Resolution 39/9. Women in agriculture and rural development* The Commission on the Status of Women, Recalling General Assembly resolution 47/174, Economic and Social Council resolutions 1990/15 and 1992/53, and Commission on the Status of Women resolutions 34/3, 35/7, 36/5 and 37/6, Recalling also the Nairobi Forward-looking Strategies for the Advancement of Women, 43/ which highlighted the key role of women in the development and production of food and agriculture and in food security and which recommended the establishment of multisectoral programmes to promote the productive capacity of poor rural women in food and animal production so as to create off-farm employment opportunities and to reduce their workload, Referring to paragraphs 224-227 of the Nairobi Forward-looking Strategies, as well as to chapter 24 of Agenda 21, 44/ adopted by the United Nations Conference on Environment and Development, underlining the importance of women’s role in the management and protection of the environment and in achieving a sustainable and equitable development, Welcoming the adoption by the World Conference on Human Rights of the Vienna Declaration and Programme of Action 45/ which stressed the importance of the integration and full participation of women as both agents and beneficiaries in the development process, Recalling the recommendations of the Abuja Declaration on Participatory Development: The Role of Women in Africa in the 1990s on the need to design specific training programmes for women in rural areas aimed at developing their technical skills in agriculture and other fields, including environment, water and energy, within the global framework of the improvement of women’s access to higher education in the field of science and technology, Welcoming the adoption of the Geneva Declaration for Rural Women, 46/ by the Summit on the Economic Advancement of Rural Women, held at Geneva in 1992, Recalling the Lagos Plan of Action for the Implementation of the Monrovia Strategy for the Economic Development of Africa 47/ on food self-sufficiency and food security for Africa in 1984 and the United Nations Programme of Action for African Economic Recovery and Development, 1986-1990, 48/ * For the discussion, see chap. V. 44/ Report of the United Nations Conference on Environment and Development, Rio de Janeiro, 3-14 June 1992, vol. I, Resolutions Adopted by the Conference (United Nations publication, Sales No. E.93.I.8 and corrigendum), resolution 1, annex II. 45/ Report of the World Conference on Human Rights, Vienna, 14-25 June 1993 (A/CONF.157/24) (Part I), chap. III. 46/ A/47/308-E/1992/97, annex. 47/ A/S-11/14, annex I. 48/ General Assembly resolution S-13/2, annex. -29-