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FOOD: Recognizing the African woman farmer

Publisher: IRIN News
Author: IRIN News
Type: Report
Date: 2012
Keywords: Farmers, women, labour force, food, producer
Location in CRTDA: http://www.irinnews.org/Report/96200/FOOD-Recognizing-the-African-woman-farmer
Boys learning new ideas of masculinity around campfires in rural Africa and “sisterhoods” formed to provide a common voice to women are starting to change attitudes about African women farmers, say the authors of a forthcoming book about gender and agriculture. But it will take many more such efforts to support women food producers, who make up 43 percent of the agricultural labour force in developing countries. In some countries, that number rises to 70 to 80 percent.

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