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United Nations & Intergovernmental Bodies

CSD (and other) documents, processes, national reports, links, etc. on
Agriculture
at http://www.un.org/esa/sustdev/agri.htm
Biotechnology at http://www.un.org/esa/sustdev/biot.htm

DIVISION FOR THE ADVANCEMENT OF WOMEN - DAW
The Division for the Advancement of Women (DAW) is responsible for servicing the Commission on the Status of Women (CSW), the main UN policy-making body for women. It also services the Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW), which monitors the implementation of the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women, a human rights treaty for women. DAW acts as a focal point for coordination and mainstreaming of gender issues in the United Nations system. It has been the Secretariat of the four UN world conferences on women: 1975 (Mexico), 1980 (Copenhagen),1985 (Nairobi) and 1995 (Beijing).
This site contains links to the full text of most of the major official United Nations documents and General Assembly resolutions on women, a few of which are specifically on rural women. Includes links to full texts, including documentation on the Fourth World Conference on Women and its follow up (gopher://gopher.un.org/1/conf/fwcw/off) complete with background papers and regional reports, as well as the Secretary General's report on the Improvement of the Situation of Women in Rural Areas. gopher://gopher.undp.org:70/00/undocs/gad/A/50/95_10/257-Rev.1
http://www.undp.org/fwcw/daw.htm

WORLD FOOD SUMMIT
The site presents the full text of the Rome Declaration and the Plan of Action arising out of the 1996 World Food Summit, where rural women figure prominently.
http://www.fao.org/wfs/homepage.htm

SD-DIMENSIONS, WOMEN AND POPULATION (FAO)
The Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) of the United Nations has a unit called the Women in Agriculture and Rural Production Service (SDWW), under the Women and Population Division of the Sustainable Development Department. Their web site includes FAO's Plan of Action for Women in Development, as well as numerous on-line analysis papers on rural gender issues, and a bibliography of FAO's publications in this area. Information can also be gleaned on current FAO activities in the area of gender and agriculture.
http://www.fao.org/WAICENT/FAOINFO/SUSTDEV

UNIFEM - EARTH SUMMIT
This site features UNIFEM's web pages dealing with the Earth Summit's Agenda 21 and its references to women, as well as followup actions.
http://www.unifem.undp.org/gasummit.htm

WORLD BANK'S GENDERNET
This site describes how the Bank promotes gender equality, summarizes knowledge and experience, provides gender country profiles, and contains a section to facilitate discussion on gender. The Bank seeks to improve gender equality through its programs and projects, and to enhance the efficiency and sustainability of its operations by considering gender aspects." The site features writeups on good practices, research, links, statistics, country gender profiles, policy documents, bank programmes and projects, and an online newsletter prepared by the World Bank.
http://www.worldbank.org/gender/< /P>

 

Governments

USDA RURAL DEVELOPMENT DIVISION
This Web Site features current news on US Government activities in the area of women/gender and agriculture - for example, President Clinton's declaration in support of World Rural Women's Day, and up-to-date information on the upcoming International Conference on Women and Agriculture (see Conferences).
http://www.rurdev.usda.gov

AUSTRALIAN DPIE RURAL WOMEN WEB LINKS
The Australian Government's Department of Primary Industries and Energy (DPIE) provides descriptions of web sites and links that relate to Australian Government policies, programmes and projects, as well as other information specifically related to Australian women in agriculture.
http://www.dpie.gov.au/rural/women/women-index.html

 

NGOs

WOMEN'S ACTION AGENDA 21
This site features the text of the Action Agenda of the World Women's Congress, from the International Institute for Sustainable Development (IISD), presenting for a Healthy Planet held in Miami, Florida, November 8-12, 1991. This conference was in preparation for the Rio Conference in 1992. Includes actions on land and food security, environment, biodiversity and biotechnology.
On this site
Women's Action Agenda 21 for a Healthy Planet
Also at http://iisdl.iisd.ca/women/action21.htm

ALTERNATIVE TREATIES FOR RIO
Non-Governmental Organization Alternative Treaties at the '92 Global Forum in Rio: Introduction to the Alternative Treaties / List of Treaties / Treaty on Sustainable Agriculture

