WUNRN
INVESTING IN SMALLHOLDER AGRICULTURE
- WOMEN - REPORT
"Poverty
has an important gender dimension as women have less access to assets and to
opportunities. The State of Food and Agriculture (FAO, 2011a) indicates
income and living standards 30 percent lower for women-headed households.
Women’s access to productive assets suffers a strong negative bias, with
mechanized farming two to three times lower, ownership of animal stocks three
times less important and use of fertilizer 30 percent lower.
Intrafamilial relations may prove more or less favourable for women, which will also depend on education, status and marriage arrangements. Women also make a different use of assets and the wealth distribution within the household will affect the household expenditure pattern on food (and then influence the nutritional status of the family and especially of children), but also for health and education. The allocation of wealth within the household also shows a positive impact on empowerment in the community through collective action."
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