Small-scale fishing
50% of total catches come from small-scale fishing in low and middle-income countries (FAO, 2024).
FAO, 2024
FAO. 2024. La situación de las mujeres en los sistemas agroalimentarios. Roma. https://doi.org/10.4060/cc5343es
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Women in small-scale chain
39.6% of people working for remuneration or subsistence throughout the value chain of small-scale fisheries are women (FAO, 2024).
FAO, 2024
FAO. 2024. La situación de las mujeres en los sistemas agroalimentarios. Roma. https://doi.org/10.4060/cc5343es
Women in the forestry sector
23% of all people employed in forestry between 2017 and 2019 were women (FAO, 2024).
FAO, 2024
FAO. 2024. La situación de las mujeres en los sistemas agroalimentarios. Roma. https://doi.org/10.4060/cc5343es
Women-owned businesses
On average, 31% to 38% of formal small and medium-sized enterprises are owned by women (FAO, 2024).
FAO, 2024
FAO. 2024. La situación de las mujeres en los sistemas agroalimentarios. Roma. https://doi.org/10.4060/cc5343es
Tag:
Country:
World (aggregate)
Sector:
Multisectoral
Area:
Women and Rural Youth
Beneficiary:
Women
Unpaid care work by women
Women spend an average of 4.2 hours a day on unpaid domestic and care work (FAO, 2024).
FAO, 2024
FAO. 2024. La situación de las mujeres en los sistemas agroalimentarios. Roma. https://doi.org/10.4060/cc5343es
Tag:
Country:
World (aggregate)
Sector:
Multisectoral
Area:
Women and Rural Youth
Beneficiary:
Women
Responsibility of girls
6.9% of households without a water source have girls as the main people responsible for water collection (FAO, 2024).
FAO, 2024
FAO. 2024. La situación de las mujeres en los sistemas agroalimentarios. Roma. https://doi.org/10.4060/cc5343es
Tag:
Country:
World (aggregate)
Sector:
Multisectoral
Area:
Women and Rural Youth
Beneficiary:
Women
Women's land gap
-4.4% is the gender gap in land productivity in the sample of plots managed exclusively by women, suggesting that they are more productive than men (FAO, 2024).
FAO, 2024
FAO. 2024. La situación de las mujeres en los sistemas agroalimentarios. Roma. https://doi.org/10.4060/cc5343es
Global reduction in employment
The global proportion of men and women working in agri-food systems fell by almost 10 percentage points between 2005 and 2019 (FAO, 2024).
FAO, 2024
FAO. 2024. La situación de las mujeres en los sistemas agroalimentarios. Roma. https://doi.org/10.4060/cc5343es
Food gender gap
27.6% of men worldwide suffered from moderate or severe food insecurity in 2021, a significantly lower proportion than that of women (FAO, 2024).
FAO, 2024
FAO. 2024. La situación de las mujeres en los sistemas agroalimentarios. Roma. https://doi.org/10.4060/cc5343es
Greater food insecurity among women
In 2021, 31.9% of women worldwide were experiencing moderate or severe food insecurity, compared to 27.6% of men (FAO, 2024).
FAO, 2024
FAO. 2024. La situación de las mujeres en los sistemas agroalimentarios. Roma. https://doi.org/10.4060/cc5343es
Tag:
Country:
World (aggregate)
Sector:
Agri-Food (total)
Area:
Agrifood Context
Beneficiary:
Family agriculture
Consumers
Public institutions
Women