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MeetingMeeting documentEstimating global and country level employment in agri-food systems - RAF/AFCAS/29/12.3 2025
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The African Commission on Agricultural Statistics (AFCAS) is a Statutory Body of FAO and meets every two years. AFCAS brings together senior statistics officials from FAO member countries of the African continent, who are responsible for the development of agricultural statistics in their respective countries. They review and exchange ideas on the state of food and agricultural statistics in the continent and advise member countries on the development of their agricultural statistical systems within FAO's Programme of Work and Budget for Africa. -
Book (stand-alone)Technical bookWhy are women more food insecure than men? Exploring socioeconomic drivers and the role of COVID-19 in widening the global gender gap
Background paper for The status of women in agrifood systems
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No results found.Women face a higher prevalence of food insecurity than do men, both on a global scale and across all regions. This paper delves into the global determinants contributing to the gender gap in food insecurity and explores how the COVID-19 pandemic influenced its trajectory. Additionally, it estimates the impact of improvements in food security and incomes possible if gender gaps on farm productivity and wages were closed. Utilizing data from the Food Insecurity Experience Scale gathered from over 700 000 individuals across 121 countries, this study reveals that individuals aged 25–34 years, irrespective of their gender, and women residing in rural areas have been disproportionately affected by the pandemic. The econometric model allows the authors to estimate the elasticities of food security to income, which they then use to simulate the potential macrolevel benefits for the economy and food security if we were to eliminate the gender gaps in farm productivity and wages within agrifood systems. The findings suggest that addressing these disparities could result in an approximate USD 1 trillion increase in global gross domestic product and lift approximately 45 million people out of food insecurity. Additionally, the authors estimate that eliminating these gender disparities could reduce the current gap in food insecurity between women and men by at least 57 percent. This background paper was prepared to inform Chapters 1 and 6 of FAO’s report on The status of women in agrifood systems. -
DocumentOther documentHigh-Level Political Forum 2025 - Side Event. Re-imagining the future of women in agrifood systems - Promoting women’s land rights, decent employment and innovative partnerships to advance the SDGs
New York, USA, 14 July 2025
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No results found.This side event, anchored in the 2025 High-Level Political Forum theme of “advancing sustainable, inclusive, science- and evidence-based solutions for the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development and its Sustainable Development Goals for leaving no one behind”, will explore evidence-based approaches and innovative partnerships to advance women’s land rights and decent employment for transformative change in agrifood systems. It is organized by FAO with the Federal Republic of Germany, the United Republic of Tanzania and UN Women. Objectives• Highlight the importance of women's land rights and decent employment in empowering women and advancing SDG 5 and other SDGs, including SDG 8 and 17, emphasizing SDG 5.a indicators;• Showcase evidence-based and innovative solutions that address structural inequalities, advance women’s land rights and improve access to decent jobs;• Showcase initiatives that accelerate financing and partnerships for women's empowerment and gender equality in agrifood systems;• Provide a platform for dialogue and partnership among stakeholders to exchange experiences and identify opportunities for collaboration.
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Book (stand-alone)Technical bookClimate change and food security: risks and responses 2015
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End hunger, achieve food security and improve nutrition are at the heart of the sustainable development goals. The World has committed to eradicate extreme poverty and hunger by 2030. But climate change is undermining the livelihoods and food security of the rural poor, who constitute almost 80 percent of the world’s poor. The effects of climate change on our ecosystems are already severe and widespread. Climate change brings a cascade of impacts from agroecosystems to livelihoods. Climate change impacts directly agroecosystems, which in turn has a potential impact on agricultural production, which drives economic and social impacts, which impact livelihoods. In other words, impacts translate from climate to the environment, to the productive sphere, to economic and social dimensions. Therefore, ensuring food security in the face of climate change is among the most daunting challenges facing humankind. Action is urgently needed now to reduce vulnerability and increase resilience of food systems to ensure food security and good nutrition for all. -
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