CSD CAUCUS: SUSTAINABLE AGRICULTURE AND FOOD SYSTEMS (SAFS)
The Caucus under the CSD NGO Steering Committee with information on the CSD process, relevant documents and links: SAFS Caucus at http://www.igc.org/csdngo/agriculture/agr_index.htm

TOWARDS EARTH SUMMIT II
Comprehensive NGO document
for the General Special Session to review implementation of Agenda 21, 23-27 June 1997
Recommendations for Actions and Commitments at Earth Summit II; chapters on Sustainable Agriculture and Food Security; Land; Desertification; etc.

AUSTRALIAN WOMEN IN AGRICULTURE (AWIA)
A web site belonging to the AWIA (an NGO working in favour of rural Australian women) which also provides links to other sites especially of interest to women in Asia and the Pacific. http://www.awia.org.au/

AWID - ASSOCIATION FOR WOMEN IN DEVELOPMENT
The world's largest association of people and organizations dealing with general women and development issues. AWID runs an interactive web site that "will allow members to access information on WID/GAD organizations and events, find critical advocacy information, network with each other in real time chat rooms, and search for information in their WID/GAD resource database." The site is under construction and will contain a membership directory, including biographical data on many gender and agriculture experts, and links to organizations that are members. http://www.awid.org

CENTRE FOR RURAL SOCIAL RESEARCH - RURAL WOMEN LINKS PAGE
Hosted by Charles Stuart University, this site provides a set of links and a list of email discussion groups of interest mainly to rural women in Australia. http://www.csu.edu.au/research/crsr/links/linkwomn.htm

CGIAR GENDER RESEARCH NETWORK
The Gender Research network is sponsored by the CGIAR Gender Program to "link researchers at CGIAR centers, national research institutes, and universities who are involved in gender and intra-household research." Information on the network as well as the network's online newsletter can be found at the web site; information on the Gender-CG list can be found under Discussion Groups. http://www.cgiar.org/ifpri/themes/m p17/gender/gender.htm

ICRW PROWID
The International Center for Research on Women (ICRW) and The Centre for Development and Population Activities (CEDPA) are working in partnership on a grants program, Promoting Women in Development (PROWID). This four-year program supports innovative pilot interventions, operations research, and advocacy activities that strengthen efforts to reach women and enhance their full participation in the development process. Funded by the Office of Women in Development at the United States Agency for International Development (USAID), PROWID seeks to improve the lives of women in developing countries and economies in transition by promoting development that is based on practical insights gained from field-tested interventions. This site provides descriptions of various projects that are being implemented with rural women. http://www.icrw.org/prowid.htm

LANDCAREWEB - WOMEN IN AGRICULTURE
This site provides a list of web-sites and discussion lists of relevance to Australian women involved in agriculture, at http://www.agfor.unimelb.edu.au/LCweb/lclibrary/womenag.html

WOMEN, EQUAL OPPORTUNITIES AND RURAL DEVELOPMENT - LEADER II
LEADER II is a European Union initiative dedicated to promote the development of disadvantaged rural areas of the European Union. This site contains online documents presenting analysis of the situation of rural women in the European Union. http://www.rural-europe.aeidl.be/rural-en/biblio/women/contents.htm

RURAL WOMYN ZONE
A web site for rural feminists mainly in the United States but certainly of broader interest. This site contains numerous links both to documents and to organizations covering a broad range of items of interest to academics, practitioners and farming feminists. http://www.wowwomen.com/ruralzone/frontpage.html

SUMMIT ON THE THE ECONOMIC ADVANCEMENT OF RURAL WOMEN
Information on the summit, its resolutions and meetings of the Steering Committee can be found piecemeal at several sites, eg  Queen Fabiola's address to the opening of the Second Meeting at http://belgium.fgov.be/

WOMEN AND RURAL ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT (WRED)
WRED is a Canadian NGO working on Canadian women's rural enterprise development and offers broader support to rural business women. Their site includes an online bibliography with many interesting sources dealing with this topic, which is of potential interest to non-Canadians as well. http://www.wred.org/

