The Gender in Agriculture Sourcebook presents a rich compilation of experiences, some of them ongoing, in which agricultural projects have incorporated gender-related components or adapted their operations to allow for gender variables and engage issues that affect men and women differently.
Excerpt from “Gender in Agriculture: Sourcebook”:
Gender equality is crucial for agricultural development and the attainment of the MDGs. The definition of gender used in the Sourcebook is the economic, social, political, and cultural attributes and opportunities associated with being man or woman. The Sourcebook uses the definition in the Global Monitoring Report 2007 on gender equality, which means equal access to the ‘opportunities that allow people to pursue a life of their own choosing and to avoid extreme deprivations in outcomes,’ highlighting gender equality in rights, resources, and voice (World Bank 2007c: 106).
