The 20-acre project has got clearance from the Ministry of Health & Family Welfare. It has a potential to attract over Rs 125 crore investment from enterprises, said Mr Srinivas Balaji, Managing Director, LKH.
The Ayush Park is expected to create employment for over 100 people and provide income opportunity for over 5,000 farmers in the related sector. It will also connect farmers in the region with the market for their produce.
The Ayush facility will include research and development, testing and analytical facilities, common processing, manufacture, packaging, storing, etc., to facilitate the enterprises, he said in a press release.


Mr. A. R. Malik is the Chairman of A. R. Malik & Company (Pvt.) Limited. He established this seed company in 1969. The group is famous in Bangladesh for improving vegetable seeds, potatoes seeds and some other seed market of the country. The boards of directors of this company are highly professionals and experienced individuals to create a strong network to cover the whole country to achieve the company’s objectives.
Bangladesh is the country where 80% population lives on farming and thus quality seeds are very important here to increase country’s national economy. The seeds must be strong enough to combat in difficult weather. A. R. Malik & Company assures to produce quality seeds through Research & Development.
A. R. Malik & Company (Pvt.) Limited always recruits skilled and professional individuals to offer them jobs in a challenging position. Performance evaluation is important for an employee to grow his career. A. R. Malik & Company is determined to recruit experienced professionals from this country for their career growth.


Aceitunas Corralejo was born from a dream which nowadays is a model to alimentation and catering companies, thanks to the quality of our products and the technological develops which have been introduced during the years.
Our manufacturing process is completely crafted.
We are always aiming to keep growing and innovating in order to increase the market beyond our borders.
Unique flavour since 1988.
Our first facilities since 1988.
New facilities equipped with the latest technologies in production machinery and industrial freezing.
Part of the olive production, which will be packed during the harvest season, is stored in these basins.
We transport our products with the fastest and best conditions for our customers.
All our products are craft elaborated.
1. Once the olives are classified, we store them in brine.
2. After washing the olives we introduce them in the hopper where the smashing process takes place.
3. Next we get the product ready for its elaboration.
4. To conclude we add the spices to complete the process and present our product with the best taste.


Here are some tips for you after you purchase that book:
For first timers I recommend you to buy direct seedlings for vegetables that are difficult to grow from seed directly into the garden (tomatoes, peppers, cucumbers, celery, broccoli and cabbage). Buy the ones that come in punnets, small containers that have the plants from the nurseries. Even though they may seem a little expensive, they give you the possibility to create future generations of seedlings from them, without having to buy new ones every year because you can choose varieties that are protected from family specific diseases.
The remaining vegetables from the list I provided earlier can be directly seeded and are not difficult to grow in the outside environment.
To plant the carrots, lettuce, spinach, radishes, beans and onions simply follow the instruction from bellow. They are exactly the instructions you will need in the following years when and if you decide you want to grow your own seedlings instead of buying them from the nurseries.
- Plant in the spring, 2 to 3 weeks before last frost, ½ inches (1 cm) deep, ½ (1 cm) inches apart, in rows 12 to 14 inches (30 to 35 cm) apart.
- After seeding cover with 1/8-3/8 (0,3 – 0,9 cm) inches of soil.
- As soon as the soil can be worked in the spring, direct sow seed 1/8 inch deep (3 mm), 1 inch (3 cm) apart in rows 12 to 18 inches (30 to 45 cm) apart.
- Follow the instructions on the packet for more exact info about the variety you have chosen.
- For spinach:
- As soon as you can work the soil in spring, sow seed ½ inches (1cm) deep, 1 inch (3cm) apart in rows 12 to 18 inches (30-45cm) apart (or broadcast seed across a wider area)
- Direct seed ½ inch deep (1cm), 1 inch (2cm) apart, in rows 12 inches (30cm) apart.
- Plant seeds one inch deep (3 cm), or even deeper if soil is dry about 2 inches (5 cm) apart, in rows 18 to 36 inches (45 to 91 cm) apart.
- Plant seed ¼ inch (50 mm) deep, ½ inch (1 cm) apart, in rows 12 to 18 inches (30 to 45 cm) apart.
- Plant seeds 1 to 2 inches (3 to 5 cm) deep, 1 to 4 inches (3 to 7 cm) apart in rows 18 inches (45 cm) apart


May 20, 2021
While it is common knowledge that bees are a vital part of our ecosystem because of their pollination efforts, their quantifiable impact can be staggering. The World Wildlife Fund states that “one out of every three mouthfuls of our food depends on pollinators.” WWF goes on to share that “almost 90% of wild plants and 75% of leading global crops depend on animal pollination.”With stats like these, a bee’s place within our collective circle of life goes from vital to essential.
At Mosquito Squad, we’re passionate about helping our customers protect themselves and their families from the dangerous diseases spread by mosquitoes and ticks. But we’re also keenly aware of how important it is to protect beneficial insects, like bees, so that our crops and food supply chain can continue to flourish. Mosquito Squad has a proud network of owners who are also beekeepers. “We strive to be good stewards of the environment through education and training,” says Tom H., a beekeeper of seven years and owner of Mosquito Squad of North Jersey.
Our network of beekeepers host annual meetings and provide each other with training tools to help each other’s hives thrive. Many of our beekeepers were initially drawn to the hobby because of the ability to better serve their customers through increased general knowledge. Dave M., a beekeeper of four years and owner of Mosquito Squad of Central MA says “I felt it was important to be able to speak from experience when answering a customer’s questions.” He elaborates further by saying “I also felt the beekeeping knowledge would help train our technicians.” Mosquito Squad of the Triad owner, Hugh J., has been a beekeeper for two years and shares, “as a member of the pest control community I wanted to more fully understand what makes a healthy pollinator community, and how Integrated Pest Management can contribute to, rather than deter from humans and animals living well together.”
Whatever the reason for starting the hobby, the effort has evolved into a beloved pastime for many of our owners. As Dave explains it, “beekeepers are very passionate about their bees and their well-being. The bees almost become pets.” While we’re seeing increased personal interest in beekeeping amongst our owners, public interest in bees has also been on the rise. This is thanks in part to The United Nations declaring May 20th World Bee Day in 2017. The UN declared this formal day to raise global awareness of the importance of pollinators, and the threats they (and our ecosystem) face. The decline seen in the bee population is due to a combination of factors – farming practices and bee habitat destruction due to commercial development, single-crop farming, and diseases like those carried by the Varroa mite.
External globalization factors aside, nature can also take a significant toll on bees, with countless hives succumbing to the difficult conditions of winter. Two-year beekeeper and owner of Mosquito Squad of Hampton Roads, Emily, explains “I understand now why beekeepers are so concerned about preserving the health of their hives because they are so hard to keep alive. Winter hive survival rate is about 50% which is devastating when you see all the work the hive has done to prepare for the winter.”
There’s no denying that we owe much gratitude to bees for their acts of pollination. For our network of dual Mosquito Squad owners and beekeepers, both the profession and the hobby equally contribute to their love of nature and their desire to fully enjoy the outdoors. As Hugh explains “my goal is to continue enjoying the natural world. We are blessed with such an amazing place to live and play.” He continues “there is a misconception that mosquito control causes large scale bee mortality. However, when performed correctly the reality is that we can treat mosquitoes and ticks and protect pollinators at the same time.” Tom echoes this stance with his personal experience: “We’ve seen that If we avoided treating flowering plants, did not mist the hives directly, and watched our drift, we have no impact on our hives.”


