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, South Korea
The FTCC organized seminar aims to:
To identify the current situation and needs of Asian women farmers’ in agricultural production and rural livelihood, and their roles in rural development.
- To share and exchange practical technologies and extension schemes to augment the current situation of women farmers and improve their potential contribution to rural development, particularly: a) practical technologies, skills, and training programs necessary for women farmers to sustain agricultural productivity; b) income generating activities to enable women farmers to maintain household economies; and c) measures to improve women farmers’ quality of life.
- To benchmark practical solutions and legal, institutional and policy measures for women-farmers to secure access to agricultural/social resources such as credit/finance, technological and health related information.
- To provide extension researchers and practitioners with a manual that can serve as a basic reference in setting up practical programs and policies for enhancing women farmers’ role in rural development applicable to each Asian country.
About FFTC
FFTC has an unusual role among the world’s international agricultural centers. It collects and disseminates research results generated by agricultural centers in the ASPAC region. The aim is to provide farmers with knowledge and information about new technology, so that they can achieve higher yields and incomes.
The Center also acts as an intermediary between international and national agricultural institutes in the ASPAC region. In this way, the Center makes each country’s research available to its neighbors. This gives more scope for collaborative work, and helps avoid duplication of effort. The Center’s information services have always had a regional focus, and all its programs involve participants and partners from Asian and Pacific countries.
