India
Women undertake 60 to 70 percent of farm work
The Indian Express··3 Oct
RSS leader Ramlal said women farmers should lead agricultural policymaking after Bharatiya Kisan Sangh's first national conference of women farmers in Delhi. He said women undertake nearly 60 to 70 percent of farm labour but are often recorded only as labourers or helpers. About 5,000 women farmers attended. Ramlal urged easier credit, local processing and organic markets for women farmers.
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What It Means For You
- Policy pitches at the conclave focused on credit access and local markets for organic produce, which could shape how state schemes target women who farm independently.
- Policy pitches at the conclave focused on credit access and local markets for organic produce, which could shape how state schemes target women who farm independently.
- Policy pitches at the conclave focused on credit access and local markets for organic produce, which could shape how state schemes target women who farm independently.
What's Happening
- Ramlal linked the event to the UN-declared International Year of the Woman Farmer 2026.
- Sessions covered traditional farming, cattle-agriculture-commerce links, and agriculture's role in a developed India by 2047.
- He called for legal recognition of women as farmers and entrepreneurs, not only as helpers.
International Year of the Woman Farmer
- The Bharatiya Kisan Sangh framed the Delhi conference as a call to restructure agricultural policies around women's roles in the rural economy.
- The Bharatiya Kisan Sangh framed the Delhi conference as a call to restructure agricultural policies around women's roles in the rural economy.
- The Bharatiya Kisan Sangh framed the Delhi conference as a call to restructure agricultural policies around women's roles in the rural economy.
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