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Investing in women farmers promises to yield a double dividend: better food security and greater economic growth. More than three decades of work on women and agriculture at the International Center for Research on Women (ICRW) suggests that improving women's access to resources, technology, markets and property rights will increase farm productivity, raise income and improve household nutrition.

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