On the eve of International Women’s Day and against the backdrop of deepening food crises across sub-Saharan Africa, two leading African women agricultural scientists joined U.K. experts at a lunchtime parliamentary briefing of the All Party Parliamentary Group on Agriculture and Food for Development today on “Effective Solutions for Agricultural Development through Empowered African Women
Farming First has submitted its views on enhanced action on mitigation, Cooperative sectoral approaches and sector-specific actions in order to enhance the implementation of Article 4, paragraph 1 (c) of the convention to the UNFCCC Secretariat. This is for consideration by the Subsidiary Body on Scientific and Technological Advice (SBSTA) at its 36th session in
Farming First and The United Nations Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) have jointly launched a new interactive infographic entitled “The Female Face of Farming”.
The infographic is a striking visual representation of the statistics that underlie the urgent need to invest in rural women. You can view the full infographic at: www.farmingfirst.org/women
Women are the backbone of
An innovative new tool for measuring levels of empowerment amongst rural women was launched yesterday, to coincide with the 56th United Nations Commission on the Status of Women. The Women’s Empowerment in Agriculture Index (WEAI) was developed in collaboration by The United States Agency for International Development (USAID), the International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)
The 56th session of the Commission on the Status of Women opened today at United Nations headquarters, focused on the theme of empowerment of rural women and their role in poverty and hunger eradication, sustainable development and current challenges.
UN Women Executive Director, Michelle Bachelet delivered an introductory speech:
This is a matter of human rights,
The Economist “Feeding the World” conference took place on 8th February in Geneva, for which Farming First was a media partner. Farming First video highlights of interviews with speakers and a summary article of the conference are available on The Economist Conferences website. Full length interviews with speakers will soon be available on Farming First TV.
