The Inter - American Institute for Cooperation on Agriculture ( IICA ) is the specialised agency for agriculture of the ... of the Pam American Union approved the creation of the Inter - Americam Institute of Agricultural Sciences .

The following sections will discuss in more detail these agricultural policies and their impact on gender . The agricultural policies are presented first followed by a review of the programs and policies directed specifically to women .

Gender specific information is not only important for an accurate measurement of the contribution of women to agriculture , but is also necessary to provide indicators of the extent of equality or inequalities between men and women .

Presented at : Inter - Agency Consultation on Statistics and Data Bases on Gender in Agriculture and Rural Development . Rome . FAO ( FOOD AND AGRICULTURAL ORGANIZATION ) . 1988 . agriculture . Santiago , Chile .

This poses a limit on the extent to which a gender framework can be applied in agricultural planning and policy formulation . Improvement of Statistics and Data Bases on Gender in Agricultural Development in Jamaica .

Agricultural policies , programmes and projects : The need for a gender perspective . Pat Ellis Associates , Inc. 1993b . An assessment of gender training in the Caribbean . Report prepared for CIDA . FERRAN , L.U. 1991.

Rural Women and State Policy : Feminist Perspectives on Latin American Agricultural Development . ... Presentado en : Interagency Consultation on Statistics and Data Bases on Gender in Agriculture and Rural Development ( Sept.

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