Rural households livestock farming
60% of rural households obtain income from the livestock sector (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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Employment in fishing
60 million people worldwide work in the primary sectors of fishing and aquaculture (FAO, 2024).
FAO, 2024
FAO. 2024. La situación de las mujeres en los sistemas agroalimentarios. Roma. https://doi.org/10.4060/cc5343es
Country:
World (aggregate)
Sector:
Aquaculture and fishery products
Area:
Agrifood Context
Beneficiary:
Family agriculture
Agricultural producers
Forests and extreme poverty
More than 90% of people living in extreme poverty depend on forests for their livelihoods, including food, medicine and income (FAO, 2024).
FAO, 2024
FAO. 2024. La situación de las mujeres en los sistemas agroalimentarios. Roma. https://doi.org/10.4060/cc5343es
Women in aquatic chain
50% of the workforce across the entire aquatic value chain (pre- and post-capture activities) is made up of women (FAO, 2024).
FAO, 2024
FAO. 2024. La situación de las mujeres en los sistemas agroalimentarios. Roma. https://doi.org/10.4060/cc5343es
Country:
World (aggregate)
Sector:
Aquaculture and fishery products
Area:
Agrifood Context
Beneficiary:
Women
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
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
Rurality and water
80% of people who do not have access to improved drinking water live in rural areas (FAO, 2024).
FAO, 2024
FAO. 2024. La situación de las mujeres en los sistemas agroalimentarios. Roma. https://doi.org/10.4060/cc5343es
Country:
World (aggregate)
Sector:
Multisectoral
Area:
Agrifood Context
Beneficiary:
Consumers
Public institutions