In the 21st century, rural women in developing countries hold the key to the future of the Earth's agricultural systems and to food and livelihood security through their roles in the selection of seed, the management of small livestock and the conservation and sustainable use of plant and animal diversity. Rural women's key role as food providers and food producers links them directly to the management of genetic resources for food and agriculture and has given them unique knowledge of local spe more...
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The FAO Plan of Action for Women in Development (1996-2001) defines the role the Organization will play in stimulating and facilitating efforts to increase the involvement of rural women as contributors and beneficiaries of economic, social and political development. In order to address the root causes of persistent poverty and food insecurity among rural women and the families they support as well as the factors contributing to degradation of the environment, the Plan pursues three strategic ob more...
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Rural women have developed practices for the efficient and sustainable use of the resources available to them. Rural women make a tremendous contribution to food and agricultural production. They also play a crucial role in determining and guaranteeing food security and well-being for the entire household. Equitable, effective and sustainable agriculture and rural development cannot be pursued without an explicit recognition of these realities. In a global atmosphere of increasing poverty, food more...
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The World Bank Group’s New Deal on Global Food Policy has been endorsed by 150 countries. The New Deal embraces short, medium and long-term responses: including safety nets such as school feeding, food for work, and conditional cash transfers; increased agricultural production; a better understanding of the impact of biofuels; and action on the trade front to reduce distorting subsidies and trade barriers. The Bank is taking action by:
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Mass protests about the cost of tortillas in Mexico City, in West Bengal, dispute over food rationing and riots over grain prices in many parts of Africa. Children march in public to call attention to child hunger in Yemen. This is the present scenario. High food price a harsh new reality.
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The current crisis in food prices has riveted the attention of hundreds of millions of people, many of whom had not before realized the devastating extent of chronic hunger and the poverty, malnutrition, and poor health that are its inexorable companions.
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'Low-income families may be pushed deeper into poverty if high prices for commodities such as wheat, rice and soybeans remain persistently high and countries fail to boost agricultural output and income to the poor, according to IDB data, which estimated the impact of the crisis in 19 countries in the region.'
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