Savoirs

The project will address sustainable management in shade forests, marine areas, and mangroves in the buffer zones of protected areas (Obo and Principe natural parks) through the development of participatory management plans in five co-management areas, and the implementation of investments for integrated ecosystem management.

This paper explores aspects of promoting rural women’s leadership in producers’ organizations (POs). Despite the vast amount of work that women perform in the agriculture sector, their role remains largely unrecognized. The concerns and issues of women farmers are scarcely heard at the local, national and global levels. One reason for this silence is that there are not enough women in leadership positions to be able to represent the interests of rural women.
This shortage is compounded by women’s lack of voice in decision-making processes at all levels − from households to rural organizations − and in policymaking.

The SCCF project focuses on individual/groups of women and youth (mainly involved in cassava processing activities) and men farmers (mainly involved in cassava production activities, processing and marketing) living in fairly remote rural areas. These target beneficiaries are most prone to food insecurity
because of the difficult access to markets.

Prendre en compte les priorités des petits exploitants en matière d’adaptation

Depuis quelques années, la Mauritanie connaît la stabilité politique et les élections présidentielles de juin 2014 se sont déroulées dans un climat de paix. Par ailleurs, le pays a enregistré un solide taux de croissance de 6,7% en 2013 et reste placé sous le signe de la stabilité macroéconomique. Toutefois, la Mauritanie est exposée à des vulnérabilités, liées à un manque de diversification, à la volatilité des prix internationaux et à la dépendance à l’égard des flux de capitaux étrangers. Bien que la pays ait réussi à augmenter le revenu par habitant ces dernières années, la répartition des revenus n’a pratiquement pas changé au cours des deux dernières décennies, et le chômage reste un défi de taille. Il est essentiel de promouvoir une gestion rationnelle des ressources naturelles pour favoriser une croissance à long terme inclusive. 

​Indonesia is the largest economy in South-East Asia and has developed rapidly over the past decade into a competitive and decentralized electoral democracy with a fast growing middle class. Despite the country's positive progress in reducing poverty, vulnerability and inequality remain high. Nearly 40 per cent of Indonesians are highly vulnerable to shocks, which can push them back below the poverty line. 

The following study was designed by IFAD in order to contribute to the knowledge about the relationship between gender, water investment and time saving. It is also intended to contribute to gender mainstreaming in IFAD’s water projects. The focus of the study is to see how much time women and men gain when they have improved access to sources of water and to establish what individuals, particularly women, do with the time they save by not having to walk long distances in search of water. The study further aims to discover to what extent the projects/investments contribute to reducing drudgery and to achieving equitable workloads between men and women. The survey targeted ongoing projects from the five regions in which IFAD operates that were either in their second phase or a mature stage of operation. In each project, one community was covered and 24 households were targeted. The survey successfully covered seven communities and 140 households and was mainly conducted through project officers facilitated by country programme managers or country programme officers.