Promote agriculture so that more women are landholders and not labourers
This essay emphasises the significance of taking action to address the enormous and severe gender disparity in agriculture. It is still a cliché that women are capable of toiling the land but not of owning it. Every day, women in agriculture confront the derogatory stereotype that farming is a man's occupation. Every day, they strive to overcome patriarchal restrictions that hinder them from having access to land to not only feed their families, but also to establish profitable agri-businesses that will offer food security, economic development, and alter the agricultural sector. One of the visible paradoxes is that 60% to 80% of smallholder farmers in Sub-Saharan Africa are women, yet only 15% to 20% are landholders.
Title of publication: https://mg.co.za/
Author: Mankodi Moitse
Year: 2022
Geographical coverage: Africa
Type: Blog article
Full text available at: https://mg.co.za/opinion/2022-08-08-promote-agriculture-so-that-more-women-are-landholders-and-not-labourers/
Content language: English