Integrating a gender perspective in the right to food 2016, para. 84
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Researchers and breeders often work in isolation from women and men farmers and are sometimes unaware of their needs and priorities beyond yield and resistance to pests and diseases. Moreover, extension agents and research organizations tend to consider many local varieties and breeds to be low-performing and inferior. As a result, national policies that provide incentives such as loans and direct payments for the use of modern varieties and breeds contribute to the loss of genetic diversity and affect traditional gender roles.
Legal status
Non-negotiated soft law
Body
Special Rapporteur on the right to food
Document type
Special Procedures' report
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N.A.
Topic(s)
Food & Nutrition
Health
Person(s) affected
Men
Women
Year
2016
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Other
Reference
SR Food, Report to the HRC (2016), A/HRC/31/51, para. 84.