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Less access to training and lower educational attainment, e.g. less time for climate-smart training due to more time spent on household responsibilities and restrictions on mobility. Male farmers often take priority for training opportunities as they are perceived to hold higher value/productive roles

Tried and tested over years by demanding Cheshire and Derbyshire farms, our extensive range of shirts, bodywarmers, boots, overalls and waterproofs have been designed with working farming folk in mind. An International Women’s Day protest in New Delhi by Indian farmers and women’s organizations on March 8. Imtiyaz Khan/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images Unequal market access Trauger, Amy. 2004. ‘Because they can do the work’: Women farmers in sustainable agriculture in Pennsylvania, USA. Gender, Place & Culture 11 (2): 289–307.It’s common for sharecroppers tobe polygamous andhave more thanonewife or partner, and these women are seen as providing additional unpaid labour. Research suggests that as ‘junior’ wives they may have little choice or control and are particularly disempowered, turning them invisible. https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/924704/Hidden-in-plain-sight.pdf ↩

The Lancashire County Council Farm was set up in 1890 to provide training in practical and theoretical agriculture. The first intake of students were all local women, who attended classes in butter and cheese making. The WOW research in Kenya, Malawi and Pakistan found that whilst the physical impacts of climate change varied, (e.g. droughts in some cases, floods or pests and diseases for others), the disproportionate social impact on women was consistent across all three studies. Indeed, in each country study, women experienced negative impacts across all three domains of women’s economic empowerment (Social Norms, Work and Assets). Figure 2: How women’s economic empowerment is impacted by climate change, a summary of the report findings ThemeScope 3 emissions mapping and decarbonisation plans will be context specific depending on the company and the raw materials. In the case of Kenyan horticulture, WOW found that the highest source of emissions for Kenyan horticultural products sold to UK supermarkets come from transport. This is due to the requirement for products to be transported by air to maintain the high quality of the product (e.g. roses). A similar outcome was found by the International Finance Corporation (IFC) in the coffee sector in Indonesia, where productivity increased 131 percent for groups which trained both men and women, whereas it increased 95 percent for men- only groups. [footnote 18] building capabilities and knowledge through training on climate smart agricultural practices and access to extension services Indian farmers leave a protest in February 2021. Muzamil Mattoo/NurPhoto via Getty Images Invisible, unpaid labor force

New approaches or technologies could exclude women given that land ownership is often held by men, which in turn often confers decision making power with regard to farming practices. Alternatively, taking a WEE approach could enhance women’s roles as climate-smart farmers. This could be via improved access to inputs, credit, knowledge, and decision-making, coupled with reductions in unpaid care and domestic work. (See the following section on WEE and climate-smart agriculture). Some of the world’s largest International finance institutions, including the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development, the European Investment Bank and British Investment International have collaborated to produce detailed guidance to enable investors to identify and support gender and climate smart opportunities across multiple sectors from transport to forestry. [footnote 72] At the conclusion of the Gender Smart Investment Summit this year, there was a call to action to truly integrate gender – in all its complexities – across the value chain, leaving it transformed in the process. Women’s Economic Empowerment (WEE) can be defined as “Women having the ability to succeed and advance economically, and the power to make and act on economic decisions to enhance their well-being and position in the society”. [footnote 23] Sumner, Jennifer, and Sophie Llewelyn. 2011. Organic solutions? Gender and organic farming in the age of industrial agriculture. Capitalism Nature Socialism 22 (1): 100–118.

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After divorcing my husband, I returned home with four children. My father gave me 3 acres of land, on which I planted tea bushes, vegetables, and potatoes which I sell in the market. I also rear a dairy cow and goats. This has empowered me and am able to finally make decisions over land. I never thought I could own land after my divorce. The land is registered. It enables me to secure a loan from Equity Bank. The Work and Opportunities for Women (WOW) programme is a flagship programme funded by the UK’s Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office (FCDO). The objective of WOW is that women have access to improved economic opportunities through business interventions in global value chains and economic development programmes. It will achieve this goal by supporting businesses, organisations and programmes that are ready and willing to act on women’s economic empowerment; enabling players across the value chain ecosystem to drive change; and influencing the UK and global agenda on women’s economic empowerment. WOW is delivered by a consortium of global experts at the cutting edge of women’s economic empowerment research, programme design, and delivery. The Consortium is led by PwC and includes CARE International, BSR and Social Development Direct.

Beach, S.S. 2013. “Tractorettes” or partners? Farmers’ views on women in Kansas farming households. Rural Sociology 78 (2): 210–228. participation in Village Savings and Loans groups to increase access to funds for farm inputs and learn business skills In the run up to the UK hosting COP26, the WOW programme began to look more closely at the intersection between climate change and gender, producing a series of desk-based studies and a toolkit for business on women and the Net-Zero economy. [footnote 1] This and the momentum around Net-Zero led to significant interest from companies that wanted to better understand the impacts and potential actions that could be taken in their respective supply chains. As a result, in 2022 WOW has been able to support three bespoke, action orientated research partnerships in sectors that rely significantly on women’s labour; with Primark in Pakistan, Waitrose in Kenya and the Ethical Tea Partnership in Kenya and Malawi. An additional desk-based study was undertaken with Waitrose to assess the potential impacts on women workers of decarbonisation in the Kenyan horticulture sector. These studies collectively gathered the views of over 400 workers, through focus group discussions and interviews. This report aims to consolidate the findings from the three studies and help inform future programme activities that companies with agricultural supply chains might be exploring in partnership with other stakeholders. Introduction Sustainable agriculture research and education. 2018. Our farms, our future podcast series: women in agriculture. Retrieved 4.29.2 from https://www.sare.org/publications/our-farms-our-future-podcast-series/women-in-agriculture/

GROW, 2020. Pg3 – ‘Boosting Yields and Income; The Business Case for Supporting Female Cocoa Farmers in Liberia’ https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5afe8501aa49a1c2cb2fab10/t/5f6a686660c8ce7110c358e6/1600809063456/The+Business+Case+for+Supporting+Female+Cocoa+Farmers+in+Liberia.pdf ↩ Tambuzi is a small specialist rose supplier in Kenya that employs 300 workers on a full-time basis, indirectly benefiting 3,000 people. Karen Roses comprises of 6 farms in Kenya supplying cut flowers to the UK, Europe and Middle East. The Golden State is expected to overtake Germany as the world’s fourth -largest economy this year, but not all of this wealth is being shared equally. In this series, the Guardian and the Fuller Project look at the lives of women, especially women of color, who help drive the economy of the US’s second-most racially diverse state but don’t get their fair share of the pie.