{"id":132745,"date":"2023-04-21T12:07:12","date_gmt":"2023-04-21T06:37:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.gkseries.com\/blog\/?p=132745"},"modified":"2023-04-21T12:07:14","modified_gmt":"2023-04-21T06:37:14","slug":"fao-report-on-the-status-of-women-in-agrifood-systems","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.gkseries.com\/blog\/fao-report-on-the-status-of-women-in-agrifood-systems\/","title":{"rendered":"FAO Report on The Status of Women in Agrifood Systems"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>The Status of Women in Agrifood Systems: FAO Report<\/strong>: This report is the first of its sort since the State of Food and Agriculture (SOFA) 2010-11 report on women in agriculture. It was produced by FAO&#8217;s Inclusive Rural Transformation and Gender Equality Division (ESP). It offers a comprehensive overview of the situation of women working in agri-food systems, including aspects from production to distribution and consumption, surpassing the scope of agriculture alone.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.gkseries.com\/blog\/category\/daily-quiz\/daily-quiz-april-2023\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">April 2023 Current Affairs Quiz<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>FAO Report on The Status of Women in Agrifood Systems: Key Points<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Agricultural and food systems provide considerable employment opportunities for both men and women worldwide, employing 36% of working women and 38% of working men.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>However, there has been a decline of about 10% in employment in primary agricultural production since 2005, which has affected both genders.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>In this sector, women are more likely to work part-time or in precarious roles, and there is a 24% gender discrepancy in land production between farms managed by men and women of equal size.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>In the fisheries and aquaculture primary sector, 21% of all workers are women, and almost half of all workers in the entire aquatic value chain (including pre- and post-harvest) are women.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Women rely more on agrifood systems for their livelihoods than men in many countries, with 66% of women\u2019s employment in sub-Saharan Africa and 71% in southern Asia being in this sector.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>The gender wage gap is also prevalent, with women in wage employment in agriculture earning 82 cents for every dollar that men earn.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Women have less ownership and secure tenure rights over agricultural land than men in most countries reporting on Sustainable Development Goal Indicator 5.a.1.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>FAO Report on The Status of Women in Agrifood Systems: Status of Gender Equality<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Gender equality has improved in recent years, with the gender gap in access to mobile internet and bank accounts closing in low- and middle-income nations.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>However, the gap in food insecurity between men and women has widened, with 22% of women losing their jobs in the off-farm segment of agrifood systems during the COVID-19 pandemic, compared to only 2% of men.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Closing the gender gap in farm productivity and the wage gap in agrifood-system employment might boost global GDP by 1% (or about USD 1 trillion) while reducing global food insecurity by 2%, benefiting 45 million people.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Empowering women in small-scale production could also significantly increase the incomes and resilience of millions of people. A review of 13 agricultural development projects showed mixed impacts on women\u2019s empowerment. These projects aimed to increase income and nutritional outcomes through interventions in crops, livestock, and nutrition.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Status of Women in Agrifood Systems: FAO Report: This report is the first of its sort since the State of Food and Agriculture (SOFA) 2010-11 report on women in agriculture. It was produced by FAO&#8217;s Inclusive Rural Transformation and Gender Equality Division (ESP). 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