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gender and agriculture, and concerted efforts by theWorld Bank, FAO, and IFAD. The purpose of the Sourcebook is to act as a guide for practitioners and  technical staff in addressing gender issues and integrating gender-responsive actions in the design and implementation of agricultural projects and programs. It speaks not with gender specialists on how to improve their skills but  rather reaches out to technical experts to guide them in thinking through how to integrate gender dimensions into their operations. The Sourcebook aims to deliver practical advice, guidelines,  principles, and descriptions and  illustrations of approaches that have worked so far to achieve the goal of effective gender mainstreaming in the agricultural operations of development agencies. It captures and expands the  main messages of theWorld  Development  Report 2008: Agriculture for Development and is considered an important tool to facilitate the operationalization and implementation of the report’s key principles on gender equality and women’s empowerment. The Sourcebook focuses on agricultural livelihoods, with agriculture defined broadly as “agriculture, forestry, fisheries, livestock, land and water, national ministries of agriculture (MoAs)5 can support and use CEDAW at the country level as a tool for policy development and programming to achieve  equality between men and women in agriculture and rural development. and national ministries of agriculture (MoAs)5 can support and use CEDAW at the country level as a tool for policy development and programming to achieve  equality between men and women in agriculture and rural development. men. This includes the different responsibilities of both in a given culture or location. Unlike the se* of men or women, which is biologically determined, gender  roles are socially constructed, and can change over time and vary according to geographic location. Social justice and fairness are arguments often advanced in support of gender considerations in development. In fact docu*ented  evidence around