WOMEN IN AG
This site is run by Agriculture Online (a private firm that publishes magazines such as Successful Farming) and is of interest mainly to rural and farm women in the United States. It provides some links, as well as summaries of news and journal articles of interest to farm women and others concerned with them, dealing with topics such as problems of female farm partners, stress among farm couples, farm women and technology, and successful women farm managers. http://www.agriculture.com/contents/sf/women/wagcont.html and http://www.agriculture.com/

WOMEN IN AGRICULTURE: FARMING FOR OUR FUTURE
This Web Site belongs to the Centre for Rural Social Research of Charles Stuart University in Australia and presents information about the 1st International Conference on Women in Agriculture held in 1994 in Melbourne. http://www.csu.edu.au/research/crsr/ruralsoc/v4n2p29.htm

WORLD RURAL WOMEN'S DAY
A web site constructed by the International Federation of Agricultural Producers (IFAP), the Women's World Summit Foundation (WWSF) and Associated Country Women of the World (ACWW) to promote World Rural Women's Day on the 15th of October. http://www.rural-womens-day.org

WOMEN IN AGRICULTURE
The National Farmers' Union is the democratic organisation representing farmers and growers in England and Wales. Farm Women’s contribution to Agriculture and their training needs. http://www.nfu.org.uk/pubs/women.asp

RURAL ADVANCEMENT FOUNDATION (RAFI)
is an international NGO, based in Winnipeg, Manitoba (Canada), dedicated to the conversation and sustainable improvement of agricultural biodiversity, and to the socially responsible development of technologies useful to rural societies. RAFI is concerned about the loss of genetic diversity - esp. in agriculture - and about the impact of intellectual property rights on agriculture and world food security. http://www.rafi.org
Join news@rafi.org, RAFI's e-mail list, and you will receive notification of new publications from RAFI and updates on stories reported in RAFI Communique. The list is a place for announcements and up-to-date reports rather than a forum for extended discussion. So, you'll be kept in touch with happenings at RAFI without having your e-mail box flooded. Fill out the form at http://www.rafi.org/listserv.html

WORLD SUSTAINABLE AGRICULTURE ASSOCIATION
"The ultimate goal of WSAA is to promote sustainable farming, food distribution, consumption, and biocycling systems throughout the world. We promote systems and public policies that enhance local and regional food security, in ways that are economically viable, socially just, and environmentally harmonious with Nature." http://www.igc.apc.org/wsaala/wsaa.html

INTERNATIONAL FEDERATION OF ORGANIC AGRICULTURE MOVEMENTS
The worldwide umbrella organisation of the organic agriculture movement, with about 770 member organisations and institutions in some 107 countries all over the world. http://www.ecoweb.dk/ifoam/

INTERNATIONAL FEDERATION OF AGRICULTURAL PRODUCERS
Since the creation of IFAP in 1946, agricultural organizations have joined forces to eliminate food shortages caused by the Depression in the 30's and World War II. At the dawn of the third millenium, they are ready to ensure the security of the world's food supply. To this end, farmers from sixty countries come together in IFAP to pursue the following goals: to improve the economic and social status of all who live by and on the land; to ensure the security of the world's food supply; to promote the creation and strengthening of independant farmers' organizations in every country. http://www.ifap.org/

 

Resources: Libraries, Publications

WAGENINGEN AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY GENDER DATABASE

The Gender Database contains descriptions of journal articles and book chapters on gender, agriculture and rural development. Most concern the Netherlands, Western European countries, or Third World countries. Literature which is important for analyzing the position of women is also included, e.g., articles on feminist theory and methodology. Articles are selected from 240 agricultural and social science journals, and a number of book chapters are also included. At this moment the database contains approximately 6000 entries. The database is searchable online, and the articles and book chapters can be ordered through the Worldwide Web.
http://www.bib.wau.nl/agralin/f2epubs.html

NAL'S ONLINE BIBLIOGRAPHY ON 'WOMEN IN AGRICULTURE AND RURAL LIFE"

