Raising the Productivity of Women Farmers in Sub-Saharan Africa free download ebook

Raising the Productivity of Women Farmers in Sub-Saharan Africa

Book Details:

• Published Date: 30 Apr 1994
• Publisher: World Bank Group
• Book Format: Undefined
• ISBN10: 128000732X
• ISBN13: 9781280007323
• File size: 57 Mb
Download Link: Raising the Productivity of Women Farmers in Sub-Saharan Africa

Africa’s youth and abundant arable land are a potential winning combination October 15, 2015 12.12am EDT increasing production and raising productivity. These goals are crucial if the Sub-Saharan Africa is facing a challenge of low agricultural productivity, which threatens the ability to achieve food security for the continent’s growing population. Acknowledge that each country in sub-Saharan Africa has a unique journey towards gender empowerment and rural development. Focus on women empowerment and equal rights, taking local gender dynamics into account. Invest in rural areas, ensuring balanced division between farm and non-farm income. Over 70% of people in sub-Saharan Africa depend on agriculture for their livelihoods. In sub-Saharan Africa, over 60% of employed women work in the agricultural sector and a significant number of them are smallholder farmers. Thus, it may be rightly said that African women are the backbone of the continent’s agriculture and nutrition. However, despite… Women make up on average 43 percent of the agricultural labour force in developing countries, ranging from 20% in Latin America to almost 50% in East and Southeast Asia and sub-Saharan Africa. The share is higher in some countries and varies greatly within countries. Perhaps one of the most significant disparities is in agricultural production, the primary economic activity for the majority of the population in sub-Saharan Africa. Closing this gender gap in agricultural productivity would not only improve the welfare of female farmers but could also have larger benefits for other members of the household A report the World Bank Group and the ONE Campaign, Levelling the Field: Improving Opportunities for Women Farmers in Africa, studied differences between how much men and women farmers produce in six African countries—Ethiopia, Malawi, Niger, Nigeria, Tanzania, and Uganda. After accounting for plot size and region, it found male-managed Youth Employment in Sub-Saharan Africa notes that many youth employment challenges are problems of employment in general. However, youth is a time of transition, and young people face particular constraints to accessing productive work. Raising the Productivity of Women Farmers in Sub−Saharan Africa Foreword 6 This Report presents the findings of a UNDP−funded, World Bank−executed project on Raising the Productivity of Women Farmers in Africa. WASHINGTON, March 18, 2014 -Although almost half of the agricultural workers in sub-Saharan Africa are women, productivity on their farms is significantly lower per hectare compared to men, according to a new report jointly published the World Bank Group and the ONE Campaign. Sep 12, 2016 Of the 250 million tons of crops grown in sub-Saharan Africa in 2012, a total of 75% were grown smallholder farmers and 75% of these were weeded hand. Between 50% and 70% of these farmers’ time was spent on weeding, and 90% of women … Africa’s growth lies with smallholder farmers January 11, 2018 agra 0 As the world’s population surges towards 9 billion mid-century, food production has failed to keep pace, creating rising food shortages and a global food crisis ahead, according to the United Nations. Small Ruminants as a Source of Financial Security: A Case Study the majority being women. In sub-Saharan Africa where traditionally women have some Thus, lack of proper and easy access to and effective control over land reduces farm productivity in a number of ways. One, it FAO Outlines Benefits, Opportunities of Agricultural Mechanization for Sub-Saharan Africa story highlights The Agriculture and Consumer Protection Department of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the UN (FAO) has released a report outlining strategies and approaches to support agricultural mechanization in sub-Saharan Africa. Sep 06, 2019 In Sub-Saharan Africa, around 40 percent of children under the age of five suffer from stunted growth, Women and Malnutrition in Africa. Women’s farm production offers an entry point for interventions that can improve nutrition; and (b) interventions that increase women’s agricultural productivity and increase their health and Rural women, and particularly poor female farmers in Sub-Saharan Africa, have not yet benefited from the recent focus on gender equality. But if Africa’s gender gap is ever to be closed, the unique obstacles that African women confront must become part of the global dialogue. A 2014 report the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (UNECA) shows that, in 2009, malnutrition cost the country about $899 million annually —nearly 5.6 percent of its GDP.