As a soil and crop production specialist, Herbert F. Massey Jr. traveled the world, helping farmers and governments to grow crops. Working through the University of Kentucky College of Agriculture, Food and Environment, he enabled countries to maximize their land so that they could be more self-sustaining.
But perhaps his biggest impact was made back home. During his long career at UK, Massey established a variety of funds benefiting students, faculty, researchers and international studies.
“He dedicated nearly five decades of service to the University of Kentucky,” said Robert Massey, one of Herb's nephews and co-executor of his estate. “He helped develop departments of agriculture in many developing countries, all over the world. His passion was to see UK students and foreign students have the ability to receive the necessary education to return to their respective home countries or states and make a difference. His entire life was devoted to helping people receive a quality education. His generous endowment will ensure this for generations to come.”
His generosity extended to the Markey Cancer Center nurses and nurse technicians, gynecological oncology fellows and undergraduate students.
“The Masseys did not have any children, and they always held the University of Kentucky in high regard,” said Don Rose, a family friend and co-executor of Herb's estate. “They wanted to provide the university and College of Agriculture more opportunities through their estate.”
In June 2019, Herb died at the age of 93, leaving a large portion of his estate to the university, creating the College of Agriculture Study Abroad Fund, Jeannine Massey Fund and Herbert Massey Research Support Fund. The funds will enable students to study overseas and provide assistantships and research funding for graduate students in the College of Agriculture, Food and Environment.
“Herb spent his whole career at UK and traveled extensively,” Rose said. “He saw how travel shaped his worldview and taught him to appreciate other cultures. His house was filled with antiques from the many places he visited.
“UK gave him a good life and he wanted to benefit it in some way,” Rose said. “He saved and made shrewd investments and was able to use his earnings to give back to the university he loved.”
The three funds joined five others Herb and his wife, Jeannine, established during their lifetime: Carol Mayer Memorial Nursing Endowment, Jeannine B. Massey Memorial Endowment, College of Agriculture International Programs Gift Fund, Grant Davis Undergraduate Scholarship Fund and the College of Agriculture Faculty Undergraduate Scholarship.
“We are grateful when such a distinguished person sees fit to invest in the future of the college in so many thoughtful ways,” said Nancy Cox, dean of the College of Agriculture, Food and Environment.
“Herb was a great man with a great sense of humor,” said Mike Richey, vice president of philanthropy and alumni engagement, who worked with Herb for many years in the College of Agriculture, Food and Environment. “He understood the impact of empowering other people to realize their potential. Throughout the world, he enabled countries to feed their citizens and to strengthen their economies. At UK, he supported and encouraged students and fellow researchers and increased opportunities for people across campus through his generosity. We are grateful for his service and for his commitment to improving UK.”
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Today, at the plenary session of the Senate of the Parliament of the Republic of Kazakhstan, Vice-Minister of Ecology, Geology and Natural Resources Aliya Shalabekova presented the draft law "On Flora" and related bills to it.
As the Vice-Minister noted, currently the current Forest Code and the Laws "On Specially Protected Natural Territories" and "On Pastures" regulate the issues of protection, protection, restoration and use by the flora only on agricultural lands and the state forest fund, including specially protected natural territories.
According to her, issues related to the accompanying flora, such as medicinal plant materials, perennial plantings, genetic and other plant resources, are not regulated by legislation on the reserve lands," Aliya Shalabekova added.
In this regard, there is an unbalanced use of plant resources, the destruction of their places of growth, the displacement of native vegetation by alien species and cultures introduced by humans. As a result, this leads to a reduction in species diversity and degradation of the natural ecological systems themselves.
"The scope of regulation of the draft Law will cover wild plants, their populations and communities growing in natural conditions for them, their parts contained in special conditions for the purpose of preserving the genetic fund, as well as green spaces," the Vice Minister noted.
The adoption of the law "On the plant world" will allow:
1) in the legal aspect - to eliminate gaps and contradictions in the current legislation and to regulate issues of protection, reproduction and use of flora;
2) in the socio-economic aspect – to create new opportunities for the development of small and medium-sized businesses with the provision of jobs for the population.


UPcoming Event for ASQMV Saturday February 26th 11 am Tour of maple sugaring Appleton Farms Ipswich MA
Visit the Sugar Shack at Appleton Farms for a presentation on maple sugaring. Learn about how maple trees are tapped and how sap is collected and turned into maple syrup. This is mainly an outdoor event so please dress warmly.
The sugar shack is located immediately adjacent to our Farmhouse, by the main parking lot
Where to park: When you arrive at the farm, go right at the fork (towards Farm Offices) and park in the lot next to the Old House / Farm Offices. Please be advised there is a $10 fee for parking. You can pay in advance at their website or the pay station at the main parking lot.
219 County Road
Ipswich, MA 01938
From Rt. 128, take Exit 45B, Rt. 1A North. Travel about 6.5 miles north on Rt. 1A and turn left at the Appleton Farms entrance sign (about 1/4 mile after the entering Ipswich sign on your left). Once inside the property, after the welcome gate, bear to the left for the CSA barn and bear to the right for the farm offices, farm store curbside pickup, trails, and public events and programs.
To register for this event please click the link below.


12 November 2009
Viet Nam, one of nine UN-REDD Programme pilot countries, officially launched its UN-REDD national programme in Ha Noi on 17 September 2009. The Programme will help Viet Nam combat climate change, conserve its rich biodiversity, and reverse land degradation and desertification. As activities unfold, lessons learned in Viet Nam will be most valuable to other pilot countries and the wider international community.
Funded by the Government of Norway, Viet Nam’s US$4.38 million UN-REDD programme will be executed by the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development (MARD), and will run for almost two years. Lam Dong Province has been selected as the pilot site.


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Senior Automation QA Engineer
In cooperation with multinational corporation in lighting industry with headquarters in Munich and it employs around 30,000+ people throughout the world, Intellias is looking for skilled Automation Test Engineer. As an Automation Test Engineer you will get opportunity to employ your skills in full cycle of project development from scratch. Work with IoT solutions for Urban farming with variety of sensors.
Solution for Urban farming which allows to produce healthy food and makes efficient use of land and resources. As city spaces lack the wide-open fertile grounds of traditional farming methods, urban farmers are tasked with finding creative solutions to dealing with challenges like waste, space, resources, and energy. Because of this, more efficient innovations are created to improve the quality and quantity of food that can be produced with the least amount of resources. Horticulture lighting is used to support, increase and enable the growth of plants by illuminating them with artificial light.
- Develop and execute automation scripts;
- Develop and apply testing processes across the application;
- Track application quality assurance metrics.
- 5+ years of overall professional experience in Software Engineering;
- 4+ years of experience in Automation Testing of Software;
- Good experience and knowledge of Java;
- Experience with continuous integration and source control systems;
- Familiarity with testing methodologies and techniques;
- Understanding of Agile methodologies and engineering practices;
- Hands on experience of the product with the micro-service based architecture;
- Upper-intermediate level of English, well-developed communication skills.


