Topic
women farmers
From the archive
Reporting from earlier editions of The Agrotech Daily. Figures, prices and policies may have changed since.
- Policy & trade, IndiaWomen from Punjab, Haryana marched to Delhi to participate in the farmers’ protest on Women’s DayThousands of women farmers from Punjab and Haryana travelled to the Delhi protest sites on International Women's Day to join the agitation against the farm laws.
- Policy & trade, IndiaIndia celebrates 15th of October as Women Farmers’ Day or Rashtriya Mahila Kisan DiwasIndia marks 15 October as Rashtriya Mahila Kisan Diwas, recognising women farmers, who make up a large share of cultivators and farm labourers but receive less pay and support.
- Deals & capital, West BengalMicrofinance loans are the new hope for women in KolkataIn Chapla village in West Bengal, self-help groups organised by the Zero Foundation use microfinance loans to run fruit sapling nurseries, giving women with little schooling an income.
- Policy & trade, IndiaWomen suffer more in the agro setbackWomen in rural India are left with low-paid, irregular farm work as men take non-farm jobs, and the Covid-19 lockdown and lost remittances deepened their losses.