* The report further estimates that 15 percent of child mortalities between 2005 and 2009 in Uganda were due to undernutrition. Foreign Affairs to produce Water Footprint Profiles for seven Sub-Saharan African countries: Benin, Ethiopia, Ghana, Kenya, Mali, Mozambique and Rwanda. The project was conducted to support the Ministry’s target of increasing water productivity 25% in Dutch financed projects. This is the first series of assessments of this kind in the region. SolarKoodo was created to solve a serious challenge that millions of small-scale farmers across sub-Saharan Africa are facing: Irrigation. The majority of farmers work on small family farms and the lack of access to affordable irrigation is a major limit to their productivity. farmers are mostly men. According to the FAO, women in some African countries spend up to 60 percent of their time on agricultural activities. Women farmers contribute up to 50 percent of labour on farms in sub-Saharan Africa. More than 60 percent of employed women in sub-Saharan Africa work in agriculture. Across sub-Saharan Africa, the agricultural sector remains critical to local and regional economies. Based on original research in five countries (Ethiopia, Malawi, Rwanda, Uganda, and United Republic of Tanzania), this policy brief shows that gender gaps in agricultural productivity do not arise because women are less efficient farmers but because they experience inequitable access to study, smallholder farmers, defined on the basis of land and livestock holdings, cultivate less than 2 hectares of land and own only a few heads of livestock. Taking a close look at agriculture in four countries of East Africa is timely, especially given the countries’ rapid pre-crisis growth rates of 7.3 percent during 2005 - 2008. The topic of agricultural mechanization for smallholder farmers in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) has, for long, been a neglected one. It is now clear that mechanization is an essential input to raise labor and land productivity and reduce drudgery. Mechanization can also be used to add value to primary To celebrate the 2014 International Year of Family Farming, Farming First has curated a list of 13 inspiring stories of women’s empowerment as heads of rural family farms, from our 130+ supporter organisation base. It is the first in our brand new series of content mash ups. Women account for 60 to 80% of smallholder farmers in the developing world. Yet in sub-Saharan Africa, only 15% of Raising the Productivity of Women Farmers in Sub-Saharan Africa. Overview Report. Women in Development Division, Population and Human Resources Department. Washington, DC: World Bank. 31. Saito, K. A. And C. J. Weidemann (1990). “Agricultural extension for women farmers in Africa,” The contribution of women to labor in African agriculture is regularly quoted in the range of 60 to 80 percent. Using individual-disaggregated, plot-level labor input data from nationally representative household surveys across six Sub-Saharan African countries, this study estimates the average female labor share in crop production at 40 percent. Although women comprise more than 50% of the agricultural workforce in most of the Eastern and Southern Africa (ESA) region, the productivity gap between men and women farmers … Sep 15, 2014 Smallholder farmers, who hold over 80 percent of all farms in sub-Saharan Africa, are struggling to adapt to rapidly rising temperature and erratic rains, according to the 2014 Africa Agriculture Status Report (AASR), released on 3 September in Addis Ababa. It says these farmers are now facing the risk of being overwhelmed the pace and severity of climate change. It is these issues, regarding farm inputs, farm technology and agricultural trade, which are currently preventing countries in Sub-Saharan Africa from reaping the benefits of a science-based approach to agricultural development, in terms of raising agricultural productivity and, especially, yields in its smallholder farming sector. The lack of food sustainability, as well as food and nutrition insecurity in sub-Saharan Africa, is likely to aggravate unless bold action is taken on six key issues. The need to boost farming productivity. First, smallholder farmers’ productivity has to rise significantly, as a large majority of Africans rely on agriculture for their

Download more files:
Οι νταήδες του σχολείου είναι βλάκες
Human Rights and the Third World : Issues and Discourses
Download PDF, EPUB, MOBI from ISBN number Sinai and Petra, the Journals of Emily Horn in 1899 and 1901
Das Internet Der Dinge in Der Produktion : Smart Manufacturing Fur Anwender Und Loesungsanbieter
Michael Mann - Cinema and Television : Interviews, 1980-2012 ebook free
Download A Memoir of Maria Edgeworth, with a Selection from Her Letters the Late Mrs. Edgeworth Volume 2
Child Soldiers : From Violence to Protection
Mom : Parenting And Motherhood Themed College Ruled Composition Notebook