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Book (stand-alone)Improving Policy Response to the Differentiated Impacts of High and Volatile Food Prices on Rural Women 2012
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No results found.In a high and volatile food price setting, two aspects determine rural women’s ability to absorb and respond to shocks: the inequalities that create a gender gap in rural development and women’s traditional roles in society. This chapter points to these two aspects that in general terms reduce women’s ability to cope with food price volatility. Rural women, traditionally responsible for providing food and health in the household, face major constraints in fulfilling their roles, render ing them more vulnerable to food price spikes. Major recommendations include building on rural women’s resiliency and mitigating negative coping strategies by reducing gender inequalities in rural development and by providing safety-nets that are appropriately designed to address rural women’s needs and limitations. Gender gaps in rural development refer to those in access to resources; better paying jobs; infrastructure, public services, agricultural extension and technologies, and le vels of participation in farmers organizations and other public institutions. Better design in safety-nets and other social protection programs refer to including mechanisms that are culturally sensitive, reduce women’s time burden, and provide the necessary transportation, child care facilities, and other services and mechanisms that ensure their participation. Gender-transformative approaches in the implementation of policies and programs, including capacity development on gender rol es for the household as a whole, are essential for ending discrimination against women which constraint their economic and social empowerment. Additional areas of research include gender-differentiated impacts of high food prices and volatility, both at the individual and household levels, and the effectiveness of safety-nets and other social protection programs designed to address rural women-specific needs. -
Book (stand-alone)High and volatile food prices - FAO support to country level contingency planning 2012
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No results found.The phenomenon of high and volatile food prices is unlikely to disappear any time soon. This places a responsibility on FAO to assist national governments in combating the problems caused. As far as FAO programmatic support is concerned a two pronged approach is recommended. First, medium term investments to boost agricultural production should begin NOW as an early action measure which will reduce the impact of rising international food prices as this inevitably takes place in the coming years. Second, the various productive safety net activities should be used in conjunction with social safety nets to reduce the impact of transitory price spikes as these occur within the overall context of rising prices. If carefully done, productive safety nets can stimulate efficiency and capacity improvements within the agricultural sector, thus helping to promote the longer term goals of FAO programmatic support.
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