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Women in agriculture: Four myths

Peer-reviewed publication
March, 2018
Global
Land & Food Security
Land & Gender
gender equity
gender equity in access to land
land governance
food security
farming systems
land rights
farmers
women
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Empowering women to achieve food security

Policy Papers & Briefs
August, 2001
Global
Land & Food Security
Land & Gender
agricultural land management
capacity development
farmers
food security
rural development
sustainable development
women
Women play important roles as producers of food, managers of natural resources, income earners, and caretakers of household food and nutrition security. Giving women the same access to physical and human resources as men could increase agricultural productivity, just as increases in women’s education and improvements in women’s status over the past quarter century have contributed to more than half of the reduction in the rate of child malnutrition.
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Women’s Rights and the Right to Food

Reports & Research
December, 2012
Global
Land & Food Security
Land & Gender
agriculture
farmers
food security
gender equity in access to land
land access
tenure security
women
In the present report, submitted to the Human Rights Council in accordance with Council resolution 13/4, the Special Rapporteur on the right to food discusses the threats to women's right to food, identifying the areas that demand the most urgent attention. The report examines successively the obstacles women face in access to employment, social protection and the productive resources needed for food production, food processing and value chain development.
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Climate change and agriculture: Strengthening the role of smallholders

Peer-reviewed publication
March, 2016
Global
Land & Food Security
Land, Climate Change & Environment
climate change
environment
farmers
farming systems
food security
sustainable land management
women
youth
Smallholder farmers have a vital role to play in global food security and nutrition, and in supporting a range of development and climate change goals. Strengthening the resilience and commercial viability of these farmers, particularly women and youth, can increase their capacity to contribute to these global goals.
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Women – the untapped potential for food security

Journal Articles & Books
June, 2014
Global
Land & Gender
Land & Food Security
farmers
women
farming systems
gender equity in access to land
food security
women
Despite the crucial role of women in family farms and small-scale agriculture, gender inequality is still present in many ways – jeopardising the food and nutrition security of millions of people.
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World Bank Research Digest, Vol. 10(4)

June, 2016
Global
Land & Corruption
property rights
corruption
land rights
land ownership
farmers
food security
climate change
property
rural areas
poverty
community forestry
women
This issue includes the following
headings: Changes in Poverty and Female-Headed Households in
Africa; Growth and Capital Inflows in Africa; Growth and
Capital Inflows in Africa; Vulnerability to Climate Change
in Coastal Bangladesh; Improving Agricultural Data for
Better Policies; Enhancing Transparency of Large-Scale Land
Acquisition; Explaining the Gender Gap in Agricultural
Productivity; Changing Patterns of Growth and Poverty
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How the world is paving the way for corporate land grabs - Publication - ActionAid

Reports & Research
January, 2014
Global
Land & Investments
advocacy
agrarian reform
agriculture
extractive industries
cadastres
capacity development
climate change
common property
land conflicts
desertification
environment
farmers
fisheries
food security
forestry
gender equity in access to land
Indigenous Peoples
land governance
land grabbing
land policies
land rights
landlessness
legal empowerment
local communities
natural resources management
pastoralists
property law
research
rural development
land area
land markets
women
"For millions of people living in the world’s poorest countries, access to land is a matter not of wealth, but of survival, identity and belonging. Most of the 1.4 billion people earning less than US$1.25 a day live in rural areas and depend largely on agriculture for their livelihoods, while an estimated 2.5 billion people are involved in full- or part-time smallholder agriculture.