Resources

FAO: This tool offers a scroll-down list of legal indicators for gender-equitable land tenure. The indicators focus on the elimination of gender-based discrimination in the constitution, in inheritance, nationality, property rights and access to justice among others.

FAO: Database provides examples of gender relevant questions and tables jointly developed by national statisticians and FAO for agricultural censuses undertaken in Africa between 1993 and 2006, in support of enhanced production and use of sex-disaggregated agricultural data.

FAO, 2012: Booklet provides guidelines for field staff in mainstreaming a gender perspective during the design, implementation, operation and maintenance of water management projects for agricultural production; it is designed to be a rapid appraisal tool to identify the main gender-related problems and gaps that require attention during these stages of a project.

FAO, 2013: Booklet identifies the main constraints faced by women and men in accessing, controlling and managing small livestock and dairy farming, and helps practitioners to design projects and programmes that address these challenges.

FAO, 2006: Paper discusses gender issues and energy linkages within the international sustainable development context and presents recommendations on ways of incorporating gender sensitivity into energy and development policies and planning processes

FAO/Asian Development Bank, 2013: Report analyzes gender inequalities that constrain food and nutrition security in the Asia and Pacific region and recommends priority interventions that would enhance food and nutrition security

FAO, 2015: Infographic shows why women are important to agriculture, where gender gaps in agriculture exist and what the impacts of these gap are

World Bank/FAO/IFAD, 2009: Sourcebook combines descriptive accounts of experiences in investing in agriculture with practical operational guidance on utilizing gender-inclusive agricultural growth and rural development as a high-impact source of poverty reduction

FAO, 2011: Report presents evidence on women’s contributions to and constraints in agriculture, demonstrates the economic and social implications of the gender gap, evaluates interventions to reduce the gender gap and recommends practical steps that national governments and the international community can take to promote agricultural development by empowering women.