The National Agricultural Library is the largest agricultural library in the world, with more than 3.3 million items in its collection. It is part of the Agricultural Research Service, chief research agency of the U.S. Department of Agriculture. "'Women' in Agriculture and Rural Life: An International Bibliography" (Special Reference Brief 98-02) compiles citation from AGRICOLA, NAL's bibliographic database, and include nearly 1,500 articles, books, videotapes, reports and other materials published from January 1979 to March 1998. You can find the bibliography online, including citations, call numbers and instructions for ordering documents, at http://www.nal.usda.gov/afsic/wia/women.htm

INTERNATIONAL LABOUR ORGANIZATION - ILODOC

The ILO is one of the major UN Organizations promoting the rights of rural women, and implementing research and projects. This site provides online access to the ILO Library's bibliographical database on ILO publications since 1919. A search on the key term "women" shows that there are over 4,000 citations in this database. The ILO Library's collection is much larger, but online access to the full database is by subscription only.
http://ilis.ilo.org/ilis/ilodoc/ilintrid.html

OECD MACROTHESAURUS - WOMEN AND RURAL POPULATION

An on-line thesaurus sponsored by the OECD which includes key words relating to women, and to the rural population. Useful for identifying search terms for internet and bibliographical searches.
http://info.uibk.ac.at/info/oecd-macroth/en/2147.html

RESOURCE DIRECTORY ON GENDER AND SUSTAINABLE RURAL DEVELOPMENT

The site is managed by the COADY International Institute. It offers a quite small (80 entries) but hopefully steadily growing database containing bibliographical entries and abstracts on WID/GAD and gender and agriculture. http://xel.stfx.ca/Coady-library/agricul.htm

ROYAL TROPICAL INSTITUTE (KIT) LIBRARY

The KIT library provides you with one of the largest collections of scientific and popular books and journals concerned with developing countries in the world. Prominent topics are ethnic conflict, cultural and social anthropology, ecodevelopment, biography/history, and gender. There is a special section for United Nations publications (the UN Library), an extensive map collection (the Map Room), and a special collection of popular publications (the Museum Library/Resources Centre).
http://www.kit.nl/ibd/

QUESTION & ANSWER SERVICE

Tailor-made bibliographies based on the TROPAG & RURAL CD-ROM and other agricultural databases, with abstracts and full bibliographical details, can be ordered from this website. The cost of a bibliography is Dfl 60.00, including 25 references. If there are more than 25 references, an additional charge of Dfl 0.75 per reference is made. For bibliographies based on searches using more than 10 search statements the price is Dfl 125.00, including 50 references. It is possible to have key articles and book chapters selected by subject specialists, and delivered together with the bibliography, at the standard document delivery rate. To use the Question & Answer Service, fill in the online ordering form for information services.
This document can be ordered from http://www.kit.nl/ibd/html/information_services.asp

UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN - MADISON LIBRARY

The University of Wisconsin-Madison is a US Land Grant University with a strong women's studies programme and numerous bibliographical resources in the field of women's studies. Unfortunately they don't do any work specifically in the field of gender and agriculture/rural development, but the online searchable library catalog contains more than 2000 entries on rural women, and over 800 on women in agriculture.
http://www.library.wisc.edu/MadCat.html

THE FAOSTAT STATISTICAL DATABASE

FAOSTAT is an on-line and multilingual database hosted by the Food and Agricultural Organisation of the United Nations, currently containing records covering international statistics in the following areas:

Production
Trade
Food Balance Sheets
Food Aid Shipments
Fertilizer and Pesticides
Land Use and Irrigation
Forest Products
Fishery Products
Population
Agricultural Machinery

The FAOSTAT Statistical Database contains over 1 million time series records covering over 210 countries and territories and 3,000 items.
The FAOSTAT CD-Rom can also be ordered from: http://www.fao.org/catalog/New/products/cdfaoste.htm

