The 2021 United Nations Food Systems Summit aimed to identify solutions that improve livelihoods and food security. Small-scale farmers and rural people should play an essential role in this process. They are the backbone of the global food system, experts in
Sisonke Working Together Trust Bulawayo Zimbabwe is a non governmental organisations working in urban and rural areas of Zimbabwe. Matebeleland South province in Zimbabwe is one of the driest provinces in Zimbabwe with a maximum of 300 to 400mm of
The Media Council of Tanzania has created a Media Gender Code of Ethics to help members of the media make their workplaces fair and equal for men and women. To read the full resource, click here.
The lack of data makes it difficult to monitor the progress on gender equality and rural women’s empowerment in agriculture, food security and nutrition. The Food and Agricultural Organization of the United Nations (FAO) is supporting countries with the analysis
Year of publication: 2014 Pages: #15 p. Author: Mahamane, A., Déla Sidi, F., Van der Elstraeten, A.;Office for Partnerships, Advocacy and Capacity Development By Country/Territory: Niger Agrovoc: broadcasting (radio); gender; knowledge management; guidelines; best practices; good practices Abstract: This guide was prepared in Niger by the “Capitalization of good practices
Dramatic dialogue, music and poetry are not the usual ways that the UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) raises awareness of and sensitizes rural communities on women’s land rights, but an innovative project in Uganda is doing just that through
Boosting the Resilience of Family Farmers to Adapt to Food Crises through Improved Access to Technologies and Innovations in Africa Date: 14 July 2022 Time: 9:00 – 12:00 GMT Register: Zoom Registration Languages: English & French The UN Decade
Janephrice Talian is the Cheptais Community Forest Association’s chairperson, which serves thousands of residents around Mt. Elgon. The group has 3,200 members spread around Mt. Elgon and organized into 43 registered user groups. The user groups engage in 11 different
At Radio Maria in Tanzania, Julieth Muunga is the sole presenter and producer of a 30-minute program called Jinsia na Maendeleo (Gender and Development), which was named the runner-up for the 2022 Liz Hughes Award for Her Farm Radio. Ms. Muunga started
The WRF, together with six participating member organisations, will organise the first seminar of the series Rural Women and Cooperativism on 24 March, 2022. Three experiences of women’s farming groups or cooperatives in Africa, South America and Asia will be
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