Women farmers get short-changed

Published on August 16, 2012; Published on August 16, 2012
Jim Romahn

Women farmers account for more than half of the world’s food production, but get short-changed on everything from wages to land ownership to extension services.

Topics :: Worldwatch Institute , Africa , South Asia , Middle East

In Africa, women farmers account for about 80 per cent of food production, but in many countries can’t own land, get paid a pittance and are neglected by extension staff, 85 per cent of them males.

In South Asia and the Middle East women are paid less than men for part-time work that many require to supplement farming income.

Danielle Nierenberg and Syyada Burney outline the situation in a new report from the Worldwatch Institute. It’s posted on the internet at http://www.worldwatch.org/investments-women-farmers-still-too-low .

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