Farm ownership is a demanding profession with significant mental health challenges. The unique pressures of the role, combined with severe mental health care barriers, affect farmers across the ...

“In cotton, it’s women who sow the seed, weed, pick and segregate the fibers for a premium,” Alison Ward, chief executive officer of CottonConnect, said. “Yet they’re not even recognized as farmers.” ...

Having more women in agriculture is associated with greater community well-being, according to researchers. Their work suggests that women farmers approach their operations in ways that positively ...

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 ...

The National Agricultural Land Development Authority on Tuesday flagged off the third phase of its Green Hope Project in Ogun State, with 100 women benefiting from land allocation, capacity building ...

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 ...

The Maharashtra Women Farmers Empowerment Act, 2026 is an important first step towards social change to address deeply entrenched inequalities in access to land, water and other natural resources ...

For young and ebullient farmer Omolara Svensson, a new dawn has broken for all female farmers across Nigeria. The Managing Director of OOK Farms and national president of the Nigerian Women For ...