Sharing of power and decision-making
Members and Officers of Agricultural/Rural Organizations. Gender-disaggregated data is not available on membership and office bearers in farmers cooperatives and rural credit associations or unions. Women comprise less than 2% of the office bearers in informal farmers associations, although data on the number of women members is not available. In Agricultural Graduates Cooperatives, women comprise less than 15% of the membership and hold approximately 8% of the leadership positions.
Women in Decision-making Positions in Ministries and Government Bodies. The number of women at the policy-making level in technical ministries is negligible. In the Ministry of Agriculture, there is only one woman, located in the Women in Agricultural Development Administration (WADA), and holds an administrative role. In the Livestock administration, there is one woman at a higher level, the chair of the Food Technology Centre.
Women in Decision-making Positions in Ministries and Government Bodies. 1993
Source: National Sectoral Report on Women, Agriculture and Rural Development, 1994
