All posts filed under Women In Agriculture

Regardless of how women’s work is perceived, women play important roles around the world in agriculture, food production, and other industries too. Their work is critical.

Women are an important part of business, not only because they represent 50% of consumers, but also because they bring different tastes, needs, values, and desires to the market.

Women own around 30% of the small-to-medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) or businesses in the world. When women are seen, heard and included as crucial players in the supply-chain, everybody benefits.

“Peaceful Opportunities - Rural Women” (Oportunidades Pacíficas - Mujeres Rurales), is supported by the Korea International Cooperation Agency (KOICA), as well as the UN’s World Food Programme (WFP). This holistic approach to empowerment supports women to build secure livelihoods as agents of change, leadership, and transformation in their communities.

At RySS (Rythu Sadhikara Samstha) in Andhra Pradesh, India, they believe that natural farming is the solution to farmer empowerment. The Zero-Budget Natural Farming program enhances the welfare of small and marginalized farmers through training and education on climate-change resilient, low-cost farming practices.