Gender and Agroecology Webinar

5 July 2023. Gender and Agroecology Webinar “Boosting the potential of women farmers as protagonist of agroecological experiences: stories from the field.

This webinar is part of the Plant Production and Protection Division's (NSP) Gender Action Plan for 2023-2027, which aims to better integrate gender into the division's work. It has been organized together with the Gender Team of the Division of Inclusive Rural Transformation and Gender Equality (ESP), and aims to show, with some examples from around the world, how some methodologies can contribute to make visible the potential of women in agroecological experiments. The webinar will also present a proposal on how to better integrate women's needs in an agroecology training program.

Objectives of the webinar were:

• raise awareness of the contribution of women farmers to the development of agroecological experiences;
• present and discuss different methodologies that can generate evidence on this contribution; and
• advocate for special attention to women farmers’ needs in training activities on agroecology.