TROPAG & RURAL DATABASE
The 4000-6000 abstracts published in the journal each year are also placed on the TROPAG & RURAL bibliographic database, available on CD-ROM and on-line at http://www.library.ubc.ca/info/temp/tropag.htm, published by SilverPlatter, contains some 115 000 abstracts from the international literature on tropical agriculture and rural development from 1975 onwards. The database's traditional coverage comprised the international literature on the cultivation of food and industrial crops, animal husbandry, forage and pastures, and post-harvest technology. Its scope has gradually been expanded to reflect growing international interest in farming systems, agroforestry and, especially, in the environmental aspects of agriculture.
http://www.silverplatter.com/catalog/trag.htm

 

IMPACT OF STRUCTURAL ADJUSTMENT ON SUSTAINABLE RURAL LIVELIHOODS: A REVIEW OF THE LITERATURE
Ismail I Ahmed with Michael Lipton
IDS Working Paper 62 1997 33pp ISBN 1 85864 210 8 £6.

This paper reviews the impact of structural adjustment on sustainability of rural livelihoods. It unpacks the elements of adjustment and looks at the effects of each of these on the quantity, quality and sustainability of rural livelihoods. There is no systematic improvement or decline in rural livelihoods as a result of adjustment measures. Changes in the relative prices of tradables and nontradables provided incentives and had a positive impact on rural livelihoods in some countries but failed to create sustainable incentive structures in others. By concentrating almost exclusively on the issues of pricing, the reform policies ignored the other critical factors, in particular, the technological development needed to translate improved incentives into more sustainable and productive farming systems. To order this paper, contact the following address:
Publications Office
Institute of Development Studies
University of Sussex
Brighton BN1 9RE
UK
Tel: (01273) 678269 (Intl +44 1273)
Fax (01273) 621202/691647
E-mail: publications@ids.ac.uk

BEYOND FARMER FIRST: RURAL PEOPLE'S KNOWLEDGE, AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH AND EXTENSION PRACTICE
edited by Ian Scoones and John Thompson
Intermediate Technology 1994 301pp ISBN 1 85339 250 2 £5.75 paperback

This book describes the ideological and political process that is agricultural development. It points towards more practical strategies for developing effective and equitable partnerships between indigenous knowledge systems through adaptive, people-centred, agricultural research and extension, moving from theory to policy and practice.
This book may be ordered online from amazon.com at the following url: http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/1853392375/qid=932558485/sr=1-1/002-1060514-8742442

CAP REFORMS: WILL DEVELOPING COUNTRIES BENEFIT?
IDS Policy Briefing 11 1998 £0.00

The UK Presidency of the EU must oversee progress on the Agenda 2000 proposals to reform the common agricultural policy (CAP). The proposed reforms are limited and will not include the substantial trade liberalisation called for by critics of the CAP. This must wait for the next round of WTO negotiations. As the reforms stand, their net impact will be unfavourable for developing countries, though not seriously so. Likely negative effects could be counteracted fairly easily. But development advocates will need to lobby hard for such measures. Without them, the Agenda 2000 reforms would be a backward step for development.
http://www.ids.ac.uk/ids/publicat/briefs/brief11.html

WOMEN AND AGRIBUSINESS - WORKING MIRACLES IN THE CHILEAN FRUIT SECTOR
Stephanie Barrientos, Anne Bee, Ann Matear, Isabel Vogel
Macmillan 1999 256pp ISBN 0-333-68293-9 £16.99

Fresh fruit exported from Chile, and many other developing countries, has become commonplace in our supermarkets during the winter months. Employment in this branch of agribusiness is mainly seasonal and employs large numbers of women workers. This book provides an in-depth examination of the 'fruit explosion' in Chile and its effect on rural women. It explores the structure of the agro-export sector and the role of seasonal female employment. The authors ask how women combine this new type of work with their more traditional roles, and consider state politics to support seasonal workers. Both the local and global implications of women working in this sector of agribusiness are considered. The book ends by discussing the possible effects of supermarket codes of conduct on temporary, female workers in agribusiness. The book takes an interdisciplinary perspective and provides an important contribution to research on women and agribusiness.
This book may be ordered online from amazon.com at the following url: http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0312219989/qid%3D932558790/002-1060514-8742442

