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30 Aug 2016
Leading food organizations: Rural women are essential to food security
With increasing feminization of agriculture, support for women farmers is more critical than ever. At a gathering for International Women’s Day March 6 in Rome, world leaders in agriculture and development policy called attention to the importance of involving women farmers in efforts to improve global food security and nutrition. Representatives from the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO...
agriculture // Food Security // Rural development
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30 Aug 2016
Mobile apps for farmers don’t reach women
This article was written by Henrietta Miers and originally appeared on the SciDev.net Analysis blog. A smartphone app called IFA Krishi Nepal has been designed to inform Nepali farmers about agricultural techniques, ...
agriculture // ICT // Southern Asia
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30 Aug 2016
Low participation of women and unequal gender benefits in Payments for Ecosystem Services
A recent study of several payments for ecoystem services (PES) schemes in Kenya calls attention to the question of whether the benefits are accruing to both genders equally. ...
agriculture // climate change // land ownership // payments for ecosystem services // Sustainability
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30 Aug 2016
Mobile apps for farmers don’t reach women
This article was written by Henrietta Miers and originally appeared on the SciDev.net Analysis blog. A smartphone app called IFA Krishi Nepal has been designed to inform Nepali farmers about agricultural techniques, livestock disease, the weather and market prices, ...
agriculture // Site For Women // IT // mobile technology // gender gap // Nepal
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30 Aug 2016
Leading food organizations: Rural women are essential to food security
With increasing feminization of agriculture, support for women farmers is more critical than ever. At a gathering for International Women’s Day March 6 in Rome, world leaders in agriculture and development policy called attention to the importance of involving women farmers in efforts to improve global food security and nutrition. Representatives from the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO...
agriculture // Food Security // Rural development