From farmer to planner & back
Subtitle: harvesting best practices.
Contributors: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.; Norway.
Publisher: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations; FAO; Food & Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
Published: 2001
Place of publication: Rome
Language: eng
Number of pages: 256
Subjects: Women in agriculture -- Congresses.; Women in development -- Congresses.; Agricultural systems -- Latin America -- Congresses.; Agricultural systems -- Asia -- Congresses.; Agricultural systems -- Africa -- Congresses.; Agricultural systems -- Middle East -- Congresses.; Farm management -- Latin America -- Congresses.; Farm management -- Asia -- Congresses.; Farm management -- Africa -- Congresses.; Farm management -- Middle East -- Congresses.
Genres: Congresses.
Description: This package highlights the advantages of incorporating participatory and gender approaches in development work. The five-volume set gives guidance to development practitioners on integrating these methodologies into real life development situations in a variety of socio-economic and cultural settings. In putting together the package, the Women in Development Service of FAO consolidates and analyzes lessons learned from eleven field projects carried out in Asia, Latin America, Africa and the Near East.--Publisher's description.
Notes: Funded by the Government of Norway.

"The workshop entitled From Farmer to Planner and Back: Harvesting Best Practices was held at the Rome headquarters of the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) from 8-12 December 1997. The workshop brought together particpants from 12 FAO field projects throughout the world to discuss best practices for incorporating gender issues into development planning"--P. [4] of cover, vol. 1.

Includes bibliographies.
Table of contents: title: 1. Case studies from Latin America and Asia. Costa Rica. Honduras. Afghanistan. India. Nepal. Pakistan.; title: 2. Case studies from Africa and the Near East. Ethiopia. Namibia. Senegal. Tunisia. Tanzania.; title: Welcome to the package; title: Training for responsive planning; title: The responsive planner; and Key issues from ten case studies.