Information on how men and women differ in access to land

A new database launched by FAO puts the spotlight on one of the major stumbling blocks to rural development - widespread inequalities between men and women in their access to land.

The Gender and Land Rights Database, produced in consultation with national statistics authorities, universities, civil society organizations and other sources worldwide, offers up-to-date information on how men and women in 78 countries differ in their legal rights and access to land.

In most of the world, women lag well behind men in ownership of agricultural land and access to income from land, even though women are major producers of food crops and play crucial roles in providing and caring for their households.

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FAO releases software for Land Cover Classification System (LCCS)

The software is freely distributed by FAO (latest version is 2.4) through a self-extracting executable file that produces the entire set of files necessary to run the setup. [Details..]

LCCS is the only universally applicable classification system in operational use at present. It enables a comparison of land cover classes regardless of data source, economic sector or country. The LCCS method enhances the standardization process and minimizes the problem of dealing with a very large amount of pre-defined classes.

Classification Concepts and User Manual
The LCCS software manual provides information on the classification concepts and the practical software use. The first part of the manual fully describes the LCCS used definitions and the conceptual basis. The second part of the manual deals with the LCCS operative use, from installation to extensive explanation of the functioning mode of each one of the program modules.

The LCCS manual is available in English, Spanish and Arabic.

GLiPHA: Global Livestock Production and Health Atlas

GLiPHA is an interactive electronic atlas that provides a scaleable overview of spatial and temporal variation in quantitative information related to animal production and health. Against a back-drop of selected maps of livestock densities, land-use or elevation, sub-national statistics relating to the livestock sector can be mapped, or displayed as tables and charts.

The objective of the GLiPHA is to facilitate access to livestock sector information for analysis and informed decision making and to increase awareness of socio-economic, human and animal demographic and health related issues.

GLiPHA draws on sub-national data managed within the Global Livestock Impact Mapping (GLIMS). The interface uses KIDS-3g technology, the third generation of the Key Indicator Data System.