Women and Smallholder Farming Addressing Global Inequities in Agriculture
Book title: Women and smallholder farming: Addressing global inequities in agriculture
Edited by: RSS Member Professor Emerita Carolyn Sachs, Pennsylvania State University, USA and Dr Paige Castellanos, Oxfam America (OUS), USA
There are an estimated 500 million smallholder farmers across the world, of which a considerable percentage are women. Despite their large numbers and important roles, women smallholders remain largely unsupported and their contribution to agriculture is often devalued because of their sex.
Women and smallholder farming: Addressing global inequities in agriculture provides a comprehensive overview of the main obstacles and challenges women smallholders continue to face, such as restricted access to markets and education, as well as a lack of control over assets and property rights.
The book also assesses the impact of sociocultural factors on women smallholder farmers in different regions around the world, including Africa, Asia, Latin America and the Middle East. In highlighting these issues, the book considers how key stakeholders across the agri-food supply chain can support, empower and sufficiently compensate women smallholder farmers for their contribution to agriculture.
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