The Fight for Equality in Farming: International Women’s Day 2016 #IWD2016

Tuesday, March 8 is International Women’s Day (IWD). The theme, “Planet 50-50 by 2030: Step It Up for Gender Equality,” addresses the continuing injustices faced by women across the globe.

Women farmers' yields, for example, are often 20–30 percent lower than for men's because of a lack of access to banking, financial services, and inputs. But filling this gap—and helping women get the same resources as male farmers—could lift 100–150 million people out of hunger worldwide.

World Environment Day 

This Friday, June 5, is World Environment Day (WED) which celebrates positive environmental action and calls on each of us to create change. The theme of WED—“Seven Billion Dreams. One Planet. Consume with Care”—reminds us that we only have one planet, and that the Earth’s natural resources are finite, not unlimited.

Food production is a major culprit in the consumption of natural resources, accounting for 10 percent of the energy consumed in the United States, 80 percent of freshwater consumed, and 50 percent of land usage.

The First International Conference of the APIRAS & the Fifth Congress of Extension and Education in Agriculture and Natural Resources Management: “Facilitating Information and Innovations for Empowering Family Farmers", "2-4 September, 2014, University of Zanjan, Iran

International Year of Family Farming

All this work is being made from the perspective of effectively combating poverty and hunger and the search for a rural development based on the respect for environment and biodiversity.

http://www.familyfarmingcampaign.net/

 International Day of Rural Women

Rural women play a critical role in the rural economies of both developed and developing countries. In most parts of the developing world they participate in crop production and livestock care, provide food, water and fuel for their families, and engage in off-farm activities to diversify their families’ livelihoods. In addition, they carry out vital functions in caring for children, older persons and the sick.

4th GFRAS Annual Meeting 2013 Germany 

The Role of Private Sector and Producer Organisations in Rural Advisory Services

The 4th Annual Meeting of the Global Forum for Rural Advisory Services will take place on 24-26 September at Hotel Park Inn, in Berlin, Germany. The meeting will contribute to thematic exchange on rural advisory services (RAS) and give participants the opportunity to discuss GFRAS strategic directions and functioning. Exchange and learning will take place in plenary and parallel sessions, group discussions, a share fair and a field trip (25 September). Side events will take place on 22-23 September. The 4th GFRAS Annual Meeting is hosted by the Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) and the International Academy of Rural Advisors (IALB).

http://www.g-fras.org/en/events/gfras-events/annual-meeting-germany-2013