Women

Across the world, women’s role in agriculture, agribusiness and agricultural science is changing. The Women in Ag Award, conferred on the occasion of the DLG Eurotier event held in Hanover in November, distinguishes…

Women

This report highlights key constraints that need to be addressed to enable young women to significantly increase their productivity and contribution to Africa’s economic growth by 2030.

Women

Women are particularly vulnerable to the changing climate, a new study shows. Climate change could significantly increase the amount of time women in households without running water spend collecting water.

Women

In addition to gender-insensitive laws and limited access to land, the situation of women farmers in Nigeria is not helped by the drudgery and physical demands of rural farming and having to combine this with caring for…

Women

The German Agriculture Society (DLG) in cooperation with the Belgian international “Women in Ag” magazine, offer an international award to women in agriculture. The deadline for submission is the 31st July 2024.

Women

By shining a spotlight on women’s role in farming across the world, the International Year of the Woman Farmer will also raise awareness of constraints women face in areas including property rights and land tenure,…

Women

Today, the 8th March, is International Womens Day. Globally, inequalities in women’s and men’s lives are still significant. Climate change, for example, is disproportionately affecting the incomes of rural women.

Women

The German Agriculture Society (DLG) in cooperation with the Belgian international “Women in Ag” magazine, offer an international award to women in agriculture. The deadline for submission is the 15th August 2023.

Women

Governments are increasingly adopting policies aimed at influencing fertility rates. But besides the fact that these efforts are very often ineffective, they can erode women’s rights, the flagship report of the United…

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Tackling gender inequalities in agrifood systems and empowering women reduces hunger, boosts the economy, and builds resilience to shocks like climate change and the COVID-19 pandemic, according to a new report.