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Climate Change

Just 7 Commodities Replaced an Area of Forest Twice the Size of Germany Between 2001 and 2015

February 25, 2021

New analysis shows that just seven agricultural commodities — cattle, oil palm, soy, cocoa, rubber, coffee and plantation wood fiber ...

Impact

Women at the Center of Agriculture and Climate Change in Central America

byCGIAR

February 19, 2021

Agriculture makes up 25% of global female employment and even more in low and middle income countries. In Central America, ...

These images were captured during a a donor trip to visit Root Capital clients in Uganda. Participants included representatives from Skoll, World We Want and Pershing Square foundations.

Climate Change

How Rural Businesses Are Confronting the Climate Crisis

byRoot Capital

February 16, 2021

While you sip your morning brew, consider this: By 2050, the area suitable for most coffee production is expected to ...

Environment

Scaling up Adaptation Experiences in the Dry Corridor of Guatemala

byCGIAR

January 30, 2021

A new course for professionals that work in agricultural development in the Dry Corridor of Guatemala aims to scale climate change adaptation approaches ...

Food

New Review of the Impacts of Climate Change on the Livestock Food Supply Chain

byCGIAR

January 25, 2021

From farm production to processing operations, storage, transport, retailing and human consumption, there is strong evidence that there will ...

Environment

Can Nature-Based Solutions Offer Climate Resilience in El Salvador?

byAntonia Van Dunem

January 21, 2021

El Salvador, home to around six million people, is the most densely populated country in Central America. With a history ...

Society

Agricultural Reforms in India Are Threatening Democracy

bySyed Rakin Rahman

January 13, 2021

A historical landmark for postcolonial democracy was realised when Narendra Modi became the first prime minister outside of the Indian ...

In Nepal, the Rural Women's Economic Empowerment Joint Programme, implemented by UN Women, Food and Agriculture Organization, International Fund for Agricultural Development and World Food Programme, and funded by a consortium of donors seeks to improve women farmers’ agricultural production and income, but also changed gender-discriminatory attitudes of their male counterparts.

Rural women form a large proportion of the agricultural labour force in Nepal and play a vital yet unrecognized role in agriculture that sustains nearly 80 percent of the population. Perceived mainly as care givers, their work in farming is largely undervalued. Women farmers are often paid less than men for the same work, and lack access to resources and markets due to discriminatory attitudes. However, since the launch of the Joint Programme, a new narrative is unfolding across the villages of Rauthat and Sindhuli districts.

As more Nepalese men migrate abroad to find work, an increasing number of rural women are taking up farming. By improving women’s agricultural production, access to markets and leadership skills, the programme has increased their income, food security and independence.

Pictured: Chandra Kala Thapa, one of many smallholder women farmers from Ranichuri village in Sindhuli district, was barely able to produce enough grains to feed her family. With support from the Joint Programme, she converted her field from grain production to high-value vegetables. “Now the prices are good and the money comes on time. This was not the case when I used to cultivate grains instead of high-value vegetables,” she says.

Photo: UN Women/Narendra Shrestha

Read More: http://www.unwomen.org/en/news/stories/2017/2/feature-women-farmers-of-nepal-take-charge-of-their-lives

Global Leaders

Moving Towards Sustainable Agricultural Policy Making

byDr. Ada Ignaciuk - Senior Economist at FAO, and Joanna Ilicic - Economist and Policy Analyst at FAO

December 18, 2020

To ensure food security and livelihoods in face of changing climate and to reduce the pace of climate change, there ...

Society

Innovative Index-Based Agriculture Insurance: Where Hope Meets Possibility

byCGIAR

November 28, 2020

Farmers in Bangladesh face the twin challenges of coping with COVID-19 related atrocities while constantly being battered by monsoon floods. ...

Green Tech

If We Want To Achieve The UN’s Sustainable Development Goals, We Need To Start Increasing Farmers’ Incomes

byAlessandro du Besse' - Tech Editor

November 26, 2020

Agricultural development plays a pivotal role in addressing global poverty. Roughly 80% of the world’s poorest people—close to 650 million—live ...

Foodscape

This All-Women Cooperative is Feeding Hundreds During the Pandemic

byRoot Capital

November 17, 2020

Since 2007, the all-women AMPROCAL coffee cooperative in Ocotepeque, Honduras has worked hard to connect farmers with higher prices for ...

26 September 2020, Lira, Uganda - A market vendor with her mask on to stop the spread of COVID-19. In Uganda, post-harvest losses remain a constant challenge for the agricultural sector, though through initiatives by the Food and Agriculture Organisation of the United Nations (FAO) with local partners, farmers have seen a reduction in loss and better grain storage options.

Global Leaders

How Blended Finance Can Help Farmers and Agribusinesses in the COVID-19 Era

byThe Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)

November 12, 2020

Public funding alone is not enough to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) by 2030. Meeting these ambitious objectives – ...

Tag: Agriculture

Just 7 Commodities Replaced an Area of Forest Twice the Size of Germany Between 2001 and 2015

Women at the Center of Agriculture and Climate Change in Central America

How Rural Businesses Are Confronting the Climate Crisis

Scaling up Adaptation Experiences in the Dry Corridor of Guatemala

New Review of the Impacts of Climate Change on the Livestock Food Supply Chain

Can Nature-Based Solutions Offer Climate Resilience in El Salvador?

Agricultural Reforms in India Are Threatening Democracy

Moving Towards Sustainable Agricultural Policy Making

Innovative Index-Based Agriculture Insurance: Where Hope Meets Possibility

If We Want To Achieve The UN’s Sustainable Development Goals, We Need To Start Increasing Farmers’ Incomes

This All-Women Cooperative is Feeding Hundreds During the Pandemic

How Blended Finance Can Help Farmers and Agribusinesses in the COVID-19 Era

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