This year is the International Year of the Woman Farmer, and Farm Bureau has been working for months to champion and ...

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 ...

Dr Rebecca Wheeler says women farmers are not always acknowledged, but do a lot behind the scenes.

When we think of an Australian farmer, we often still conjure up an image of a bloke in a hat, perhaps leaning on a fence post. If women make an appearance at all in this picture, it's usually as a ...

Amna Khatoon from Muzaffarpur, Bihar, makes bangles for a wholesaler during the lean agricultural season. If she could procure the raw materials on her own, she could open a small shop, turn in a ...

A study has found that women exposed to pesticides during farm work in Brazil’s Paraná state have a 60% higher risk of developing breast cancer, and a 220% higher risk of metastasis. While they don’t ...

Rural women farmers should be well funded to enable them contribute more to agric production, an expert has said. The expert, Dr. Ndudi Bowei Bowie, who is the Consulting Partner, International Centre ...

Explore the next phase of rural women's entrepreneurship, focusing on empowerment, financial innovation, and effective ...

Celebrating a century of Rural Women New Zealand, supporting rural communities and giving women a powerful voice.

While Budget 2026-27 announced several new initiatives for the agriculture and rural sector, the UN has also declared 2026 to ...

A farmers' cricket tournament, organised as the concluding event of the CybageAsha Paddy Cup in Bhor and Velhe (now Rajgad) talukas, has shown how sports can drive social change by giving women ...