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Gender
in Agriculture Sourcebook
Authors: Brown,L.; Lambrou,Y.; Birner,R.
Produced by: International Fund for Agricultural Development (2008)
This
sourcebook combines descriptive accounts of national and international
experience in investing in agriculture with practical operational guidance on
to how to design agriculture-for-development strategies that capitalise
effectively on the unique properties of agricultural growth and rural
development involving women and men as a high-impact source of poverty
reduction.
The
Sourcebook adopts the Sustainable Livelihoods Approach (SLA) to provide a
conceptual framework for the complexities and synergies of gender equality,
livelihoods, food security, and poverty reduction. It provides practical
advice, guidelines, principles, descriptions and illustrations of approaches
that have worked so far to achieve the goal of effective gender mainstreaming
in the agricultural operations of development agencies.It is intended as a
guide for practitioners and technical staff in addressing gender issues and
integrating gender-responsive actions in the design and implementation of
agricultural projects and programmes.
Topics covered include:
- gender
and food security
- gender
and agricultural livelihoods: strengthening governance
- gender
and rural finance
- gender
issues in land policy and administration
- gender
and agricultural markets
- gender
mainstreaming in agricultural water management
- gender
in agricultural innovation and education
- gender
issues in agricultural labour
- gender
in rural infrastructure for agricultural livelihoods
- gender
and natural resource management
- gender
and crises: implications for agriculture
- gender
in crop agriculture
- gender
in fisheries and aquaculture
- gender
and livestock
- gender
and forestry
- gender
issues in monitoring and evaluation
Each chapter includes an overview,
thematic notes and innovative activity profiles.
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