BIOPIRACY : THE PLUNDER OF NATURE AND KNOWLEDGE

Vandana Shiva
This book exposes the "new colonies" in the North's assault on the South's biological resources: the interior spaces of the bodies of women, plants and animals. Shiva argues that agreements such as the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT) are based on Eurocentric notions of property and piracy and enable Northern capital to appropriate biodiversity from its original owners by defining as "nonscience" the seeds, medicinal plants, and indigenous knowledge of the South.
1997. 148 pages. ISBN 0-89608-555-4 WE333Z US$13.00
This book can also be ordered online from amazon.com at the following url: http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0896085554/qid=932563876/sr=1-1/002-1060514-8742442

WOMEN IN AGRICULTURE: FARMING FOR OUR FUTURE (Conference Report)

1st International Conference; University of Melbourne 1-3 July 1994
Margaret Alston
Centre for Rural Social Research, Charles Stuart University
A report from the First International Conference on Women and Agriculture meeting in Melbourne in July 1994. The report outlines the main objectives of the conference and explores three key issues under the various topics - Women in Agriculture; Production and Land; and Sustainable Development and Economics

address production, environmental, economic and social issues affecting agriculture nationally and internationally.
promote a co-operative relationship between Australian and international agricultural networks through women in agriculture.
raise awareness of the contribution women make to agricultural and rural development, and increase the awareness of the economic, social, legal and cultural factors affecting their status.
provide a learning opportunity to develop new skills and access to information and networks. http://www.csu.edu.au/research/crsr/ruralsoc/v4n2p29.htm
WOMEN IN AGRICULTURE: WHAT DEVELOPMENT CAN DO
Mayra Buvinic and rekha Mehra Published in "Agricultural Development in the Third World", 2nd edition, John Staats and Carl Eicher, Jon Hopkins University Press. Chapter manuscript available from International Center for Research on Women (ICRW), 1717 Massachuchets Avenue NW, Suite 302, Washington, DC 20036, USA, Tel +1 202 797 0007, Fax +1 202 797 0020, icrw@igc.apc.org

CAN STRUCTURAL ADJUSTMENT WORK FOR WOMEN FARMERS?
Rekha Mehra, American Journal of Agricultural Economics, 73 (Dec.) 1991, Article reprint available from International Center for Research on Women (ICRW), 1717 Massachuchets Avenue NW, Suite 302, Washington, DC 20036, USA, Tel +1 202 797 0007, Fax +1 202 797 0020, icrw@igc.apc.org

ENVIRONMENTALLY SOUND TECHNOLOGIES FOR WOMEN IN AGRICULTURE
Produced by the International Federation for Women in Agriculture (India) and International Insitutite of Rural Reconstruction (Philippines)
This practical workbook focuses on 60 simple techonoliges to help farmers with animal husbandry, vegetable harvesting, organic farming, seed production and storage, pests and pesticides, water management and fish farming. Step by step intructions and easy to follow diagrams make this a valuable hands on manual for extension workers as well as neo literate farmers.
1997. 213 pages. ISBN 0-942717-69-4. WE339Z. US$20.00
This workbook can be ordered online from amazon.com at the following url:
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0942717694/qid%3D932562139/002-1060514-8742442

DEVELOPING THE SKILLS AND PARTICIPATION OF WOMEN IRRIGATORS.
Experiences from smallholder irrigation in Sub-Saharan Africa
By Felicity Chancellor, July 1997 (Report OD 135)
Available from: HR Wallingford Ltd. Howbery Park, Wallingford, OXON OX10 8BA, UK
Tel: +44 (0) 1491 835381 Fax: +44 (0) 1491 832233
or contact Felicity Chancellor at f.chancellor@hrwallingford.co.uk

GENDER-SENSITIVE IRRIGATION DESIGN
Felicity Chancellor, Nicola Hasnip, Neddy Matshalaga and Dave O’Neill. 9th March 1998
A two phases project in Zimbabwe. Phase I identifies and prioritises the design issues which have important gender implications in the region. Phase II will be devoted to testing hypotheses that address the prioritised research issues. The recent Workshop in Masvingo marked the close of Phase I, which began in October 1997.
Participants in Phase I were: HR Wallingford, UK, Silsoe Research Institute, UK, Institute of Development Studies, University of Zimbabwe, AGRITEX (Ministry of Agriculture), Zimbabwe, Support and assistance has been given by CARE, Zimbabwe
Phase I Report available from HR Wallingford Ltd. Howbery Park, Wallingford, OXON OX10 8BA, UK
Tel: +44 (0) 1491 835381 Fax: +44 (0) 1491 832233
or contact Felicity Chancellor at f.chancellor@hrwallingford.co.uk

