UN Agencies - IFAD, FAO and WFP, led by the UN Women and with the support of the African Union (AU), last week (October 15 - 17, 2014) co-hosted a Sharefair for Rural Women's Technologies in Nairobi, Kenya, the first of its kind in Eastern and Southern Africa. The objective of the Sharefair was to showcase agricultural innovations that enhance women's access to labour-saving technologies, as the main players in ensuring family nutrition and household food security. The event was organized to coincide with the International Day of Rural Women marked yearly on 15 October, with this year's theme, Rural Women and Agriculture; and World Food Day, on 16 October on the theme of Gender, Food and Nutrition Security.
More than 400 policymakers, academics, food producers, investors, rural women, representatives of UN agencies and non-governmental organizations, including 155 exhibitors of technologies took part in the event.
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