Women farmers, who constitute almost half of small farmers, and women entrepreneurs face additional barriers attributable to their social roles.

Women farmers, in particular, are expected to benefit.

Farmers talk of nothing but fertilizer and women.

In Africa, most food is produced by women smallholder farmers.

Training needs of women farmers in transitional Eastern European countries

Accordingly, women farmers could inherit land from their deceased husbands.

Involve more women in KUD (village cooperative unit) and women farmers in KUT (Farming Cooperative).

The Bangladesh Kishani Sabha is an organization of women farmers that works with landless women.

Achievements of the General Federation of Farmers in training for rural women

(a) The victims are mainly women, children and farmers, rather than combatants

During the period 2001 2003, training programmes for 2,141 women farmers were implemented.

Farmers! Dirt farmers! Squatters.

I say she because the majority of small scale farmers in Africa are women.

The Agricultural Bank of Namibia, for example, provided low interest loans to women farmers.

To bring extension to rural women, complete and correct information on women farmers in the region must first be obtained.

To paraphrase what many women farmers have said to me, We are the primary producers.

A supplementary questionnaire regarding men and women farmers to the annual agricultural survey was added.

Some 60 to 80 per cent of farmers and smallholders in the developing world are women.

In a few countries, moreover, male extension agents receive specific guidance on working with women farmers.

In Ukraine, under a project entitled Sustaining women farmers , about 2,000 prospective women entrepreneurs have attended training seminars in information and communication technologies.

FARMERS!

Farmers?

Farmers.

Farmers.

Farmers...

Farmers!

Moreover, large companies should use their global supply chains to empower their workforces and women smallholder farmers.

Many farmers are waiting for a sustainable alternative to poppy crops. In the meantime, women are suffering.

Training with respect to livestock and subsistence crops, where women farmers predominate, has received much less attention.

The Association of Rural Women in Estonia serves as the umbrella organisation for rural women. The Association of Rural Women in Estonia operates under the Estonian Farmers' Federation since 1996.

Female farmers in remote and mountainous areas, especially single, household headed and elderly women are the most vulnerable.

This serves as a condition to improve the living standards of a large part of farmers, including women.

VΙΙ. EDUCATION AND TRAINING PROGRAMMES FOR WOMEN FARMERS The Organization of Agricultural Vocational Education, Training and Employment (Ο.G.Ε.Ε.Κ.Α.

) DIMITRA has implemented during the years 2001 2003 (See following Tables) Training for young men and women farmers.

h. Farmers.

Farmers said

Provision of low interest loans and subsidized fertilizer to sustain farmers purchasing power, which succeeded in increasing the real income of farmers, men and women, who made up the majority of the population

Without secure land rights, women farmers have little or no access to credit or other agricultural infrastructure and services.

On the whole, banks have tended to underestimate the productivity of women farmers and their ability to repay loans.

They aren't farmers.

Africa s Urban Farmers

Contribution by farmers

Ethiopia's small farmers.

Talk to farmers.

Support by farmers' organizations of individual farmers in adaptation and mitigation initiatives