É importante destacar incialmente que não é possível compreender o processo de resistência em Casa Nova sem compreender a rede de resistência que se formou na Zona da Mata Mineira contra um conjunto de empreendimentos que ameaçava as comunidades ribeirinhas na época.
From the outset, the development of agriculture has been strongly associated with women’s endeavour. In fact, women’s contribution to agriculture goes back to the origins of farming and the domestication of animals when the first human settlements were established more than 6 000 years ago. Over the years, the division of responsibilities and labour within households and communities tended to place farming and nutrition-related tasks under women’s domain. Nowadays, in many societies women continue to be mainly responsible for family food security and nutrition.
La Unidad Agroecológica y Política “Machete y Garabato” emerge en el año 2015 como articulación de un grupo de estudiantes –pasantes– de la carrera de Agronomía de la Universidad Técnica de Quevedo (UTQ); y de campesinos y campesinas del Centro Agrícola Cantonal de Quevedo.
El Asentamiento 29 de octubre pertenece a la Compañía San Fernando, localizada a 23 km del distrito de Santa María de Fe, en el Departamento de Misiones en la región oriental del Paraguay, a unos 248 km de Asunción, la capital del país.
Women’s participation in decision making at the user-group level and in forest committees has been demonstrated to have a positive impact on forest sustainability. For example, women’s participation enhances forest regeneration and reduces illegal harvesting through improved monitoring. Their presence in forest user groups increases the groups’ capacity to manage and resolve conflicts, which in turn increases the likelihood that resource users will comply with and respect harvesting and use rules.
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