Tag: gender
Four Priorities for Gender-Responsive Agricultural Policies
Africa & Middle East: Four key priorities for food systems' policy to better support women in Africa as the continent contends with the impacts of climate change and conflict.
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Local People Hold the Key to Solving Burkina Faso’s Water Challenges
Africa & Middle East: Land other water resource management can help improve livelihoods and protect the environment.
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One Planet Fellowship takes action to discover the next generation of African climate scientists in agriculture
Africa & Middle East: The One Planet Fellowship, a $20 million initiative dedicated to supporting research on climate change adaptation, is an academic mentoring scheme which aims to support Africa’s smallholder farmers in adapting to a changing climate.
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Inequalities in Agriculture: A Threat to Sustainable Development
Africa & Middle East: The issues affecting our ability to deliver the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and how to create a world that leaves no one behind.
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Women as Key Agents of Change to Agriculture, Food and Nutrition
Africa & Middle East: Empowering women can improve agricultural practices, nutrition and food systems.
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Young, Rural, and Female: Why Agriculture Needs Girls
Global: Investing in rural girls is critical for solving global hunger.
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Getting More Women into Science Can Help Solve our Food System’s Challenges Faster
Global: Encouraging women into agricultural research can help solve the world's food systems challenges faster.
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Sustainable Pasture Practices Double Milk Production in Colombia
Latin America & the Caribbean: Adopting environmentally-friendly pasture management methods can help female dairy farmers to unlock a dormant cattle industry.
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How Young Women Can Find Opportunities in African Agriculture
Africa & Middle East: Jennifer, a young Ugandan mother, faced bleak prospects after her husband passed away, but STRYDE has helped open up her agricultural opportunities.
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Solar-Powered Freezers: Sustainable fish storage in the Solomon Islands
Oceania: Across the Solomon Islands, solar-powered freezers are helping improve fish storage and women-run small businesses.
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13 Empowering Stories of Women in Family Farming
: To celebrate the 2014 International Year of Family Farming, Farming First has curated a list of 13 inspiring stories of women’s empowerment as heads of rural family farms, from our 130+ supporter organisation base. It is the first in our brand new series of content mash ups. Women account for 60 to 80% of smallholder farmers […]
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