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Empowering women in agriculture


November 4, 2015

CropLife International plant science post

Why We Need to Empower Rural Women

In developing countries, women make up almost half the agricultural labor force. But that’s where the gender balance ends. See what we stand to gain if we focus on closing the gender gap and empowering women in agriculture.


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Cultivating More Female Plant Scientists

Gender balance within the agricultural research community will help tackle food and nutrition security says Wanjiru Kamau-Rutenberg, director of African Women in Agricultural Research and Development (AWARD). We caught up with Kamau-Rutenberg to ask about her work.

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Meet Three Inspiring Ladies in Agriculture

Agnes Quaye farms cocoa in West Africa. Cecelia Mejía Domínguez grows maize in Honduras. Grace Amma trains farmers in India. Watch their inspiring stories here.

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An End to Weeding By Hand

Smallholder farmers have traditionally spent long hours pulling, slashing and hoeing weeds by hand. It is backbreaking and time consuming work. But there is another way.

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More articles on women in agriculture

Learn much more about the prominent role women play in combatting hunger and promoting sustainable agriculture in the latest edition of Thrive, our Flipboard magazine which gathers latest news from around the Web and around the world.


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Published: November 4, 2015



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