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    Developing Gender-Sensitive Value Chains: A Guiding Framework
    Developing Gender-Sensitive Value Chains: A Guiding Framework
    Developing Gender-Sensitive Value Chains: A Guiding Framework
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    Developing Gender-Sensitive Value Chains: A Guiding Framework

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    It raises awareness on gender inequalities and discusses the importance of addressing these dimensions in value chain development, while also building a common approach for work on gender-sensitive value chain development. It achieves this by bringing together key concep ts from value chain development and gender and by providing concrete guiding principles for the integration of gender concerns into value chain development projects and programmes. This conceptual framework has a companion publication, Developing gender-sensitive value chains: Guidelines for practitioners, which provides specific tools to support practitioners in designing, implementing and monitoring gender-sensitive value chain programmes.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherFood and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
    Release dateApr 21, 2020
    ISBN9789251322826
    Developing Gender-Sensitive Value Chains: A Guiding Framework
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    Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations

    An intergovernmental organization, the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) has 194 Member Nations, two associate members and one member organization, the European Union. Its employees come from various cultural backgrounds and are experts in the multiple fields of activity FAO engages in. FAO’s staff capacity allows it to support improved governance inter alia, generate, develop and adapt existing tools and guidelines and provide targeted governance support as a resource to country and regional level FAO offices. Headquartered in Rome, Italy, FAO is present in over 130 countries.Founded in 1945, the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) leads international efforts to defeat hunger. Serving both developed and developing countries, FAO provides a neutral forum where all nations meet as equals to negotiate agreements and debate policy. The Organization publishes authoritative publications on agriculture, fisheries, forestry and nutrition.

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      Developing Gender-Sensitive Value Chains - Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations

      RECOMMENDED CITATION

      FAO. 2016. Developing gender-sensitive value chains – A guiding framework. Rome

      Cover photos (from top)

      Women with fruits. San Pedro II, Guatemala.

      ©FAO photo

      Women collecting clams in the sea shallows, Skhira, Port Zabbusa, Gulf of Gabes.

      ©FAO/Giulio Napolitano

      Pimon (22) is preparing their vegetables fields. Luang Prabang, Laos.

      ©IFAD/GMB Akash

      A woman loads potatoes into sacks at the potato trading market in Dongxiang County, China.

      ©IFAD/Qilai Shen

      Members of the Musalia dairy group collect milk from farmers in Kitali, Rift valley, Kenya.

      ©IFAD/Susan Beccio

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      Contents

      Acknowledgements

      Abstract

      List of acronyms

      Chapter 1

      Introduction: gender, value chains and sustainability

      Sustainability: the case for integrating gender into value chain development

      What to expect from this document

      Chapter 2

      FAO work on gender and value chains

      FAO institutional context

      The FAO comparative advantage in relation to gender-sensitive value chain development

      Gender-sensitive value chain development within FAO

      Strengthening FAO delivery on gender-sensitive value chain (GSVC) development

      Chapter 3

      Key concepts for gender-sensitive value chain development

      Sustainable food value chain development concepts

      Gender equality

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