. There is no tool of development that is more effective than the empowerment of the rural women. Nigerian rural women lack sufficient economic resources that will enable them to articulate their needs and interests and organize themselves with a view to developing the nation.
Even though the need to minimize adverse social and environmental effects from supply chain activities is globally recognized, gender equality is still inconsistently prioritized, gender compliance challenging and consensus on its meaning, still elusive. But women play an important and valuable, though often invisible, role in agriculture.
Grâce à la participation de près de 250 experts de tous les coins du monde, le colloque international sur la sécurité alimentaire et la nutrition à l’heure des changements climatiques (ci-après “colloque”) a mis en évidence l’importance des systèmes agricoles et alimentaires dans la lutte contre le changement climatique, et présenté des solutions concrètes et multisectorielles afin de faire face à cet enjeu mondial.
Six ans après l’adoption du Programme 2030, il est urgent de comprendre l’état d’avancement des ODD dans le monde vers l’élimination de la faim et de l'insécurité alimentaire, ainsi que pour la garantie d'une agriculture durable.