mainstreaming gender in the use of information and communication technologies (ICTs) for agriculture and rural development
- Categories
- Book/Boek
- Creator
- Treinen, Sophie
- Creator
- Elstraeten, Alice Van der
- Publish Year
- 2018
- Shelfmark
- digitaal
- Thesaurus
- ICT, gender mainstreaming, agrarische beroepen, agrarische sector, internationaal, 21e eeuw
- Description
- This publication looks at the benefits of information and communication technologies (ICTs) for men and women working in agriculture and in rural areas. It is the result of desk study, online fora on gender held in the framework of the e-agriculture and a review of several projects and programmes around the world. .The subjects considered imply gender and the use of ICTs for agriculture and rural development, success factors in initiatives for ICTs in agriculture, existing gender barriers to women’s access to, control and use of ICTs for agriculture and growing opportunities for closing the gender gap through ICT initiatives.