Learning Event No. 13, Session 1: Tutwiler. ARDD2012 Rio
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Presentation by Dr Ann Tutwiler, Deputy Director General, UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), at the 2012 Agriculture and Rural Development Day (ARDD) in Rio de Janiero, Learning Event No. 13, Session 1: Gender needs expressed in the State of Food and Agriculture Report 2011.
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Learning Event No. 13, Session 1: Tutwiler. ARDD2012 Rio
- 1. Gender needs expressed in the State of Food and Agriculture Report 2011 M. Ann Tutwiler ARDD Learning event Deputy Director General - Knowledge Rio de Janeiro 18 June 2012 Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
- 2. Women are a key resource in agriculture Percentage 100 80 60 40 20 0 Males Males Males Males Males Males Females Females Females Females Females Females Developing Sub-Saharan Latin America East and Near East and South Asia countries Africa and the Southeast Asia North Africa Caribbean Agriculture Industry Services
- 3. Female share of agricultural labour force 60 50 40 30 20 10 0 East and Southeast Asia Latin America and the Caribbean Near East and North Africa South Asia Sub-Saharan Africa
- 4. Bolivia Ecuador Guatemala Nicaragua Panama Bangladesh Indonesia Nepal Pakistan Tajikistan 0 Viet Nam Ghana Madagascar Malawi 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 But they control Average farm size (ha) less land Female-headed households Male-headed households
- 5. Women farmers produce less per unit of land… Percentage Sorghum Vegetables All crops 0 -10 -21 -18 -20 -41 -30 -40 -50 Gap between yields on male- and female-controlled plots in Burkina Faso
- 6. …because they use fewer inputs (e.g. fertilizers) Bolivia Ecuador Guatemala Nicaragua Panama Bangladesh Nepal Pakistan Tajikistan Viet Nam Ghana Madagascar Malawi Nigeria 0 10 20 30 40 50 60 70 80 90 Percentage of households using fertilizers Female-headed households Male-headed households
- 7. Women and men have different innovation needs Labour-saving tech Education Capital-credit IGAs Health Ag.inputs & tech. Others 0 2 4 6 Women Men
- 8. What needs to be done: 6 priority areas • Policy • Legal • Technology • Leadership • Social • Knowledge & Research
- 9. Thank you. M. Ann Tutwiler Deputy Director General - Knowledge Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations