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Empowering women to enhance agricultural productivity
Despite prevailing social constraints, village-based seed enterprises are providing a route to empowerment.
Introducing the MENA Initiative: A multi-partner enterprise transforming rural livelihoods through sustainable agricultural development in Middle East & North Africa (MENA)
Invitation to join the "From Farms to Markets: Innovative agri-based value chains: new streams of income for women and youth" session during the COP22 Marrakech Climate Change Conference.
Poverty Assessment Northern Sudan (Poverty Assessment and Mapping in Sudan Part 1)
This is Part 1 of a study, presented in three reports that detail the results of a poverty
assessment and mapping project in North and Southern Sudan. The study’s objec?ve was to
produce a rural poverty analysis and poverty ...
Linking Livestock Producers and Rural Women to Global Yarn Markets
The project used a market-driven science approach to ensure quick uptake by rural women and succeeded in establishing a self-sustaining value chain, from improved breeding and husbandry practices to production of world-class ...
Enhancing the Dairy Processing Skills and Market Access of Rural Women in Jordan
This report presents the findings of the socioeconomic, dairy processing and marketing conditions of
women in four communities in the Karak Governorate of Jordan. It is part of a project targeting rural
women that develops ...
Agricultural Livelihoods of Syrian refugees in Jordan: current situation and opportunities ahead - Final Report
This study was conducted in four governorates of Jordan: Amman, Madaba, Irbid and Mafraq. These governorates of Northern Jordan were chosen based on the fact that IFAD previous investment focused on the South of the country. ...
Tapping Rice Fallows to Boost Pulses Production in India
India is globally the largest consumer of pulses with millions, particularly the poor, dependent on them for food and nutrition. It is also the largest importer of pulses and faces increasing dependence on imports as pulses ...
Gender Roles in Agriculture: The Case of Afghanistan
Technological interventions aiming to improve livelihoods that bring
gender equity can become successful only when the prevailing gender
roles in society and access to different livelihood opportunities are fully
understood. ...
A gender Analysis Perspective for Improved Livelihoods in the Karkheh River Basin
This study on gender and livelihood aims to find new ways of improving the incomes of rural households, based on the role of women in agricultural production and the division of labor in socioeconomic activities between ...
An improved method of making Jameed for small-scale dairy farms
In Jordan, there is a high demand for products made from processed sheep milk. About 24% of the country’s milk is produced from sheep. Small-scale milk processing is an important part of the livelihoods of sheep and ...