79. 妇女署与粮农组织、农发基金和世界粮食计划署合作，在埃塞俄比亚、利比里亚、尼日尔和卢旺达实施了《加快在增强农村妇女经济权能方面取得进展的联合方案》。该方案预计将加强粮食安全和营养、收入保障、领导力和参与，并为促进性别平等的农村发展创造有利的政策环境。该方案惠及超过 75 000 名妇女及其384 000 名家庭成员。在科特迪瓦，妇女署还对大流行疫情对妇女拥有的中小企业产生的影响进行了研究。
79. UN-Women collaborated with FAO, IFAD and the World Food Programme to implement the Joint Programme on Accelerating Progress towards the Economic Empowerment of Rural Women in Ethiopia, Liberia, the Niger and Rwanda. The programme is expected to strengthen food security and nutrition, income security, leadership and participation, as well as the creation of an enabling policy environment for gender-responsive rural development. The programme has benefited more than 75,000 women and 384,000 members of their families. In Côte d’Ivoire, UN-Women also conducted an impact study of the COVID-19 pandemic on women-owned small and medium-sized enterprises.