TOOLS FOR THE FIELD
Methodology Handbook for Gender Analysis in Agriculture
Hilary Sims Feldstein and Janice Jiggins (Eds.). 1994
Using illustrative material from 38 cases in Africa, Asia and Latin America, Tools for the Field provides a presentation of how development planners, trainers and project coordinators can incorporate gender analysis in agriculture.
288 pages. ISBN 1-56549-028-2. WE056Z. US$18.95
This workbook can be ordered online from amazon.com at the following url: http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/1565490282/qid=932562192/sr=1-4/002-1060514-8742442

CHANGE AND DIVERSITY: OPPORTUNITIES FOR AND CONSTRAINTS ON RURAL WOMEN IN NEW ZEALAND

MAF Policy Technical Paper 97/11
ISSN 1171-4662
ISBN 0-478-07458-1
By: Mary-Jane Rivers, Ann Pomeroy, Dianne Buchan, Brian Pomeroy and Rachel Fogarty
October 1997
The report discusses the dramatic and rapid change which the processes of globalisation, technological advance, demographic change and economic reform have brought to rural New Zealanders. It looks at the paid work of rural women and the visibility of their unpaid work, their involvement in decision making, and how the media and advertising portray them. An analysis is made of the strategies which women (and men) can use to ensure that the work undertaken by rural women receives appropriate recognition, to increase their involvement in decision-making, and assist women and men to adjust to their changed roles and achieve their aspirations and goals. Finally the report reminds us why it is important that rural women should participate in the economy and why constraints which impact on their participation should be removed. http://www.maf.govt.nz/MAFnet/publications/change/change.htm#E13E1

 

FOCUS ON AGRICULTURE. LOOKING AHEAD TO CSD-8
WWF International, 1999, 4 pages.
Discusses the background of the CSD-8 discussions and priority issues for CSD-8 such as freshwater management at the catchment level, efficient water use, GMO's, agricultural subsidies and pesticides.
For more information, contact Carole Saint-Laurent, WWF International, c/o WWF Canada, 70 Mayfield Avenue, Toronto, Canada, M6S 1K6, Tel/Fax +1 416 763 3437, carolestlaurent@compuserve.com

 

Food security

Institute of Development Studies, Sussex University (IDS) FOOD SECURITY UNIT ANNUAL REVIEW 1996-97
This site features a post conference report on the World Food Summit held in Rome in 1996. It provides feedback on the achievements and dissapointments associated with the Food Summit and features brief statements on various issues that were dealt with at the Summit which include agricultural marketing, safety nets and emergencies and rehabilitation.
http://www.ids.ac.uk/ids/research/food/fsuar967.html

IDS FOOD SECURITY UNIT ANNUAL REVIEW 1995-1996
This site features a post conference report on the World Food Summit held in 1995 and provides feedback on the achievements associated with the Summit as well as the aspirations for the Summit held in 1996. Some of the brief statements deal with gender and humanitarian crises and food trade and aid.
http://www.ids.ac.uk/ids/research/fsuar.html

HOUSEHOLD FOOD SECURITY: CONCEPTS AND DEFINITIONS. AN ANNOTATED BIBLIOGRAPHY
Marisol Smith, Judy Pointing, Simon Maxwell et al.
IDS Development Bibliography 8 1993 65pp ISBN 1 85864 005 9 £10.00
The concept of 'food security' is found as early as the 1970s, but the concept of 'household food security' is more recent: the bulk of the literature dates from the 1980s. This annotated Bibliography contains nearly 200 items which together trace developments in the concept of household food security. The evolution of food security, from concern with national food stocks in the 1970s to a preoccupation with individual entitlements in the 1980s, is an important part of the story told by this Bibliography.

