Women: Users, Preservers and Managers of Agro-Biodiversity
Information from the FAO on: Women and biodiversity; Gender responsive policies; Users and preservers of agro-biodiversity; Differentiated knowledge; Women as scientists; Responsibilities and rights;...
View ArticleGender Dimensions in Biodiversity Management and Food Security: Policy and...
In 2000 a Regional Technical consultation was organized jointly by the M.S.Swaminathan Research Foundation of India and Women in Development Programme of FAO Regional Office for Asia and the Pacific,...
View ArticleFAO LinKS Project – Gender, biodiversity and local knowledge systems for food...
The FAO LinKS project (Gender, biodiversity and local knowledge systems for food security) works to improve rural people’s food security and promote the sustainable management of agrobiodiversity by...
View ArticleFAO’s 3rd World Food Summit
November 2009, Rome, Italy: The FAO’s will hold it’s 3rd World Food Summit to pressure governments and institutions that a better food and agricultural system must support self-sufficiency and local...
View ArticleWomen Keen to Ease Greenhouse Effect on Their Ability to Provide
Windhoek, Namibia, July 4th, 2011-Original article published by IPS News. By: Servaas van den Bosch Victoria Mulunga is a participant in the CES programme in Namibia. Women take an interest in topics...
View ArticleThe State of Food Insecurity in the World 2011 : How does international price...
“This edition of The State of Food Insecurity in the World focuses on food price volatility and high food prices, which are likely to continue in the years ahead. Indeed, the Group of Twenty (G20)...
View ArticleTen experts, ten essays, one topic: Making the food system work for women
NEW YORK (November 12, 2012)– Join Oxfam’s global online policy discussion from November 19-30, 2012! Oxfam will be hosting an online discussion about how to achieve food justice for women. The purpose...
View ArticleWomen Fight for Food Security as they Conserve Biodiversity: Mwingi, Kenya,...
by: Floridah Kagendo, WEDO CBD COP11 Representative/ Crop Development Officer, Ministry of Agriculture, Kenya Over many generations, women have been charged with the responsibility of feeding their...
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