The Fenway Garden Society received a $1,000 grant from the Mission Hill Fenway Neighborhood Trust last year to translate important Garden Society documents into different languages.
The Garden Society’s initial membership application, a two-page form that provides the applicant’s basic information and how the applicant plans to contribute to the Garden Society, and the society’s gardening rules and guidelines will soon be available in Chinese, Russian and Spanish versions.
Victoria Stock, head of publicity for the Garden Society, said the society has 500 plots of land available for gardeners and more than 400 members, many of whom come from diverse backgrounds and speak various languages.
“Many of our gardeners are not primary English speakers, and this makes outreach difficult. It was proposed that we translate the rules and guidelines so that non-English speakers are aware of our garden standards,” she said.
The Garden Society has been active in the Fenway neighborhood for decades. The Fenway Victory Gardens were first planted during World War II. Victory gardens were planted to free up industrially processed food for the war effort.
“The Victory Garden was a concept that encouraged Americans to grow their own food to supplement their allowed war rations,” Stock said.
Today the Fenway gardens are the only remaining original Victory Gardens in the United States. Members of the Fenway Garden Society work together to preserve and maintain what was begun so many years ago.
“As a group, we socialize together as gardeners, rather than young gardeners, old gardeners, men, or women,” Stock said. “Within the garden, people of all stripes are able to meet and form relationships outside of normally established peer groups.”
Because of the connections the society creates among neighbors and because of ongoing community interest in the gardens, Fenway Garden Society memberships have been increasing.
First Lady Michelle Obama brought attention to victory gardens last summer by planting one at the White House, and the Fenway Garden Society has benefited from having such a famous advocate.
“Since she planted her victory garden at the White House, applications for new garden memberships have quadrupled. Certainly, she may not even know we exist, but we have felt her impact,” Stock said.
That impact has made language barrier issues in the Fenway Garden Society more prominent. More people have expressed interest in applying for membership, but the society simply could not accommodate people who speak different languages.
It’s an issue that was recognized by the Mission Hill Fenway Neighborhood Trust.
Lauren Dewey Platt, president of the board of trustees for the trust, said many board members are familiar with the “historical and neighborhood-based gardens.” The board thinks that people interested in the Garden Society should not be excluded from obtaining membership because they don’t speak English, she said.
Platt said the Fenway Garden Society received grant money because the board of the trust thought that its proposal to translate documents would benefit residents in the neighborhood. Platt thinks that the grant will help ensure an expanded sense of community because more people will be able to get involved in the Garden Society.
“It’s a process of being inclusive,” she said.
Phyllis Hanes has been a member of the Fenway Garden Society for nearly 40 years. Hanes’ favorite part about being a member of the society is that “it’s very economical.” Through the society, Hanes has been able to grow fresh vegetables inexpensively for herself and her friends.
Because of ongoing interest in the Fenway Garden Society, especially recently, Hanes thinks that translating documents into different languages will benefit the society and the community.
“Since the gardens have grown and are much larger, the rules are more important,” Hanes said. “It means a lot to your neighbors if you know what the specific guidelines are.”
Hanes hopes that the translations will help anyone who is interested in the society understand the goal of the organization.
“I hope it will mean that more people will be involved. Without those translations, there probably are some people that don’t understand that we want everyone to work together and be of help to each other,” she said.
Sarah Friedman is an undergraduate student at the Northeastern University School of Journalism.


European Organisation of Agricultural, Rural and Forestry Contractors
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Brussels, 3rd April 2020
If EU Member States decide to lock themselves behind their respective borders because of the COVID-19, agricultural, rural and forestry entrepreneurs will not be able to carry on their activities as service providers and to continue to supply European citizens in a responsible manner.To do so, they call for the integrity of the Single Market to be safeguarded.
To counter the spread of COVID-19, agricultural and forestry contractors and their employees are mobilising to ensure the safety of their workers and clients, as the peak of the agricultural and silviculture season approaches with the return of spring.
While taking into account the restrictions already imposed by the initial health measures, contractors are endeavouring to continue to provide their services to farmers so that the supply of food to the market can continue without interruption.
Furthermore, CEETTAR wishes to underline not only the willingness of forest-based contractors to participate in the movement, but also the difficulties encountered in forestry and logging due to the closure of building sites, sawmills and woodworking factories.
If even more drastic sanitary measures need to be taken in the future, contractors hope that these measures will not jeopardise the functioning of the Single Market. In order to be able to seamlessly carry on their activities, they are calling on the European Commissioner for Agriculture to act as spokesperson for their demands:
President of CEETTAR
Find HERE Cettar Statement on the COVID-19 crisis.
Veuillez trouver ICI la déclaration de la CEETTAR concernant la crise du COVID-19.


SDG 2: Zero Hunger
End hunger, achieve food security and improved nutrition and promote sustainable agriculture.
Globally roughly 1.9 billion adults worldwide are overweight, while 462 million people are underweight.
The number of undernourished people globally, reached 821 million in 2017.
In 2017 Asia accounted for nearly two third, 63 percent, of the world's hungry.
Nearly 151 million children under five, 22 percent, were still stunted in 2017.
1 in 3 women of reproductive age is anaemic.
26 percent of workers are employed in agriculture.
Take the #NotAWaster challenge. For one week we challenge you to prepare well and not waste a single bit of the food which you buy and prepare for the week. At the end of the week share the amount of food you wasted (without judgement) and your reflections on this. Tips: Prepare well, freeze leftovers, use leftover food the following day, be realistic.*
Join the ever growing community who have begun to grow their own fruit, vegetables and herbs. Growing your own food is more sustainable, has positive health benefits and contributes to ‘Zero Hunger’.*
Research and get inspired by permaculture. Permaculture is a set of design principles that help you organize your environment in a sustainable way, and maybe find a way to grow your own food, even in a urban setting.
Organize workshops for children, youth or adults about issues connected to Zero Hunger, for example tackling topics related to sustainable food production, reducing food waste, etc. You can get inspired by these scenarios:
Where does rice come from? - for children 10-13 years old.
Changemaking (discussions around organic production of rice and silk) – for youth and adults.
Retweet a meal – informal group from Skopje, Macedonia which fights hunger saving potential food waste.
Foodways – organization which instead of redistributing food waste finds creative and accessible methods to prevent waste on the first place.
Eats, shoots and roots – social business from Malaysia which encourages people to grow their own food in the cities, following the permaculture approach.
A 2-min video which presents in a funny, informative way the issue of food miles and waste.*
Do you like coffee? Or maybe you prefer tea? Have a look at how both of them are produced:
Permaculture explained in few words from the very people who drafted it.
* These information and calls to action come from the fantastic Development Perspectives material about SDGs. Have a look here to discover more: https://www.developmentperspectives.ie/saolta-resources
For more info about other SDGs, have a look at here.


Backwoods Greenery is the name of our Central Florida homestead. Our goal is to help you become more self-reliant and less dependent upon the Feed Stores and Big Box garden centers. When severe drought, hurricanes, floods, or any other kind of disaster hits, you can’t always depend on stores. You have to have alternatives that can see you through an emergency. We have a philosophy of “hoping for the best” and “preparing for the worst”.
We provide cuttings of Elephant Grass (also known as Napier Grass ), a highly desirable and very valuable fodder best known in third world countries. Although it has been in the USA for a hundred years, it is not as well known today because of over-dependence upon farm equipment and readily available feed at retail outlets.
We also provide seeds of other fodder plants that your animals and pocketbook will love.
Be sure to check out our books, pamphlets and other literature. You Can Grow Elephant Grass is a short treatise on the history, cultivation and benefits of this wonderful fodder plant. A much longer treatment on the subject, in addition to other easy to grow plants is, You Can Grow Cut & Carry Fodder For Your Small Livestock.
In these uncertain times, with nations pitting themselves against each other, growing civil unrest and possible wars (both civil and global) on the horizon, it is our hope to get even the poorest among us prepared as much as possible.


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Bargain. Beautiful irrigated land located just 4 kms from the city of Ronda. On the land there are 2 streams with good water flow. It has a total area of 274 hectares where there is a house in ruins. Composed mostly of scrubland. There are 82 hectares of pasture, 137 hectares of scrub and 55 hectares of holm oaks. Ideal for livestock, agricultural, photoelectric and eolic generation projects. According to municipal ordinance, the minimum plot is 10,000 m2, but 25,000 m2 are necessary to register in the property registry office.Drucken


