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Help for Africa’s Women Farmers Combats Poverty

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Wed, 10/13/2010
america.gov
Christopher Connell

The Bureau of International Information Programs, U.S. Department of State writes about the untapped potential of women farmers, who grow most of the crops and perform most of the farm labor in much of the developing world. ICRW senior gender and agriculture specialist, David Kauck, is quoted in the article and discusses women's lack of equal access to resources and their inability to capture much of the gains of their labor.

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