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ProjectFactsheetEmpowering Women Farmers in Georgia - GCP/GEO/018/SWI 2025
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No results found.Georgia’s dairy sector, especially its small-scale, home-based production, faces deep structural and regulatory challenges that limit its growth. Most small producers, primarily women, rely on outdated methods and lack adequate hygiene and food safety practices. Recent regulatory alignment with European Union standards has intensified compliance requirements, which smallholders often struggle to meet. In regions like Samegrelo-Zemo Svaneti and Abkhazia, dairy production is further hindered by limited access to modern tools, veterinary care, and markets, as well as poor pasture management and fragmented land ownership. Women are heavily involved in household-level dairy production but are largely excluded from formal value chains and decision-making processes. Gender disparities in land rights, training, and technical support limit their productivity and income potential. In Abkhazia, these barriers are worsened by conflict-related isolation and the lack of extension services. As a result, local production remains underutilized, and imports continue to meet much of the domestic demand. The COVID-19 pandemic exposed and intensified these vulnerabilities. Lockdowns and market closures disrupted supply chains, increased input and transport costs, and restricted sales, hitting rural women producers especially hard. With limited access to finance, technology, and formal markets, women in the informal dairy sector were left highly exposed and unable to adapt quickly to the shifting economic landscape. To address these challenges, this project (GCP/GEO/018/SWI) funded by the SDC and implemented by the FAO and UN Women, was launched in 2020. It aimed to strengthen the dairy sector by focusing on women’s economic empowerment and technical capacity. It used the Farmer Field School (FFS) approach to provide practical training in food safety, improved dairy practices, business skills, and climate-resilient agriculture. A dedicated COVID-19 response component supported women in adapting to crisis conditions and building long-term resilience, aligning with national strategies for rural development and gender equality. -
Book (series)Technical reportPost-harvest practices for empowering women in small-scale fisheries in Africa
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Post-harvest challenges faced by small-scale fisheries stakeholders have been the focus of numerous projects, programmes and investments in Africa. Many of these initiatives have aimed to benefit women, who often dominate processing and trade activities. This report provides a summary of key findings from a desk review and primary data research that has aimed to identify successful post-harvest initiatives related to infrastructure design and management, improved post-harvest technology, value addition and access to finance. The examples described could be used by development practitioners and policy makers to inform the direction, design and implementation of future post-harvest fisheries initiatives. The use of locally made fish boxes to improve on board handling and the use of drying racks are described. And although the intention was to focus on small-pelagic fish value chains, some of the examples have a more general application such as those for infrastructure, value addition and the microfinance models that are included. It is important to note that this is not a definitive study and that the focus has been primarily on initiatives is Ghana, Malawi, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Tanzania and Uganda. The report and guidance align with and aim to support the implementation of the FAO Voluntary Guidelines for Securing Sustainable Small-Scale Fisheries in the Context of Food Security and Poverty Eradication (SSF Guidelines). The guidelines promote the role of SSFs in food security and nutrition, the right to adequate food, equitable development and poverty alleviation, and to the provision of decent work for fishers and fish workers.
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Book (stand-alone)Technical bookSoil erosion: the greatest challenge for sustainable soil management 2019
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Despite almost a century of research and extension efforts, soil erosion by water, wind and tillage continues to be the greatest threat to soil health and soil ecosystem services in many regions of the world. Our understanding of the physical processes of erosion and the controls on those processes has been firmly established. Nevertheless, some elements remain controversial. It is often these controversial questions that hamper efforts to implement sound erosion control measures in many areas of the world. This book, released in the framework of the Global Symposium on Soil Erosion (15-17 May 2019) reviews the state-of-the-art information related to all topics related to soil erosion. -
Book (stand-alone)High-profileState of knowledge of soil biodiversity - Status, challenges and potentialities
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No results found.There is increasing attention to the importance of biodiversity for food security and nutrition, especially above-ground biodiversity such as plants and animals. However, less attention is being paid to the biodiversity beneath our feet, soil biodiversity, which drives many processes that produce food or purify soil and water. This report is the result of an inclusive process involving more than 300 scientists from around the world under the auspices of the FAO’s Global Soil Partnership and its Intergovernmental Technical Panel on Soils, the Convention on Biological Diversity, the Global Soil Biodiversity Initiative, and the European Commission. It presents concisely the state of knowledge on soil biodiversity, the threats to it, and the solutions that soil biodiversity can provide to problems in different fields. It also represents a valuable contribution to raising awareness of the importance of soil biodiversity and highlighting its role in finding solutions to today's global threats. -
Book (stand-alone)High-profileStatus of the World's Soil Resources: Main Report 2015
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No results found.The SWSR is a reference document on the status of global soil resources that provides regional assessments of soil change. The information is based on peer-reviewed scientific literature, complemented with expert knowledge and project outputs. It provides a description and a ranking of ten major soil threats that endanger ecosystem functions, goods and services globally and in each region separately. Additionally, it describes direct and indirect pressures on soils and ways and means to combat s oil degradation. The report contains a Synthesis report for policy makers that summarizes its findings, conclusions and recommendations.The full report has been divided into sections and individual chapters for ease of downloading: