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Book (stand-alone)Manual / guideLivestock Guide: Planning with a Gender and HIV/AIDS Lens
SEAGA Socio-Economic and Gender Analysis Programme
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Livestock make a substantial contribution to household food security by providing income, quality food, fuel, building material, fertiliser and assets for a majority of rural households in developing countries1. They act as a bank, in terms of food security, foodstuff conversion, and as tangible assets that can be sold or exchanged in times of need. -
DocumentOther documentChanging customary land rights and gender relations in the context of HIV/AIDS in Africa1 2006
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No results found.The effect of prime-age adult death and its consequences on access to land for the survivors has not been fully explored nor incorporated into policy regardless the fact that high adult mortality is now the lived reality in countries affected by HIV/AIDS, particularly in Africa. This paper explores the gendered relationships between adult death due to HIV/AIDS and changes in land rights for the survivors particularly widows. In many African societies, women have traditionally accessed land through marriage. The stability and longevity of marriage guaranteed wife’s continued access to land and other productive resources. However, with HIV/AIDS, and consequences of high mortality among prime-age adult men, women’s access to land is increasingly becoming tenuous. This is partly due to break-down of rules and institutions (including but not limited to wife inheritance) that have traditionally guaranteed women’s usufruct and other forms of access to land. This breakdown of r ules and institutions, we argue puts women at higher risks of contracting HIV/AIDS. This is not merely an individual risk, but a societal one, in which the epidemic will continue to perpetuate itself due to overt gender inequalities to ownership and control of land resources. -
Book (series)Technical reportMethods for the Assessment of Livestock Development Interventions in Smallholder Livestock Systems 2003
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No results found.This is the fourth of a series of “Working Papers”. The purpose of this series is to present information being generated from the Pro-Poor Livestock Policy Initiative*. The livestock sector plays a vital role in the economies of many developing countries. It provides food, or more specifically animal protein in human diets, income, employment and possibly foreign exchange. For low income producers, livestock also serve as a store of wealth, provide draught power and organic fertilizer for crop p roduction and a means of transport. Consumption of livestock and livestock products in the developing countries, though starting from a low base, is growing rapidly.
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MeetingMeeting documentAlianza Mundial por el Suelo. Plan de Implementación Regional para Centro América, México y El Caribe 2015
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No results found.El presente documento es el esfuerzo de muchos especialistas de la región unidos en la iniciativa FAO, Alianza Mundial por el Suelo (AMS ), con el fin de proteger el recurso suelo en la misma. Con este fin, se realizaron tres actividades fundamentales: el lanzamiento de la AMS para la región de Centro América, México y El Caribe, que se realizó en La Habana, Cuba, en octubre de 2013 con la participación de representantes de 15 países de la región; la reunión del Comité Directivo Regional (CDR) e legido en la reunión anterior en Managua , Nicaragua, en octubre de 2014 el cual elaboró una propuesta de Plan de Implementación Regional (PIR); y el Taller de Puntos Focales celebrado en la Habana, Cuba, los días 1 y 2 de junio de 2015, con la participación de los Puntos Focales de 17 países de la región e invitados, que elaboró el borrador final del PIR para el quinquenio 2015 -2019, desarrollado por l os cinco Grupos de Trabajo creados con los participantes en el Taller. Actividades todas rea lizadas con el apoyo del Secretariado de la AMS. En su confección, se consideraron los Planes de Acción de los cinco Pilares de AMS aprobados por la Asamblea Plenar ia de la AMS . Este documento contiene el Plan de Implementación Regional (PIR)e incluye, desagregados por Pilares, los productos a obtener y las actividades a desarrollar con ese fin; prioridades; período de ejecución; actores y financiamiento requerido. -