Integrating a gender perspective in the right to food 2016, para. 78
Paragraphe
Paragraph text
With the increased commercialization of agriculture and highly technological improvements, farming systems are overly dependent on external inputs such as agrochemicals. Poor rural women and men farmers often spread risk by growing a wide variety of locally-adapted crops, some of which will be resistant to drought or pests, and livestock breeds that have adapted to the local agro ecological zone. Diversification, an important coping strategy adopted by poor rural households, also protects women against climate change, desertification, and other environmental stresses.
Status juridique
Non-negotiated soft law
Organe
Special Rapporteur on the right to food
Type de document
Special Procedures' report
Mode d'adoption
N.A.
Thèmes
Environment
Food & Nutrition
Personnes concernées
Men
Women
Année
2016
Type de paragraphe
Other
Reference
SR Food, Report to the HRC (2016), A/HRC/31/51, para. 78.