Comments on: Mozambican Farming Cooperative for Women Shares Knowledge, Builds Local Access and Capacity http://www.farmingfirst.org/2009/09/mozambican-farming-cooperative-for-women-shares-knowledge-builds-local-access-and-capacity/ Addressing the common need for food, feed, fibre and fuel requires a global action plan to increase agricultural output in an environmentally-sustainable, economically-feasible, socially-responsible manner. Mon, 05 Dec 2011 00:15:12 -0800 http://wordpress.org/?v=abc hourly 1 By: Udbodh Bhandari http://www.farmingfirst.org/2009/09/mozambican-farming-cooperative-for-women-shares-knowledge-builds-local-access-and-capacity/comment-page-1/#comment-571 Udbodh Bhandari Thu, 15 Oct 2009 17:43:23 +0000 http://www.farmingfirst.org/?p=1175#comment-571 Dear Sir/Madam Liberated,empowered and accomplished are found to be the three pillars that Mozambican women have shown in their endeavor to get their and their family members livelihood.It can be a vista to the women of least developed countries like ours who have been living in age old patriarchal familial and social set up without or least access to socioeconomic and natural resources and with having least decision making power in all affairs. It can be a lesson to the women of my country who, more than 33%, have also been the representatives of constituent assembly, formed after a decade long conflict, to document new constitution of inclusiveness. Udbodh Bhandari, Lecturer, Anthropology, PK Campus, BagBazzar, Kathmandu,Nepal Dear Sir/Madam
Liberated,empowered and accomplished are found to be the three pillars that Mozambican women have shown in their endeavor to get their and their family members livelihood.It can be a vista to the women of least developed countries like ours who have been living in age old patriarchal familial and social set up without or least access to socioeconomic and natural resources and with having least decision making power in all affairs. It can be a lesson to the women of my country who, more than 33%, have also been the representatives of constituent assembly, formed after a decade long conflict, to document new constitution of inclusiveness.
Udbodh Bhandari, Lecturer, Anthropology, PK Campus, BagBazzar, Kathmandu,Nepal

]]> By: Isaac Monjo Chavula http://www.farmingfirst.org/2009/09/mozambican-farming-cooperative-for-women-shares-knowledge-builds-local-access-and-capacity/comment-page-1/#comment-518 Isaac Monjo Chavula Wed, 07 Oct 2009 09:36:45 +0000 http://www.farmingfirst.org/?p=1175#comment-518 The Publisher, This success impact story is very educative and it provides proof that women can change lives if given the neccessary support. The common saying that empowering women results in improving the livelihoods of communities, nations and eventually the world could be realised much quicker. What Cossa initiated and developed with others is clear example of how we can liberate ourselves from the bondage of poverty and chronic hunger in developing countries. The case highlights the positives, which is alright because readers would be encouraged to try to emulate the example. However, leaving out challenges, problems encountered and lessons learnt from such experiences denies the real life aspect of any endevour which is vital in planning and implemeting similar initiatives. I would therefore suggest that readers should also be shared the challenges, problems, lessons learnt, etc from such cases and how they managed them. best regards, Isaac Monjo Chavula Project Manager, Concern Universal Malawi The Publisher,

This success impact story is very educative and it provides proof that women can change lives if given the neccessary support. The common saying that empowering women results in improving the livelihoods of communities, nations and eventually the world could be realised much quicker. What Cossa initiated and developed with others is clear example of how we can liberate ourselves from the bondage of poverty and chronic hunger in developing countries.

The case highlights the positives, which is alright because readers would be encouraged to try to emulate the example. However, leaving out challenges, problems encountered and lessons learnt from such experiences denies the real life aspect of any endevour which is vital in planning and implemeting similar initiatives. I would therefore suggest that readers should also be shared the challenges, problems, lessons learnt, etc from such cases and how they managed them.

best regards,

Isaac Monjo Chavula
Project Manager,
Concern Universal
Malawi

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