In fact, the United Nations shares that sentiment, as the organization has officially designated 2026 as the International Year of the Woman Farmer. According to the United Nations Food and ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. By 2030, climate change will push another 158 million women and girls into poverty, a recent report from the United Nations warned ...

Thirty years ago, job opportunities for women in agriculture were limited mainly to support roles — traditional duties that ...

Agriculture has historically been one of the most important industries in the U.S., but the sector has become less prominent over time. Farms have become more productive thanks to improved technology, ...

Just about everywhere you go this year, you will likely see celebrations related to the International Year of the Women Farmer. From farm and trade association meetings to the state departments of ...

According to the U.S. Department of Agriculture 2022 Census of Agriculture, female farmers make up about 36% of all U.S. producers. Women are more likely than men to be beginning farmers, so exposure ...

Female farmers in Iowa are advocating for more women in the agriculture business as Women’s History Month comes to a close. The most recent number of Iowa farms with female producers totaled 45,786 of ...

Researchers say women's contributions to farming businesses remain under-recognised despite decades of advocacy.

ZIGUINCHOR, Senegal — Mariama Sonko's voice resounded through the circle of 40 women farmers sitting in the shade of a cashew tree. They scribbled notes, brows furrowed in concentration as her lecture ...

It is well documented that women small-scale farmers are hard done by in an environment where they farm without security of tenure, which inhibits their ability to raise finance with which to grow ...

Mumbai: Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Sunetra Ajit Pawar announced that the state government will introduce a special ...