Thematic brief gender, agriculture and rural development

This Thematic Brief provides quick guidance on the most important issues relating to gender, agriculture and rural development.

This Brief is addressed to staff from development cooperation agencies who are involved in agricultural and rural development programmes and projects.

Here they will find information on the most important gender issues at stake and how to address them, indicators that can be used to monitor whether a programme is integrating gender dimensions, examples of gender-sensitive development actions and references to further information and tools related to gender, agriculture and rural development.

Contents

Gender issues in agriculture and rural development

A roadmap for gender mainstreaming in agricultural and rural development programmes

Questions for gender analysis in agriculture and rural development

Gender sensitive indicators for the agricultural and rural development sector

Examples of gender-sensitive projects in agriculture and rural development

Further References