By admin on May 16, 2010 in Agricultural Researches, News Clippings, Rural Women | 0 Comments
Interesting reading on female farmers and gender issues we got from our inbox again. Promising approaches to address the needs of poor female farmers : resources, constraints, and interventions By Agnes R. Quisumbing and Lauren Pandolfelli IN World Development, vol. 38, no. 4, April 2010. This article critically reviews some recent attempts to increase poor [...]
By admin on Mar 12, 2010 in Agricultural Researches, Agriculture and Globalization, Rural Women | 0 Comments
We’ve been clicking stuff ”round the FAO Database and its been an interesting time so far. Good for FarmFriday. The coolest feature was the ability to choose and create 3 types of report in a kind of mix and match way. Give it a try! pay a visit to the FAO Gender and Land Rights [...]
By admin on Sep 4, 2009 in Farm Technology, Rural Women | 0 Comments
Here’s some FarmFriday handy tips we got from CELAC. Mrs Muwanga Jesca – Vice Chairlady of CELAC Masaka District Farmers Network shares her technique for making a long lasting and fuel efficient mud stove… I want to share with you how to make a cooking stove out of mud just like the one I made [...]
By Jet Hermida on Jun 30, 2009 in Agricultural Researches, Agriculture and Globalization, Food Security, Organizational Development, Rural Women, Sustainable Agriculture | 0 Comments
Another good read from ICRW! From the introduction: Rural women produce half of the world’s food and, in developing countries, between 60 percent and 80 percent of food crops. Women also are more likely than men to spend their income on the well-being of their families, including more nutritious foods, school fees for children and [...]
By Jet Hermida on Jun 20, 2009 in Agricultural Researches, Rural Women | 0 Comments
Here’s an interesting read we picked up from ILC. This brief focuses on key agricultural resources needed by poor female farmers to generate incomes and ensure their families’ food security. It is organized around key resources and promising approaches to increase poor women’s control of those resources. Download the article here. Lots of interesting articles [...]
By Jet Hermida on Apr 14, 2009 in DHRRA Members, DHRRA News, Food Security, Rural Women | 0 Comments
The Economic Enabling Program is an income generating effort for the members of the community initiated by the Development of Human Resources in Rural Areas, Malaysia (DHRRA Malaysia) and RUMAH RAPHA. DHRRA Malaysia is a civil society moving towards organizing a strong, self-reliant community through poverty alleviation and people’s empowerment initiatives based on the spirit [...]
By Jet Hermida on Nov 23, 2007 in Rural Women | 1 Comment
More readings on empowering rural women: 1. Feminization of Agriculture: Trends and Driving Forces 2. Regional strategies for empowering women (6MB) 3. Strategies for empowering poor women
By Jet Hermida on Nov 14, 2007 in Agricultural Researches, Alternative Regional Integration, Regional Integration in Agriculture, Rural Women | 0 Comments
AsiaDHRRA participated in the International Seminar on the Enhancement of Women Farmers’ Role in the Development of Rural Asia organized by the Food and Fertilizer and Technology Center (FFTC) based in Taiwan and the Rural Development Administration (RDA) in Korea last October 2007. The conference brought in about 15 select international delegates and more than [...]
By Jet Hermida on Nov 13, 2007 in Development Tools, Rural Women | 0 Comments
Below are selected readings on empowering rural women: 1. Empowering rural women policies, institutions, and gendered outcomes in natural resources management 2. Empowering women farmer 3. Empowering women for food security
By Jet Hermida on Nov 8, 2007 in Agricultural Researches, Rural Women | 0 Comments
Seminar proceedings and selected presentations from the 2007 FFTC-RDA Korea “International Seminar on Enhancement of Women Farmers’ Role in the Development of Rural Asia” can now be downloaded by clicking on the links below 1. Seminar Highlights 2. Selected Papers 3. Photos ————— Read the seminar background here….
By Jet Hermida on Nov 1, 2007 in Alternative Regional Integration, DHRRA Members, DHRRA News, Rural Poverty in SEA, Rural Women | 0 Comments
DHRRA Malaysia represented by the Dengkil Community Center will be among the people’s organizations chosen to present “Voices from the Grassroots” during the First Plenary of ACSC-3 entitled Regionalism for the People: Building a Social ASEAN to be held on Friday, 02 November 2007. Seetha Sinapan, DHRRA Malaysia, will present an overview of the various [...]
By Jet Hermida on Oct 4, 2007 in Agricultural Researches, Regional Integration in Agriculture, Rural Poverty in SEA, Rural Women, Sustainable Agriculture | 0 Comments
Ms. Marlene Ramirez, AsiaDHRRA Secretary General has been invited by FFTC to present a paper on the role of women in agriculture entitled Ensuring Rural Women’s Voice in Agricultural Policy Formulation at the seminar on Enhancement of Women Farmers’ Role in the Development of Rural Asia to be held on October 15-19, 2007 in Suwon, [...]
