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Women and smallholder farming : Addressing global inequities in agriculture - Emerita Professor Carolyn Sachs

Women and smallholder farming

Addressing global inequities in agriculture

By: Emerita Professor Carolyn Sachs (Editor), Dr Paige Castellanos (Editor), Caroline Muchiri (Contribution by)

Hardcover | 23 September 2025

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There are an estimated 500 million smallholder farmers across the world, of which a suggested 60-80% are women. Despite this overwhelming majority, women smallholders remain largely unsupported and their contribution to agriculture is often devalued because of their sex.

Women and smallholder farming: Addressing global inequities in agriculture provides a comprehensive overview of the main obstacles and challenges women smallholders continue to face, such as restricted access to markets and education, as well as a lack of control over assets and property rights.

The book also assesses the impact of sociocultural factors on women smallholder farmers in different regions around the world, including Africa, Asia, Latin America and the Middle East. In highlighting these issues, the book considers how key stakeholders across the agri-food supply chain can support, empower and sufficiently compensate women smallholder farmers for their contribution to agriculture.

  • Provides a comprehensive overview of the key challenges encountered by women smallholder farmers, such as restricted access to markets and technical training programmes
  • Addresses the critical role of women smallholder farmers to the success of global agricultural production
  • Includes a selection of case studies which highlight the development of programmes to aid women smallholder farmers in crop and livestock production

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