Ingredient sourcing is everything. As we learn more about the toll fast beauty, fast fashion and fast food has on our environment, the full life cycle of the ingredients that make up our Hero products must come into more focus. Most Beauty Heroes brands begin with an ingredient story, and that story includes the growers, the location, the season and the conditions. You can tell instantly when a brand is close to their ingredients, they take pride in the painstaking care placed in acquiring the perfect botanical or safe synthetic. Botanical ingredients, however are more interesting, often coming from a local farm or far away co-op that specializes in that specific ingredient. The price paid for that ingredient may support a family, a tribe or a region. Many brands know their ingredient growers personally and work hard at finding, maintaining and strengthening the connection to their ingredient source. Some even invest in their businesses as a part of their relationship.
As we look deeper into ingredient sourcing, we hear of brands sourcing ingredients from regenerative farms. It sounds good, but what does it mean? While there is no official definition of regenerative agriculture, it describes a movement to grow ingredients in a manner that can make a net positive or social impact. That can mean that the farming practices can restore land or topsoil, revive or boost biodiversity, improve water systems or make a positive social impact. While the terms Regenerative Farming/Agriculture/Ingredient Sourcing may be broad, it is a big part of the sourcing journey for many of our brands.
Here’s what it means to a few of our brand founders:
“The ability to build a business with limited industrial impact was something that was very important to ACTIVIST. In essence we are simply letting Mother Nature, the seasonal cycles, symbiotic relationships, and microclimates, cultivate the basis of our products. It is our role to present these to the world in their highest and unadulterated form with as little human interference and corporate shortcomings as possible. Our hives are located in unique, pristine and isolated regions of New Zealand, which is typically a great start for the bee’s health as these locations are free of GMOs and urban toxins. We keep our hives at lower numbers in these dense locations as it’s thoughtful not to overpopulate locations with many hives. This encourages the bees to flourish and pollinate for ethical harvesting and productivity, but most importantly bee health. After all, bees are our local heroes, and they are truly environmental indicators for what is living and flourishing in the world. Mānuka itself is a highly sustainable tree and plays a key role in the grand scheme of New Zealand’s native foliage and important plant layers. The Mānuka tree helps to rejuvenate the soil with minerals while working as a natural purifier for waterways and preventing soil erosion. Bees flourish while happily pollinating Mānuka flowers and the tree self-seeds producing rapid new undergrowth year after year.”
Founder, Alpyn Beauty
At Alpyn Beauty, we define regenerative ingredient sourcing as wildcrafting.
That means our products are packed with plant-based ingredients sourced straight from the earth. We sustainably harvest them through a process called wildcrafting (aka “foraging”), where only the fruit, flowers or pieces of the branches are removed.
This method leaves the plant healthy and intact, allowing it to thrive in the wild for years to come.
Founder, Honua Skincare
Regenerative ingredient sourcing for Honua means partnering with farms and ingredient sources that help to restore and improve our land, soil and eco-system while keeping the plant regenerating for centuries to come. Our Sandalwood partner Hāloa ‘Āina is a perfect example. They have restored hundreds of acres of native Hawaiian dryland forest while helping to reverse damage that had been done to our land and eco-system. Their regenerative practices have brought back the natural water source and healthy soil, along with native plants and birds that now thrive there. They are just one of the many partners of ours that farm this way.
Founder, Earthwise Beauty
The practices used in regenerative agriculture are about bringing back the original local state of the ecosystem, especially the soil composition, soil ecosystem, and soil quality. When we source herbs for skincare or teas at Earthwise, we look for small farms that are committed to respectful use of the land and the soil. When we grow herbs ourselves, we work with what nature provided in terms of terrain, rainfall, and sunshine. We focus on using compost as a main fertilizer, and we use raised beds or pots to limit soil erosion and to conserve soil moisture. We grow only herbs that can thrive in our gardening zone. Our practices are manual and ages old, and they work well for the herbs we focus on, and this type of gardening gives us many rewarding moments whether watering with a hose or picking chamomile flowers by hand. Most of our employees come to us with minimal or no experience gardening or foraging, and one thing I always hope for is that get a taste of this work and will take it with them, maybe begin to grow things themselves.


