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Promoting gender-sensitive farm business schools. A companion guide

Year of publication 2023

Place of publication Rome, Italy ;

Pages 44 p.

Author Sommacal, V.; Hani, M.;

Publisher FAO ;

Product type Policy brief

Synopsis (short abstract) The training toolkit ‘Promoting gender-sensitive farm business schools’ was designed to complement the Farm Business School (FBS) universal training package and assist FBS practitioners integrating the gender dimension in FBS approach. With a view to favour equal participation of women and men in farm business and ensure they both benefit from the opportunities it offers, it is important that FBS practitioners recognize the gender-based constraints existing in all phases of the farm business cycle from diagnosis to evaluation and learn how to address them in the FBS curricula and facilitation process. The guide is to be consulted and used in combination with the universal training package as it follows its structure and process spanning orientation note for policy makers, training handbook and exercise book. The first part of the guide raises awareness on the gender gap and the gender-based constraints related to farm business and the role of FBS in addressing them. Consequently, it identifies entry points for mainstreaming gender in the FBS capacity development process, from policy sensitization to training of farmers. It offers tools, ideas and resources for discussing and addressing gender-based constraints as relevant to the different phases of the farm business cycle from diagnosis to evaluation. An outline for a training session on gender mainstreaming in FBS is included followed by a table providing inputs on how to integrate the gender dimension in selected FBS training contents.

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Sommacal, V. and Hani, M. 2023. Promoting gender-sensitive farm business schools. A companion guide. Rome, FAO.

https://doi.org/10.4060/cc5015en

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