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ProjectEnhancing the Lives of Women in Agrifood Systems - MTF/GLO/1105/BMG 2024
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No results found.In 2011, the State of Food and Agriculture (SOFA) 2010–11 made the “business case” for addressing gender imbalances and the empowerment of women in agriculture and rural employment. Much has changed since then, and while the approaches available ten years ago are still important, they are no longer enough. Women are increasingly moving out of agricultural production and into jobs related to processing, preparing and marketing; those that remain in agricultural production face greater challenges due to overlapping crises, including climate shocks, conflicts, price and economic shocks. While continuing to take on a heavy burden of care and unpaid work, women also still face gender-based barriers in access to resources, services, opportunities and decision making and get lower returns on their labour. To respond to these challenges, group-based, agency, employment, transformational and policy approaches and digitalization are needed at the structural level to foster women’s more equitable participation in the evolving agrifood systems. In this context, the FAO report on The status of women in agrifood systems aimed to shed light on the current status of rural women, providing the latest data, lessons learned and recommendations for policy- and decision-makers. It would also help put gender equality and the empowerment of women at the centre of debates and research agendas on agriculture, food systems, food security and nutrition. -
ProjectStrengthened Economic Inclusion of Women-Led Agribusinesses through Enhanced Access to Knowledge and Productive Resources Including Finance - TCP/ANG/3803 2023
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No results found.Women account for 52 percent of the population of Angola However, despite advances in their empowerment, Angolan women continue to struggle with social, economic and political inequalities that put them in a situation of discrimination and vulnerability Although most of the country’s working age population 15 64 years of age) is composed of women, they represent less than half 34 1 percent) of the workforce The unemployment rate among women at national level is approximately 24 9 percent In rural areas, women undertake at least 70 per cent of subsistence agriculture work However, most of this is informal, either as wage workers or family workers, without secure employment contracts and usually lacking workers’ benefits, social protection or workers’ representation The population below the poverty line rose from 41 percent in 2019 to 54 percent in 2020 Poverty is far more severe and widespread in rural areas 87 8 percent) than urban areas 35 percent) and is two percent higher in female headed households than in male headed households In rural areas, around one third of households are headed by women these represent the majority of households living in extreme poverty, comprising 60 percent of the poorest 20 percent of the population. -
ProjectImproving Food Security, Nutrition and Health of Vulnerable Women and Children in The Gambia - GCP/GAM/038/EC 2023
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No results found.The Gambia is classified as a low-income-food-deficit country. Seventy-one per cent of the population live below the USD 2 per day poverty line and in 2014 the country was ranked 172 of 187 in the United Nations Human Development Index. Food insecurity and malnutrition are also high. The 2013 National Demographic Household Survey found that two-thirds of children under five, one-third of pregnant women, and 16 percent of lactating mothers had vitamin A deficiency. Despite significant advances in the reduction of undernutrition, the Gambia is still affected by micronutrient deficiencies. Fortification is the addition of one or more micronutrients to a staple food to correct, prevent or reduce micronutrient deficiencies; while biofortification is the process of enhancing the nutritional value of crops by increasing the density of vitamins and minerals in a crop through either conventional plant breeding, agronomic practices or biotechnology. Regulations for food fortification existed only for iodized salt in the country, and while there were programmesproviding some supplements, they were clearly insufficient. Against this background, the European Union-funded project aimed to assist the Government to improve the food and nutrition security of vulnerable women and children in targeted regions, by focusing on ensuring access to and the consumption of micronutrient-rich foods and industrially fortified and biofortified foods.
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