Relevance of gender in the policy area
Agriculture is one of the most widespread activities in the world and has a crucial role in food production, environmental protection, landscape preservation, rural employment and food security. Agriculture is not uniform throughout, there are different elements such as:
- the scale of farming
- crop and livestock combinations
- intensity of farming
- ways and means of disposal of farm produce
- the level of farm mechanisation (small-scale farmers/informal small-scale agriculture, commercial farming/plantation agriculture, self-sufficient farming, organic farming etc.).
From a gender point of view, there are significant gaps between women and men. For example, women farm holders have significantly smaller farms than men farm holders. Moreover, the share of female farm holders is particularly high on farms with no clear specialisation in livestock rearing or crop production. Indeed, 71% of EU farms with livestock are run by male farm holders, and only 27% by female farm holders (the remainder belongs to legal persons). Organic farming is practised by around 2% of all EU farm holders, regardless of gender. In 2013, women represented 24% of EU farm holders in organic farming, and they occupied 13% of the EU area devoted to organic farming.
While agriculture is the major food-producing sector, rural development is related to the promotion of the vitality of the countryside and the well-being of rural communities. Rural areas provide food, raw materials, jobs and a wide range of environmental goods and services such as cultural landscapes, biodiversity, carbon storage, water and soils. More than half of the EU’s land area is classified as being predominantly rural (51.3% in 2012), whereas 22.2% of the European population is living in these areas.
Participation of women in employment and economic growth is crucial for reaching the EU 2020 strategy goals, and in this respect agricultural and rural areas could make a contribution. In 2014, in the EU-28, agriculture was the seventh largest employer of women (3.3%). For men, agriculture is slightly more important in terms of providing employment (5.2%). However, these data may be misleading as they do not cover the informal rural economy, in which women are still involved. Women play a key role in rural families, communities and economies, and they are also important as farmers. In addition to paid farm work, women still assume the main share of unpaid responsibilities involved in the running of families and communities.
There is also under-reporting of women’s work, as women tend to classify and report themselves as not in employment, particularly when undertaking unpaid agricultural work. In fact:
Women provide a large proportion of the labour of agricultural production, even though official statistics based on census and survey instruments often underestimate women’s work and its contribution to national wealth. Problems persist in the collection of reliable and comprehensive data on rural women’s work in agriculture and other productive sectors because of: 1) invisibility of women’s work; 2) [the] seasonal and part-time nature of women’s work; and 3) unremunerated family (mostly women and children) labour.
Nevertheless, rural areas are crucial for the attainment of the Europe 2020 headline target of reaching an employment rate of 75% of the population aged 20 – 64. Predominantly rural regions generate 22% of total employment in the EU-28, but the employment rate in these areas is lower than in other types of regions. This is especially the case among women, older people and low-skilled workers. Generally speaking, this is mainly due to the lower level of employment opportunities and the lower level of education among the workforce in rural areas.
Development of entrepreneurship and self-employment in agriculture and rural areas is also crucial for the improvement of women’s employment situation. The contribution of women in the rural economy may be promoted through self-employment and small businesses. According to the European Commission, women can be at the forefront of innovation and diversification in rural areas by developing new activities, production lines and services. For example, women can develop agro-tourism activities, artisan food and drink production, craft enterprises, and telecommunication and caring services. Women often have the added advantage of an awareness and knowledge of local needs, and specific interpersonal and communication skills.
Women are a driving force for the maintenance, conservation and development of rural areas, both in cultural and economic terms. They contribute to the preservation of a rich and diversified cultural heritage and the transmission of traditions. They also represent a considerable proportion of the workforce in agriculture and contribute to the development of the rural sector in the face of constant depopulation. Unfortunately, women in rural areas are also an invisible force as their presence and role are not accurately reflected in statistics. Many of those who are involved in agricultural work do not receive a separate income from their husband or other male members of the household. By assisting their farmer husbands and other self-employed men, they are not entitled to social security in their own right and often do not hold property rights to land or farms. To overcome this latter aspect, gender-sensitive initiatives such as shared-ownership of farms and agricultural enterprises are being implemented in some European countries.
The development of rural areas requires the creation and development of new economic activities in the form of new farms and diversification into non-agricultural activities. This may include the provision of services to agriculture and forestry, and the development of activities related to healthcare, social integration and tourism. Furthermore, the diversification of farmers into non-agricultural activities and the establishment and development of non-agricultural small- and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) in rural areas could be promoted. This measure may also encourage entrepreneurship among women in rural areas.
The advancement of gender equality in agriculture and rural areas faces some major obstacles. For example, the unequal participation of women and men in agriculture and rural development, and the under-representation of women in farm ownership and agricultural decision-making.
Issues of Gender Inequality in the policy area
Agriculture was one of the first sectors of the economy (following coal and steel) to receive the attention of EU policymakers. Persons worked regularly in EU agriculture totalled 22.2 million in 2013, which corresponds to 8.7 million average working units (AWU). Approximately 91% of this was regular family labour (expressed in persons), where the sole holders and his/her family members together make up the family labour force.
However, in most Member States employment in agriculture has been declining over the last 50 years, and ageing of the existing workforce is another challenge. In the EU-28, 58.2% of the total labour force (expressed in persons) is masculine. The ‘visible’ contribution of women in the agricultural labour force is less pronounced than for men, as the share of agricultural jobs in female employment is around 41%.
Population growth in rural regions continues to be more limited compared to urban population growth. Only 15.6% of the new population could be seen in rural regions, amounting to just 3.3 million people moving from urban areas to rural regions over the period 2000 – 2008. The negative net migration in EU-12 rural regions is a particular concern, as about 1.2 million people have left the rural regions of these countries in just 8 years (a decline of 2.8% compared to 2000). On the contrary, in the EU-15, the number of rural newcomers reached 4.5 million in 2008, accounting for a population increase of 6.4% compared to 2000. The average proportion of women in the total EU population is around 51% and has been declining over the last decade. However, the proportion of women in rural regions is lower than in urban or intermediate regions. This difference has been widening since 2007, with the decline in rural regions starting to appear in 2005. In 2009, there was a 0.8% difference between urban and rural regions, which is the largest recorded disparity in this area in the last decade.
Women’s participation in formal economic activities in rural areas within the EU still lags behind that of men. Unemployment among women is generally higher in rural areas, and over the last 15 years there has been no conspicuous progress in reducing existing gaps between female and male unemployment. In 2011, women represented slightly less than 50% of the total working age population in the rural areas of the EU. However, this was only 44% of the total economically active population, so a lower percentage of women than men were working or looking for a job.
In rural areas in recent decades, women were more likely to opt for part-time work than in urban areas. In 2010, women represented 53% of total part-time employment in agriculture. Looking at part-time employment by sex, the percentage of women in part-time work is around 33% of the total employment in agriculture, compared to 16% of men. This might be due to inadequate care services for children and elderly people, transport facilities and the inaccessibility and scarcity of training centres in rural areas. The enhancement of employment opportunities and the improvement of infrastructure and services is needed to attract and retain women in rural areas. This should ensure the sustainability of rural communities and facilitate women’s participation in economic activities in rural areas.
While women are active in rural communities, their multiple roles and responsibilities are not well recognised. They often receive lower remuneration for their work than their male colleagues. Women represent a significant share of the farming labour force, but mostly in the lowest paid, most insecure jobs. The time burden of unpaid household activities can significantly limit women’s involvement in the labour market.
Furthermore, in the agricultural sector women occupy few managerial positions. Their role is often linked to farming within the context of household production or unpaid support to the work of men, and is therefore not included in the value chain. The vast majority of the EU’s farms are relatively small family-run holdings, and often only family members provide labour. Thus, they may not be registered in the statistics as salaried workers carrying out an economic activity.
Women’s contribution to local and community development is significant, but rural women are in a minority in decision-making and planning. While this phenomenon is significant in all economic sectors, it is particularly present in the agricultural sector. This is due partly to their multiple roles and workload, but also to the persistence of traditional views about women’s and men’s roles in society. For example, this is often seen in land ownership and control – in 2007, only 28.7% of farm holders were women.
Farms run by women are generally smaller than those run by men. In terms of physical and economic size, the farms of men farm holders are more than twice the size of those of women farm holders. As beneficiaries of EU payment schemes, women have as yet been disproportionally under-represented. It is now widely recognised that ownership and control over assets such as land and housing provide direct and indirect benefits to individuals and households. These include a secure place to live, a livelihood, protection during emergencies and collateral for credit that can be used for investment or consumption. Recent studies suggest that assets are important in terms of reducing poverty and cushioning vulnerability to natural disasters, illness or financial crises. At the macro level, a growing literature finds that asset equality is positively correlated with economic growth. Furthermore, female farm holders are slightly older than the male farming population (46.1% of women working in agriculture were 55 years or older in 2005, compared to 43.6% of men). The low share of young women in the family-farm labour force can be taken as a sign of the low attractiveness of agricultural careers among women.
Gender equality policy objectives at EU and international level
The Commission, the European Parliament and the Council reached a political agreement on the reform of the common agricultural policy (CAP) on 26 June 2013, contributing to its design.
Article 39 of the Treaty of Rome on the EEC (1957) set out the objectives for the first common agricultural policy (CAP). This was focused on increasing agricultural productivity as a way to ensure a fair standard of living for the agricultural community. As well as this, it included topics such as stabilising markets and ensuring security of supply at affordable prices for consumers. The objectives of the CAP have remained unchanged since the Treaty of Rome came into force. Since then the CAP has set the conditions in order to allow farmers to fulfil their multiple functions in society the first of which is to produce food. At the moment, Article 39 TFEU sets out the specific objectives of the CAP:
- to increase agricultural productivity by promoting technical progress and ensuring the optimum use of the factors of production, in particular labour
- to ensure a fair standard of living for farmers
- to stabilise markets
- to ensure the availability of supplies
- to ensure reasonable prices for consumers
Alongside the specific objectives of the CAP set out in Article 39 TFEU, a number of Treaty provisions lay down other objectives which are applicable to all EU policies and measures. On that basis, the following are becoming objectives of the CAP in their own right:
- promoting a high level of employment (Article 9)
- environmental protection to promote sustainable development (Article 11)
- consumer protection (Article 12)
- animal welfare requirements (Article 13)
- public health (Article 168(1)) and economic
- social and territorial cohesion (Articles 174 to 178).
The policy deals not only with agriculture but also with rural areas, in particular, the European agricultural fund for rural development (EAFRD). The fund supports multiannual rural development programmes implemented either at national or regional level.
In December 2006 the Commission adopted its Communication to the Council and the European Parliament, Employment in rural areas: closing the jobs gap. The Communication identified the significant challenges for employment in rural areas in Europe and called for efforts to close the jobs divide between rural and urban areas. It also pointed to the lack of opportunities for women (and young people) in rural areas. The Communication stated, in particular, that:
the situation of women and young people in rural areas remains precarious, often resulting in the out-migration of females and youngsters in economically active age groups. In some rural areas, the lack of training infrastructure and appropriate childcare facilities prevent entry or upskilling in the labour market.
In the years following that discussion, the EU faced changes in its economic development, borne out by the continuing financial and economic crisis.
In 2009 the Commission launched a call for a study on employment, growth and innovation in rural areas. The working paper pays special attention to women and young people in rural areas as well as to local initiatives, cooperation, partnership approaches and local business development. A separate chapter looks into the value added by EAFRD support to innovative areas, such as the following:
- renewable energy
- young farmers and agricultural development
- rural business and stimulating entrepreneurship among rural women
- collective trade behaviour
- food processing and short supply chains.
In 2011 the Committee on Agriculture and Rural Development approved a motion for a European Parliament Resolution on the role of women in agriculture and rural areas. Underlining the importance of rural development and the role of women in rural areas and economies, the Resolution:
- points out that the promotion of gender equality is a core objective of the EU and its Member States and stresses the importance of incorporating this principle into the CAP as a way to promote sustainable economic growth and rural development
- points out the efforts that are needed to create living conditions in rural areas which correspond to those in urban areas while reflecting the realities of the countryside, in order to offer women and their families reasons for staying and making a successful life there
- stresses the importance of a viable, dynamic rural environment with a diverse population and, relatedly, emphasises the importance of adequate development opportunities and challenges for young women
- calls for framework conditions to be provided in rural areas that will enable women of all generations to remain in their own immediate environment and contribute to its revival and development
- calls for electronic forms of enterprise, such as e-business, which make it possible to do business irrespective of the distance from large urban centres, to be promoted and supported among women in rural areas
- points out that, as in urban areas, it is crucial to improve the quality and accessibility of infrastructure, facilities and services for everyday life in rural areas in order to enable women and men to balance their family and professional lives and to preserve communities in rural areas
- calls for the new EAFRD Regulation to provide for specific measures to support women in the 2014 – 2020 programming period, as this would have a beneficial impact on women’s employment in rural areas
- calls on the Commission and the Member States to contribute to an informative database on the economic and social situation of women and their involvement in business in rural regions, and to optimise the use of data already available (e.g. from Eurostat) for the purposes of tailoring policy measures
- considers it desirable to work towards the creation of a European rural women’s network (or a network of women’s associations) and draws attention to the successes achieved through CAP second-pillar measures
- calls for women’s entrepreneurial spirit and initiatives to be encouraged, in particular through the promotion of female ownership, networks of women entrepreneurs, and provision in the financial sector for facilitating access of rural businesswomen (including individually self-employed women, part-time self-employed women with low earnings, and young women) to investment and credit
- takes the view that, as part of the forthcoming reform of the CAP, the needs of women in rural areas and the role of women working in agriculture should be taken into account and given priority as regards access to certain services and aid, in line with territorial needs in each Member State.
The European Parliament had a central role, together with the Council of the European Union, in the approval of the common agricultural policy (CAP) 2014 – 2020 reform. The CAP reform 2014 – 2020 promotes more sustainable EU agriculture as well as innovation and bridging the gap between science and practice. It comprises 2 pillars. Pillar 1 supports farmers’ income through direct payments and market measures and is entirely financed from the European agricultural guarantee fund. Pillar 2 supports the development of rural areas in the form of rural development programmes, and is co-financed through the European agricultural fund for rural development. The reform offers new opportunities in its aim to increase competitiveness and sustainability over the long term for the agricultural sector in the EU Member States. It is based on a comprehensive approach, which is better targeted, more equitable and ‘greener’. Through the national rural development programmes a focus on gender mainstreaming could improve the competiveness and sustainability of the agricultural sectors, and contribute to the achievement of the CAP objectives.
The CAP reform 2014 – 2020 is based on new legislative instruments that aim to simplify the rules of the CAP. In particular, it involves Regulation (EU) 1305/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 17 December 2013 on support for rural development by the EAFRD.
EU Regulation No. 1305/2013 provides rules and articles to address gender issues in the policy area, as summarised below.
- Article 7: Thematic sub-programmes – states may include within their rural development programmes thematic sub-programmes that address specific issues and are especially related to, inter alia, young farmers, small farmers, mountain areas, short supply chains, climate change mitigation and adaptation, biodiversity and women in rural areas.
- Article 9: Ex-ante conditionalities: general ex-ante conditionalities shall apply to the EAFRD programmes. Among them, the ex-ante conditionality on gender which should ensure the existence of administrative capacity for the implementation and application of Union gender equality law and policy in the field of ESI funds.
Furthermore, rural development measures might target women as a beneficiaries through the use of selection criteria where duly justified.
The Agriculture and Fisheries Council adopts legislation (in most cases together with the European Parliament) in a number of areas relating to the production of food, rural development and the management of fisheries.
Areas under agricultural policy include:
- the common agricultural policy (CAP)
- rules on the internal market for agriculture, forestry, organic production
- quality of production
- food and animal-feed safety.
Measures relating to the CAP aim to:
- increase agricultural productivity
- ensure a fair standard of living for the agricultural community
- stabilise markets
- assure the availability of supplies
- ensure that supplies reach consumers at reasonable prices.
Within the framework of the CAP the Council of the European Union, together with the European Parliament, establishes the regulation on support for rural development by the European agricultural fund for rural development (EAFRD).
In the context of the discussion surrounding the Commission Communication Employment in rural areas: closing the jobs gap, the conclusions of the Agriculture and Fisheries Council of March 2007 the important role of EU rural development policy under the CAP was confirmed, in terms of increasing employment in rural areas. It underlined that the creation and preservation of jobs and employment must be one of the priority objectives of rural development programmes. The Agriculture and Fisheries Council also stressed the need to further develop the CAP’s second pillar as a key instrument to accompany CAP reform and the accelerated restructuring of agriculture. In addition, it stressed the need to implement the Lisbon and Gothenburg strategies in light of new region-specific challenges in regions with different socioeconomic structures. This would lay the foundations for an overall improvement in rural living conditions. It was also considered crucial to develop adequate family-friendly infrastructures within reasonable distances of places of residence and work, to encourage women and young people to remain in rural areas.
In light of these policy developments, in 2009 the Commission launched a call for a study on employment, growth and innovation in rural areas (SEGIRA). This document complemented the impact assessment report on the reform of the CAP and responded to the Agriculture and Fisheries Council’s request for an updated report on employment in rural areas. It also served as input in the current debate on the future of EU rural policy , particularly the rural development policy proposals for the post-2013 period.
One of the legal approaches to the gender equality issues in rural areas at the EU level was the Council of Europe Recommendation No. 1321 (1997) on improving the situation of women in rural society. This document calls on governments to take up actions in order to increase women’s participation in decision-making and make an integrated approach to equality a primary concern. In addition, it called for equal access to social services and cultural revival, and to increase women's participation in the economy. With this document, the Assembly called on governments to take the following steps in order to make an integrated approach to equality a primary concern:
- ensure a gender perspective is incorporated into the mandates and activities of organisations through the development of concerted action plans and programmes
- disseminate information among the organisations/institutions on the situation of rural women, their concerns, and the required strategies to be taken for their advancement
- develop methodologies that allow the particularities of each sex and the needs of rural women to be taken into account in the planning processes at all levels
- provide training and awareness-raising programmes for decision-makers, as well as for staff of those ministries/governmental bodies dealing with rural issues, on the experiences and needs of women in rural areas and the importance of recognising gender in rural development policies and planning.
In its Resolution 1806 (2011) on rural women in Europe, the Parliamentary Assembly stated that, considering that women are a driving force for the maintenance, conservation and development of rural areas, they can contribute to the agriculture workforce and the preservation of tradition in rural areas. Nevertheless, women still face discrimination in the labour force and economic activities that represent further challenges in the achievement of gender equality.
The Resolution calls on the Member States of the Council of Europe to devise legal measures and policy specifically focusing on rural women. This should incorporate a gender-sensitive approach in the elaboration and implementation of policies having an impact on their situation. In particular, among others, the Assembly therefore calls on the Council of Europe Member States to:
- devise specific legal measures and policies focusing in particular on improving the situation of rural women and aimed at achieving progress in equal opportunities to create conditions which will enable women to remain in rural areas
- ensure a gender-sensitive approach in the elaboration and implementation of all policies that have an impact on the situation of rural women
- provide for the involvement of rural women in agricultural policy development at national, regional and local levels and in all decisions affecting them
- promote greater participation by rural women in decision-making, encouraging their presence in local political life, in the governing bodies of businesses, cooperatives, local agricultural boards and agricultural associations
- support information and communication networks between rural women and government institutions, with the help of professional organisations, civil society and the media, and apply gender budgeting
- improve statistical data and information and produce statistical studies on the impact of poverty and social exclusion in rural areas, including a gender impact assessment, in order to establish policies to tackle these problems.
Article 14 of the Convention on the elimination of all forms of discrimination against women (CEDAW), a bill of women’s human rights, specifically deals with rural women. Article 14, in particular states that:
- Parties shall take into account the particular problems faced by rural women and the significant roles which rural women play in the economic survival of their families, including their work in the non-monetised sectors of the economy, and shall take all appropriate measures to ensure the application of the provisions of the present convention to women in rural areas.
- Parties shall take all appropriate measures to eliminate discrimination against women in rural areas in order to ensure, on a basis of equality of men and women, that they participate in and benefit from rural development and, in particular, shall ensure to such women the right to:
- participate in the elaboration and implementation of development planning at all levels
- have access to adequate healthcare facilities including information, counselling and services in family planning
- benefit directly from social security programmes
- obtain all types of training and education, formal and non-formal, including that relating to functional literacy as well as, inter alia, the benefit of all community and extension services, in order to increase their technical proficiency
- organise self-help groups and cooperatives in order to obtain equal access to economic opportunities through employment or self-employment
- participate in all community activities
- have access to agricultural credit and loans, marketing facilities, appropriate technology and equal treatment in land and agrarian reform as well as in land resettlement schemes
- enjoy adequate living conditions, particularly in relation to housing, sanitation, electricity and water supply, transport and communications.
The Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action (1995) pays attention to rural women, considering the plight of women living in rural and remote areas who deserve special attention given the stagnation of development in such areas. In developing countries in particular, the majority of rural women continue to live in conditions of economic underdevelopment and social marginalisation. Actions could be taken to promote women’s economic independence, including employment, and eradicate the persistent and increasing burden of poverty on women by addressing its structural causes. This can be through changes in economic structures, ensuring equal access for all women including those in rural areas as vital development agents to productive resources, opportunities and public services.
In several objectives, actions for improvement in the situation of rural women are suggested, in particular for combating poverty, eradicating illiteracy and facilitating access to resources:
- Strategic objectives A.3: Provide women with access to savings and credit mechanisms and institutions; encourage links between financial institutions and non-governmental organisations and support innovative lending practices, including those that integrate credit with women’s services and training and provide credit facilities to rural women
- Strategic objectives B.2: Eradicate illiteracy among women; reduce the female illiteracy rate to at least half its 1990 level, with emphasis on rural women, migrant, refugee and internally displaced women and women with disabilities
- Strategic objectives B.4: Develop non-discriminatory education and training; provide non-formal education, especially for rural women, in order to realise their potential with regard to health, micro-enterprise, agriculture and legal rights
- Strategic objectives F.2: Facilitate women’s equal access to resources, employment, markets and trade; enhance, at the national and local levels, rural women’s income generating potential by facilitating their equal access to and control over productive resources, land, credit, capital, property rights, development programmes and cooperative structures.
Gender equality is central to the mandate of the Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) of the United Nations. This is to help achieve food security for all by improving agricultural productivity, levels of nutrition and the lives of rural populations. Working simultaneously towards gender equality and the empowerment of women as agricultural producers is central to the FAO to accomplish its goals. The FAO policy on gender equality serves as a framework to guide the FAO’s work on gender equality, support women’s roles in agriculture and mainstream gender equity in all its programmes.
For FAO, women make crucial contributions in agriculture and rural enterprises. Women play a key role in rural economies where the fight against hunger and poverty is most pressing, as this is where the majority of the world’s poor live. They are also central to family food security and nutrition, as they are generally responsible for food selection and preparation, and the care and feeding of children.
FAO believes that progress towards eliminating hunger and poverty will result from:
- ensuring that its programmes and projects, as well as its normative work, reduce the gap between rural women and men in access to productive resources and services
- ensuring that women and men have the ability to influence programme and policy decision-making, and building institutional responsiveness and accountability (voice)
- ensuring that rural women and men can take up economic opportunities to improve their individual and household well-being (agency).
FAO’s major contributions towards achievement of its gender equality goal and objectives will come from:
- generating and communicating the evidence base through the use of sex-disaggregated data to substantiate the importance of closing the gender gap for achieving FAO’s overall mandate
- developing and sharing gender equality norms and standards for agricultural policies and programmes
- building and disseminating knowledge on rural women’s needs and priorities in all of FAO’s areas of work
- ensuring that gender analysis is incorporated in the formulation, implementation and evaluation of all field programmes and projects
- sharing comparative data on how effectively countries are closing the gender gap in different technical areas of agriculture and rural development
- ensuring that rural women’s needs and priorities are documented, heard and addressed in all the processes that FAO leads and supports
- ensuring that none of FAO’s efforts perpetuate gender inequality or worsen discrimination against women
- working with partners to learn how FAO’s support for gender equality in agriculture can be made more effective
- developing internal structures and systems that promote gender equality, and ensuring equal participation of men and women in decision-making in FAO.
In the framework of the sustainable development goals (SDGs), transforming our world: the 2030 agenda for sustainable development, a set of aspiration goals with 169 targets was established. Goals and targets specifically devoted to sustainable development and gender equality were defined.
Goal 2. End hunger, achieve food security and improved nutrition and promote sustainable agriculture
- By 2030, end hunger and ensure access by all people, in particular the poor and people in vulnerable situations, including infants, to safe, nutritious and sufficient food all year round
- By 2030, end all forms of malnutrition, including achieving, by 2025, the internationally agreed targets on stunting and wasting in children under 5 years of age, and address the nutritional needs of adolescent girls, pregnant and lactating women and older persons
- By 2030, double the agricultural productivity and incomes of small-scale food producers, in particular women, indigenous peoples, family farmers, pastoralists and fishers, including through secure and equal access to land, other productive resources and inputs, knowledge, financial services, markets and opportunities for value addition and non-farm employment
- By 2030, ensure sustainable food production systems and implement resilient agricultural practices that increase productivity and production, that help maintain ecosystems, that strengthen capacity for adaptation to climate change, extreme weather, drought, flooding and other disasters and that progressively improve land and soil quality
- By 2020, maintain the genetic diversity of seeds, cultivated plants and farmed and domesticated animals and their related wild species, including through soundly managed and diversified seed and plant banks at the national, regional and international levels, and promote access to and fair and equitable sharing of benefits arising from the utilisation of genetic resources and associated traditional knowledge, as internationally agreed
- Increase investment, including through enhanced international cooperation, in rural infrastructure, agricultural research and extension services, technology development and plant and livestock gene banks in order to enhance agricultural productive capacity in developing countries, in particular least developed countries
- Correct and prevent trade restrictions and distortions in world agricultural markets, including through the parallel elimination of all forms of agricultural export subsidies and all export measures with equivalent effect, in accordance with the mandate of the Doha Development Round
- Adopt measures to ensure the proper functioning of food commodity markets and their derivatives and facilitate timely access to market information, including on food reserves, in order to help limit extreme food price volatility.
Goal 5. Achieve gender equality and empower all women and girls
- End all forms of discrimination against all women and girls everywhere
- Eliminate all forms of violence against all women and girls in the public and private spheres, including trafficking and sexual and other types of exploitation
- Eliminate all harmful practices, such as child, early and forced marriage and female genital mutilation
- Recognise and value unpaid care and domestic work through the provision of public services, infrastructure and social protection policies and the promotion of shared responsibility within the household and the family as nationally appropriate
- Ensure women’s full and effective participation and equal opportunities for leadership at all levels of decision-making in political, economic and public life
- Ensure universal access to sexual and reproductive health and reproductive rights as agreed in accordance with the Programme of Action of the International Conference on Population and Development and the Beijing Platform for Action and the outcome documents of their review conferences
- Undertake reforms to give women equal rights to economic resources, as well as access to ownership and control over land and other forms of property, financial services, inheritance and natural resources, in accordance with national laws
- Enhance the use of enabling technology, in particular information and communications technology, to promote the empowerment of women
- Adopt and strengthen sound policies and enforceable legislation for the promotion of gender equality and the empowerment of all women and girls at all levels.
Policy cycle in agriculture and rural development
How and when? Education, training and the integration of the gender dimension into the policy cycle
The gender dimension can be integrated in all phases of the policy cycle. For a detailed description of how gender can be mainstreamed in each phase of the policy cycle click here.
Below, you can find useful resources and practical examples for mainstreaming gender into agricultural policy. They are organised according to the most relevant phase of the policy cycle they may serve.
Practical examples of gender mainstreaming in agriculture and rural development
A gender thematic working group in Northern Ireland
Within the Northern Ireland Rural Network financed during the 2007 – 2013 programming period, a thematic working group on women in rural development was established. The group explored the role of women in rural life and rural businesses. The main aims of the group were to:
- examine the current levels of female participation in the Northern Irish Rural Development Policy (RDP)
- identify good practice projects implemented by women under the current RDP
- identify the best approaches and good practices in rural women’s issues.
The group focused on a range of issues facing rural women and held events and activities to encourage women to become economically active.
Rural woman: employment and new technologies project
The project develops interregional cooperation in the framework of the National Rural Network financed by the Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Environment. It involves the participation of 8 local action groups located in 5 Spanish regions (Andalusia, Asturias, Castile-La Mancha, Castile- Leon and Madrid). The initiative is part of the broader National Rural Network (NRN) which is a platform integrated by the most relevant agents in the rural policy field in order to reinforce alliance between them, disseminate good practices and network. National, regional and local administrations, professional associations and ecologist groups are represented.
The main objective is the promotion of women entrepreneurial initiatives, and employment-based social economy (cooperatives, worker-owned companies, partnerships). This uses information and communication technologies (ICT) in order to eliminate men and women differences in the access to labour market and business. As the network main results, 833 women have already participated in training courses and 43 new companies have been created and included in the virtual enterprise incubator. Moreover, ‘employability agents’ have supported and assisted around 1,000 women since 2010. The virtual enterprise incubator Web 2.0 is available. Project partners have also used the networking opportunity to create the Federation of Development Association for Gender Equality (FADIG).
National plan to promote equality between women and men in rural areas (2007 – 2010)
The National Plan to promote equality between women and men in rural areas (2007 – 2010) had as its starting point the fewer employment opportunities and lack of services for the population in the rural areas. It introduced and established general principles of gender mainstreaming and empowerment in the development of rural areas. It was aiming at the following main objectives:
- ensuring that women who live and work in rural areas do not suffer double discrimination
- curbing the exodus of women from rural areas to urban areas, thereby helping to combat rural depopulation and ageing
- ensuring that women contribute to the economic development of rural areas with their entry into the labour market.
Key milestones of the EU agricultural and rural policy
Current policy priorities at EU level
After a public debate about the future of the CAP at the end of 2013, reform was agreed for 2014 – 2020. This is reflected in The CAP towards 2020: meeting the food, natural resources and territorial challenges of the future. It has a budget of €363 billion for the period 2014 – 2020. From 2015 onwards, the CAP will be introducing a new policy instrument in pillar1: the green direct payment, which will form 30% of the national direct payment envelope.
The new CAP is placed in and shaped by the overall Europe 2020 strategy, which indicates that the economic growth in the EU should be smart, sustainable and inclusive. The CAP reform includes economic, environmental and territorial challenges, and has 3 long-term policy objectives:
- viable food production
- sustainable management of natural resources
- climate action and balanced territorial development
Within the architecture of the EU RDP 2014 – 2020, pillar 2 of the CAP, 6 priorities are identified that need to be pursued to reach the broader long-term objectives of the overall CAP. The RDP is implemented through national and/or regional seven-year rural development programmes, and should reflect the 6 EU priorities.
- fostering knowledge, transfer and innovation in agriculture, forestry and rural areas
- enhancing farm viability and competitiveness of all types of agriculture in all regions and promoting innovative farm technologies and sustainable management of forests
- promoting food chain organisation, including processing and marketing of agricultural products, animal welfare and risk management in agriculture
- restoring, preserving and enhancing ecosystems related to agriculture and forestry
- promoting resource efficiency and supporting the shift towards a low-carbon and climate-resilient economy in agriculture, food and forestry sectors
- promoting social inclusion, poverty and economic development in rural areas.