FOOD-FOR-WORK IN ETHIOPIA: CHALLENGING THE SCOPE OF PROJECT EVALUATIONS
Liz Humphrey
IDS Working Paper 81 1999 38pp ISBN 1 85864 251 5 £6.00

Evaluations of the numerous Food-for-Work (FFW) projects in operation across Ethiopia are designed to assess their effectiveness, and are often defined by the objectives stated in the terms of reference. The paper asserts that the quality and usefulness of evaluations is greatly enhanced when the qualitative impacts of a project on the beneficiaries are included in the assessment since they often have a direct influence on conventional donor concerns such as targeting and the mode of payment. An evaluation framework is proposed which covers the design and delivery, outputs and impacts of a project and this structure is then adopted for a review of FFW evaluation documents. The analysis reveals the heavy emphasis on design and delivery mechanisms in the literature, and suggests the scope of evaluation exercises might be broadened to capture both the intended and unforeseen socio-economic impacts of a project.

GENDER, HOUSEHOLD FOOD SECURITY AND COPING STRATEGIES
Julie Koch Laier, Susanna Davies, Kirsty Milward and Jane Kennan
IDS Development Bibliography 14 1996 120pp ISBN 1 85864 054 7 £17.00

It is now widely recognized that women play a crucial, yet constrained and undervalued, role in ensuring food availability for household members, in normal times as well as in periods of stress. This annotated bibliography draws together the disparate literature on household food security and strategies for coping with food crises in sub-Saharan Africa and South Asia, with gender and women as the entry point.

LINKING RELIEF AND DEVELOPMENT: AN ANNOTATED BIBLIOGRAPHY
Will Campbell
IDS Development Bibliography 10 1994 62pp ISBN 1 85864 052 0 £10.00

In April 1994, IDS held a workshop on 'Linking relief and development' as part of an ongoing project. This bibliography was compiled as part of that project and it brings together work produced under a variety of different headings, such as disaster and famine mitigation, and developmental approaches to relief. The bibliography includes conceptual work, examples of attempts to link relief and development on the ground, and case studies of national governments, NGOs, donors and regional organisations. A key terms index facilitates searches.

The above IDS and BRIDGE publications can be obtained at the following address:
IDS Publications Office, Institute of Development Studies, Brighton BN1 9RE, UK.
Tel: +44 (0) 1273 678269 Fax: +44 (0) 1273 621202 E.mail: ids.books@sussex.ac.uk

A WORLD WITHOUT FAMINE? NEW APPROACHES TO AID AND DEVELOPMENT
Edited by Helen O'Neill and John Toye
St Martin's Press, Inc 1997 236pp ISBN 0 312 21022 1 £60.00

This selection of papers, from the proceedings of the Development Studies Association conference held in Dublin on the 150th Anniversary of the start of the Great Irish Famine, examines the historical background and the reasons why the spectre of famine continues to haunt much of the developing world today. These are set in the context of the concepts of food security and insecurity in order to emphasise our moral responsibility to act collectively to tackle not only famines but also less dramatic forms of food insecurity. Th book brings together the perspectives of eminent academics and policy-makers to give a comprehensive account of the threats to food security and the new approaches in aid to tackle them.This selection can be ordered online from amazon.com at the following url:
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0312210221/qid=932565761/sr=1-7/002-1060514-8742442

THE ANDEAN WOMEN, FOOD TECHNOLOGY AND FOOD SECURITY CONTEST: AN APPROPRIATE MODEL
This paper documents the mechanism, experiences and lessons learned from UNIFEM's 'Andean Women, Food Technology and Food Security Contest'. The model -which aims at the economic empowerment of rural women - has been validated, repeated and replicated in another geographical area, namely in Yucatan, Mexico. It has proven to be very effective for highlighting women's indigenous knowledge, experience and specific needs, related to their economic activities and natural resource management. In addition, the project mechanism increased women's access to appropriate technologies and it has promoted the exchange of experiences among women. It has also played a catalytic role in the development of communication channels between grassroots women and technical support organizations.
gopher://gopher.undp.org:70/00/unifem/poli-eco/eco/susta/contest
 

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