COMMON WISDOM #6: Women provide the bulk of labor input in African agriculture, regularly quoted to be 60 to 80%. SCORE: 1 - Myth FINDINGS: Analysis of individual labor input data from Ethiopia, ...

Arguably, the food, agribusiness and agricultural sector presents many opportunities that can be leveraged by women. In the United States, for example, the agricultural sector which extends beyond ...

Across Africa, women are the backbone of agriculture, responsible for producing over 60 per cent of the continent’s food. Yet, they continue to face systematic barriers, including limited access ...

Harnessing the Potential of African Women in Agriculture to Meet the Continent's Growing Demand for Food. While there have been some efforts to meet Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) 5 – achieve ...

The GASP Program by AWARD is funded by GIZ on behalf of BMZ under two programs including Sustainable Agricultural Systems and ...

Many of the Trump administration’s policies, from tariffs to immigration crackdowns, have negatively impacted farmers ...

In celebration of Women’s Month in South Africa, it is crucial to acknowledge the invaluable contributions women make in various sectors, particularly in agriculture. Often overshadowed by their ...

Women in Africa are often framed as especially vulnerable to climate change. Our earlier research suggested that women ...

Data measured particularly for sub-Saharan Africa show that women are responsible for 80% of food production and more than 60% of all employed women work in agriculture. However, due primarily to ...

One of the Power Africa projects that involved agriculture provided resources to Senegal’s Delegation for Rapid Entrepreneurship of Youth and Women, which piloted solar irrigation and agri ...