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(Photo: Matty Demont) A woman’s touch saves seeds Rural women are the “seed custodians” in Bangladesh. They play the primary, but typically unrecognized,...

Good quality, right quantity, appropriate variety, and proper timing of availability are crucial elements of ensuring seed security. (Photo: Jose Ibabao) Laxima...

Photo: IRRI The eighth day of March 2011 marked the 100th International Women’s Day. This year’s theme touched base with the call to provide women...

A Farmer’s wife carrying a tin-can storage for clean seeds. (Photo: Thelma Paris) “Yes!” was the answer of women participants in a leadership...

“When you educate a girl, you educate a nation.” Nowhere is this saying more true than in the farming sector in Africa, according to Peinda Cissé,...

In many developing countries, women are the primary managers and users of natural resources. Poor rural women play important roles in rice-based farming...