It is well documented that women small-scale farmers are hard done by in an environment where they farm without security of tenure, which inhibits their ability to raise finance with which to grow ...

Farm industry groups band together to launch an official information hub dedicated to celebrating and advancing women in ...

A combine harvests soybeans near Wyoming, Iowa, in October 2023. New University of Iowa research looks into what women farmers in Iowa are stressed about. (Savannah Blake/The Gazette) Buy Photo Heavy ...

Farmer K. Rama Devi spends her days teaching climate-resilient agriculture skills, an unassuming champion of women's rights in a rural part of south India where men still take key decisions.

Recent research suggests the unique stresses from farm life may be taking a toll on one of the pillars of the families that make your dinners possible: the women who keep farming families running. If ...

Mariama Sonko and other members of the “Nous Sommes la Solution” (We Are the Solution) movement take a census of the different varieties of rice March 7 in the Casamance village of Niaguis, Senegal.

Amna Khatoon from Muzaffarpur, Bihar, makes bangles for a wholesaler during the lean agricultural season. If she could procure the raw materials on her own, she could open a small shop, turn in a ...

This Cooperative Week, stories from Karnataka to Maharashtra highlight how co-ops are supporting women, farmers and rural ...

Palghar: The Maharashtra government has initiated a major push toward strengthening economic prospects for women in rural and ...

ZIGUINCHOR, Senegal (AP) — Mariama Sonko’s voice resounded through the circle of 40 women farmers sitting in the shade of a cashew tree. They scribbled notes, brows furrowed in concentration as her ...