Resources Tagged: Women In Agriculture

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  1. Women Feeding Cities: Mainstreaming Gender in Urban Agriculture and Food Security

    Key Resource 2009-04-27 Poverty, food insecurity and malnutrition have become critical urban problems. Meeting this challenge in many cities around the world, women play a crucial role in household food production, growing vegetables in gardens and vacant urban spaces, raising animals, and trading in fresh and cooked...
    Urban Agriculture Women in Agriculture Developing countries

  2. Farming as a Family Business

    2017-07-17 Sara Delaney is a Senior Program Officer of International Programs with Episcopal Relief and Development. She read the article “Women and Agriculture” in EDN 134 and shared some insights about how to promote farming as a family business.
    Women Women in Agriculture Gender

  3. Practical Case Studies with Women Groups

    2016-11-01 Traditional natural resources management in Ethiopia has been unsustainable, owing to various reasons including poverty and lack of knowledge, which has resulted in rampant deforestation. Historical estimates suggest that approximately 40% of Ethiopian landmass was once covered with forest and...
    Women in Agriculture Natural Resource M... East Africa

  4. Woman and Agriculture feedback from Joel Matthews

    2017-04-12 Joel Matthews, professor of Engineering Technology at Diablo Valley College, shared some comments after reading EDN 134. “Thank you for your excellent and timely article on women's agricultural participation in EDN 134. I have a few comments that I would like to share.
    Women in Agriculture Cross-Cultural Min... Cultural Conflict

  5. Women and Agriculture

    2017-01-16 Gender dynamics in relation to agriculture is a big topic, and one we have not previously written about in EDN. Yet in recent years, widespread attention has been paid to the disparity that often exists between men and women when it comes to agriculture and access to related resources. I talked...
    Women in Agriculture Gender Equality

  6. Women in extension - video

    Access Agriculture Training Video Food production in women’s fields could easily increase by 30% if we paid attention to gender when dealing with these four areas: demand for training and advice; extension methods and content; access to land, inputs and credit; and access to markets. This video...
    Women in Agriculture AccessAgriculture Agriculture Extension East Africa West Africa

  7. EDN Issue #135

    2017-04-12 Biofortified crops: What are they, how do they work and why should we grow them? The cheers and challenges of Conservation Agriculture programs Echoes from our Network:Woman and Agriculture feedback from Joel Matthews From ECHO's Seed Bank: Gac - A colorful and health-promoting fruit eBook...
    Conservation Agric... Gac Women in Agriculture Biofortification

  8. I am This Person

    2017-10-04 In many cultures, women can be viewed as second-class citizens or treated as property. However, in this workshop, Karen will share stories and discuss how working together in groups has contributed to the transformation of women and communities in the patriarchal society of Nepal.
    Women in Agriculture Asia

  9. Gender Impacts of Small-Farm Commercialization (SFC) on Household Resource Management and Livelihoods

    This study identifies and examines small farm commercialization activities and pathways in the forest and transitional zones of Ghana, drawing on some experiences from the savannah zone as well. The effects of small farm commercialization on gender roles and relationships, as well as on...
    Women in Agriculture Agricultural Econo... Food Supply-Develo...

  10. Seed Diversity in the Drylands: Women and Farming in South India

    2006-01-01 In this paper, the author explores threats in a case study of the farming system of the Deccan Plateau in South India. She looks in particular at women's roles in agriculture and especially the important part woment play in saving and reproducing seeds. Gatekeeper Series, 126 24 pages
    Seed Handling Seed Harvesting Dryland Farming India Seed technology Women in Agriculture