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ProjectEmpowering African Women And Boosting their Livelihoods through Agricultural Trade - FMM/GLO/169/MUL 2024
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No results found.The African Continental Free Trade Area presents a ground-breaking opportunity to create a unified continental market, boost Africa’s share of global trade and achieve the goals of Agenda 2063, including the promotion of gender equality and women’s empowerment. The AfCFTA is expected to change Africa’s trade practices, accelerating economic growth, including that of the agriculture sector where smallholder farmers, processors and informal cross-border traders, especially women, stand to benefit from expanded market access. The AfCFTA thus has the potential to contribute significantly to eliminating poverty, creating jobs, improving food security and promoting gender equality. Many women in agribusiness in Africa are faced by challenges, including those related to working in the informal sector, poor access to market information, finance and training, and weak compliance with trade standards, which limit their opportunities to access markets, particularly for export. Supporting women to overcome these obstacles is a prerequisite for leveraging the opportunities created by the AfCFTA and achieving economic growth. To this end, the subprogramme aimed to enhance the potential competitiveness of women traders and entrepreneurs in the agrifood sector (agripreneurs), through policy advocacy, knowledge generation, capacity development and access to finance. -
BookletWARFA: Strengthening the role of women in sustainable rural agricultural development in Saudi Arabia
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No results found.On the occasion of International Rural Women’s Day, a new initiative for rural women empowerment – AL WARFA – was launched by the SRAD Programme through a joint effort between the Ministry of Environment, Water and Agriculture (MoEWA), REEF and FAO Saudi Arabia. The objective of the initiative is to accelerate rural women’s economic empowerment and strengthen their livelihood in the agrifood system by providing access to intensive capacity building and encouraging their participation and involvement in the local economy. Some training courses were designed explicitly and in depth based on the current concepts and best practices in various areas of women’s participation in rural agricultural development. The training focuses on four thematic areas including agricultural cooperatives, value addition, agribusiness management, and agricultural marketing. Principles of experiential and adult learning approaches were applied to ensure an interactive learning environment including interactive lectures, brainstorming, group discussion, video/documentary, role plays and individual reading. Forty-six women entrepreneurs with diverse educational backgrounds were the pioneer group partaking in these imperative rural women training courses in Saudi Arabia. -
ProjectPromoting Livelihoods Recovery and Resilience through Youth and Women-Led Resilient Value Chain Development and Entrepreneurship in Saint Vincent and the Grenadines - TCP/STV/3803 2024
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No results found.On 9 April 2021, the La Soufrière volcano in Saint Vincent and the Grenadines erupted with several explosions over a period of several weeks, affecting most of the island's population. Farmers and local communities in the critical areas (red and orange zones) were severely affected by the heavy ash fall and pyroclastic flows, particularly in the areas closest to the volcano in the northern part of the island. In addition to major losses of tools and productive assets, reports showed extensive environmental damage and losses in critical areas, where forests and farms were wiped out, along with the destruction of large areas of staple crops such as vegetables, bananas and plantains. In addition, the eruptions were followed by heavy rains that caused flooding and lahar flows in various parts of the country. As a result, the livelihoods of vulnerable populations dependent on agriculture, livestock, fisheries and forestry were affected. The heavy deposits of volcanic ash throughout the country highlighted the need for soil and ash analysis to determine changes in nutrient composition, organic matter content, macro and micro fauna and pathogen profile, and to assess agro-edaphic and climatic suitability for existing and alternative crops. In response to the recovery and rehabilitation needs, the government prepared a priority list of immediate, medium and long-term responses. Within the priority list, two areas were identified: i) soil analysis, to determine soil rehabilitation, management requirements and value chain suitability determination by agroecological zone; ii) building a cadre of new entrepreneurs in the agricultural sector, including youth and women, and developing resilient value chains. In this context, this TCP aimed to facilitate the recovery of livelihoods and increase the resilience of food systems through the involvement of youth and women in the development of resilient value chains and entrepreneurship, by strengthening the capacity of the Ministry of Agriculture to conduct soil analysis and developing a programme to support new agricultural entrepreneurs.
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