... the lion shall eat straw like the ox. – Isaiah 11:7
Invest in new technology that will double the nutritional value of grain harvests worldwide
Only 30% of most plants grown for food, such as corn, wheat and sugar cane is actually used for consumption. The other 70% of the plant is considered unfit for consumption and discarded as waste. In the U.S. alone, farmers must dispose of more than 75 billion tons of wheat straw per year. Unprocessed straw from all grains is considered a waste product because there is no method to transform certain nutrient molecules in the straw to digestible feed or biofuel. Older processes used to extract the nutrients are available but are not cost-effective.
The U.S. patent pending Straw Popper processes crop residue into highly nutritional animal feed, fertilizer, and raw materials for generation of biofuel and paper. Straw Popper will dramatically increase the grower’s nutritional yield per crop.
Straw Popper is a 100% natural process which unlocks nutritional value from wheat straw, corn husks, rice straw, sugar cane, etc. Straw Popper works by inserting chopped wet straw into an apparatus which compresses and heats the material. Long chain cellulose molecules in the straw are broken, releasing the nutrients. Straw Popper requires only the addition of water and does not require any chemicals, enzymes or other additives. Also, dried Straw Popper processed straw has a very long shelf life.
Straw Popper technology and machinery have been developed and will be available for industry once larger-scale versions have been manufactured and tested. An existing Straw Popper prototype machine produces 675 kg of processed straw in eight hours. Investment dollars will be used to develop a commercial machine capable of producing 1,350 kg of processed straw in eight hours.
Straw Popper pilot machinery can process 450 kg of wheat straw per day into product with three times the nutritional value of hay. Wheat straw sugar levels increase dramatically during Straw Popper processing which allows the product to be used in ethanol production at 20% of the cost of wheat grain.
Conservative revenue projections are $1.5 million, $15 million and $30 million over the next three years. Food Harvest Sciences seeks $2.5 million in funding to develop, manufacture and test Straw Popper machines in 900 kg, 2,700 kg, and 9,000 kg capacities for industrial application.
Straw Popper increases the consumability and digestibility of straw
The low digestibility of unprocessed wheat straw limits its use in livestock diets. Straw Popper technology improves digestibility so that wheat straw can be used in livestock rations. The value of the straw may be enhanced threefold.
Tests show that after processing, sugars, protein, nitrogen and other growth enhancing elements are released and lactic acid bacteria multiplies dramatically. The increase in lactic acid adds nutrients such as Vitamin B complex, amino acids, protein, etc. (see below).
Straw Popper also increases the surface area of wheat straw. The documented enhanced growth of bacteria on processed straw suggests it may be a good substrate for cellulose-based ethanol production, thus providing a huge cost advantage over the more expensive grains currently used.
Straw Popper processed straw is an ideal medium for lactic acid bacterial growth. During a period of 10-12 days, bacteria growth is in the range of 10 to the 8th power of colony forming units, or about the same amount of bacteria that would grow in milk, in serum milk, or in commercial bacterial growth media.
Solubility testing results of unprocessed straw compared with Straw Popper processed straw
Soluble fraction is completely utilized by the animal. Degradable fraction utilization is based on the rate of degradation and passage rate through the animal. Undegradable fraction cannot be utilized by the animal.
Test results provided August 21, 2015 by Bar Diamond, Inc., Parma, Idaho, USA.
Nutritional testing results of unprocessed straw compared with Straw Popper processed straw
Nutritional value comparison
Test results show that bacteria growth is 10,000 times greater on processed Wheat Straw then on Grass Hay. Very conservative calculations show that processed Wheat Straw has 2-1/2 to 3 times better nutritional value then Grass Hay.
Beneficial bacteria growth comparison
- Unproccessed Wheat Straw cots $4.25 per 45-50# bale, or 9¢ per pound.
- Timothy Grass costs $14 per 45-50# bale, or 31¢ per pound.
- Alfalfa costs $11 per 45-50# bale, or 24¢ per pound.
- Barley Straw costs $7 per 25-30# bale, or 28¢ per pound.
- Commoditiy pricing as of 1/11/13.
Unprocessed straw is approximately 5 times less expensive than grass hay but has nominal nutritional value. Straw Popper processed wheat straw is nutritionally equal to grass hay. When beneficial bacteria are added, Straw Popper processed wheat straw has 3 times more nutritional value than grass hay, making the return for this product 15 times the cost for unprocessed straw.
This result proves that Straw Popper processed wheat straw is a lucrative commodity. Ready for scale-up to commercial success, Straw Popper technology is a solid investment opportunity.


3 edition of Grow fruit in your greenhouse found in the catalog.
Grow fruit in your greenhouse
George E. Whitehead
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Scientists say climate change could increase pests and weeds, lengthen growing seasons and turn dry soil to dust. Farmers are already on the offensive, adopting no-till cropping methods to conserve water and experimenting with different seeds. And scientists are using a technique called gene silencing to develop new crops—without tinkering with the plants’ DNA.


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We're committed to using as much organic and local produce as possible. Because the availability of locally sourced, organic produce can vary throughout the season, we’ll sometimes opt to use local, pesticide-free produce rather than certified-organic produce that is shipped from far away.
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