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Women are increasingly establishing their identity as efficient and knowledgeable farmers in their community, thus increasing the scope of inclusion and...

An update on three women farmers in India who were successful in their quest to rewrite their destiny. ...

When women are empowered, their families, children, the next generation, and their communities are empowered, too. ...

In India, self-help groups have made a tremendous impact on the lives of poor women in rural areas.  ...

STRASA has ensured that the seed interventions are not isolated and random initiatives, but active catalysts that contribute to the livelihood of the women...

Photo: GRiSP Aroti Roy is a female farmer at the Auskhali Village in Batiaghata Upazila, Khulna District, Bangladesh. In her homestead, she is responsible...

Women play an important role in the global rice sector. ...

Across a wide range of cultures, widows and unmarried women often make up the most marginalized group. Despite the loss of her social status and her...

In spite of the significance of women as unpaid labor or as agricultural wage workers in rice production, postharvest, and processing, their contributions...