Events2Join

Supporting Female Farming Cooperatives


Supporting Female Farming Cooperatives: The Smart Choice for the ...

This paper emphasizes the importance of empowering women in agriculture, as they constitute a substantial portion of the agricultural labor force in SSA.

A Women Farmers' Cooperative on a Mission to Decrease Hunger

In Nigeria, one woman is leading her community to use sustainable farming methods, as well as technology, to thrive.

Women Empowerment Through Cooperatives and Collective Farming

CESTA also provides instruction for these women, teaching them about cultivation techniques, irrigation, soil amending, organic pest management ...

Minority and Women Farmers and Ranchers - Farm Service Agency

Loans to historically underserved and women farmers and ranchers are not a special type of loan program or loan type. Rather, this designation refers to a ...

Teamwork Makes the Dream Work - Social Enterprise Women...

Therefore, farmer cooperatives play a crucial role in addressing these challenges by providing a platform for women to come together, share ...

Harnessing the Power of Female Dryland Cooperatives - ICARDA

ICARDA and Oxfam are increasing female cooperatives members' access to several valuable and suitable technologies to ramp up their skills ...

Supporting Farmer Cooperatives: Strengthening Collective Action ...

Farmer cooperatives also play a crucial role in empowering women and marginalized groups within farming communities. By providing a platform for ...

Improving Opportunities for Women in Smallholder-based Supply ...

... farming schemes, as well as in producer groups and cooperatives ... 6, female extension officers tend to be more effective at reaching and supporting women ...

Stronger Together: Converging Women's Cooperatives and ...

Addressing the gender gap in agriculture and food systems is essential to the achievement of all 17 of the SDGs. · Women-only cooperatives are ...

Agricultural cooperatives and gender equality

SEWA combines a women's trade union with cooperative organizations and support services. SEWA began among the urban poor in the city of Ahmedabad in Gujarat ...

Data co-ops: How cooperative structures can support women's ...

Cooperatives now play important roles across the world in sectors such as agriculture, insurance, and housing. They've also played a significant ...

Cultivating Gender Inclusion & Women's Economic Empowerment ...

USAID, through the Cooperative Development Program, invests in vital partnerships with U.S.-based cooperatives to advance gender inclusion ...

Meeting formidable female farming cooperatives in Uganda

I love how they help form female farming cooperatives as it's women who generally carry out the lion's share of the workload and have children to care for.

Women in Agriculture - USDA

From the classroom to the farm to the boardroom, women in agriculture are helping to pave the way for a better future. As leaders, it is our responsibility ...

Does cooperative membership facilitate access to credit for women ...

The estimates indicate that joining cooperatives increases the probability of female farmers' access to credit.

Women-led cooperatives support programme

... cooperatives in advancing gender equality and women's empowerment in the agriculture sector ... Women-led cooperatives support programme. Thumbnail Image ...

Women's participation on the boards of farmer-owned cooperatives

A formal election to a board, including support from members, possible election campaign, etc., involves greater cultural and human barriers.

Empowering Women Farmers in Nepal | Heifer International

Heifer works with farmer cooperatives to improve financial management and link them to distribution markets.

Women agricultural cooperatives ensuring sustainable livelihoods in ...

This has been achieved by enabling 35 CBOs, out of which 24 are women's rural cooperatives, to better respond to their communities' food and water needs while ...

Empower women - Farm Africa

Supporting women with agricultural projects that they can run from their homes, such as beekeeping and raffia weaving; Encouraging women to join cooperatives ...