Gender, Water and Agriculture - Assessing the Nexus in Palestine

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Gender, Water and Agriculture - Assessing the Nexus in Palestine

Year of publication 2022

Place of publication Rome, Italy ;

Pages 2p.

Author FAO

Publisher FAO ;

Product type Brochure, flyer, fact-sheet

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Synopsis (short abstract) Gender-responsive water and agriculture assessments study the relative situation of women and men in different communities regarding water access, governance and usage. A study has been implemented in Palestine using the Gender Responsive Water Assessment methodolgy developed under the Water Efficiency, productivity and Sustainability regional project and this flyer summarizes the activity, as well as the main recommendations extracted from the study.

Language English

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