FAO at the CTA Brussels Briefing on major drivers for rural transformation in Africa
Mr. Peter Wobst, FAO Senior Economist at the Gender Equity and Rural Employment Division will make a presentation on 14 th of September 2011 at the CTA Brussels policy briefing No 24 which will be on “Major drivers for rural
transformation in Africa: job creation for rural growth”. His presentation will be on creating employment for rural youth and rural women.
The program of the CTA briefing can be consulted: http://brusselsbriefings.files.wordpress.com /2011/08/programme-rural-transformation-in-africa.pdf
Reference material on the subject matter can be consulted at the following link:
Gender dimensions of agricultural and rural employment: Differentiated pathway out of poverty (FAO, IFAD, ILO 2010): http://www.fao.org/docrep/013/i1638e/i1638e.pdf
Rural Youth Employment in developing Countries: A Global View, FAO, March 2010: http://ww w.fao.org/docrep/012/al414e/al414e00.pdf
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FAO at the CTA Brussels Briefing on major drivers for rural transformation in Africa
Investing in skills for socio-economic empowerment of rural women (FAO, IFAD, ILO 2010): htt p://www.fao.org/docrep/013/i2008e/i2008e02.pdf
Agricultural value chain development: Threat or opportunity for women employment (FAO, IFAD, ILO 2010): http://www.fao.org/docrep/013/i2008e/i2008e04.pdf
The state of agriculture 2010-2011: women in agriculture, closing the gender gap for development (FAO, 2011): http://www.fao.org/docrep/013/i2050e/i2050e00.htm
Rural women’s entrepreneurship is good business (FAO,IFAD, ILO 2010): http://www.fao.org/d ocrep/013/i2008e/i2008e03.pdf
Women in infrastructure works: boosting gender equality and rural development (FAO,IFAD, ILO 2010): http://www.fao.org/docrep/013/i2008e/i2008e05.pdf
Youth: Junior farmer field and live schools: http://www.fao.org/bestpractices/content/11/11_04_ en.htm
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