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DAFM announces series of events for International Year of the Woman Farmer

The Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine has announced a nationwide series of events celebrating women in agriculture. This comes as 2026 has been declared the Internatio...

Initiative to boost visibility of women’s role in agriculture launched

With 2026 being the International Year of the Woman Farmer, a family business in Tuam, Co. Galway has decided to commemorate the occasion with something special. Cormac Tagging out...

Feeding Africa: Women Farmers Key to Ending Hunger

UNITED NATIONS, July 9 (IPS) - As FAO coordinates the implementation of the International Year of the Woman Farmer 2026, gender team leader Tacko Ndiaye discusses why investing in...

‘The land deserves the child who has the interest in farming it’ – senator

A senator has called for the immediate implementation of the National Women in Agriculture Action Plan in full to “recognise the role of women in farming”. Senator Victor Boyhan ra...

Agriland to launch ‘Groundbreakers’ series on women in agriculture

A new series celebrating Ireland’s women in agriculture will launch next week. Agriland’s Women in Ag series is proudly supported by FBD. The ‘Groundbreakers’ series will highlight...

Female-only tractor run to blaze a trail this summer solstice

A female-only tractor run is set to be the highlight of the Ballymartin Cross Roads Vintage Club’s event on the weekend of the longest day, the summer solstice. The event in Ballyo...

Project launched in Mayo to support future of women in farming

A project working to support women in farming with “practical solutions, skills and confidence” has officially launched in north Co. Mayo. At an event recently at the Kennedy Glasg...

Watch: Groundbreakers – Driving change for women farmers

In the first instalment of Agriland’s ‘Groundbreakers’ series, we meet a Co. Galway farmer who is passionate about representing women in agriculture and tackling the issues they fa...

The Afghan women farmers keeping their village alive

The fields of Eshtiwi show only the first faint signs of growth in June, with small green sprouts emerging around the village.Habiba, who spoke to AFP while busy weeding, is proud...

Movement gives African rural women farmers a voice, but still battles landownership

CHIRADZULU, Malawi — In Chiradzulu district in southern Malawi, 60 women who are members of the Rural Women’s Assembly grow fruits and vegetables alongside their staple crop, maize...

Five Kenyan Women Nominated for Global Award

Five Kenyan women have been nominated for a prestigious FAO global recognition celebrating women transforming agriculture.

How AgricTech Cuts Labour for Zimbabwe’s Female Farmers

BULAWAYO, Zimbabwe , June 19 (IPS) - Long burdened by the labour-intensive nature of agriculture, Zimbabwe’s female farmers are finding relief in new agritechnologies that signifi...

Government pledges boost for women farmers

Tapiwa Chirume GOVERNMENT has pledged to intensify support for women in agriculture through climate-smart farming, mechanisation, technology and financial access. Speaking at......

India’s Women Farmers Feed The Nation But Rarely Own The Land

Women farmers have been pivotal to India's food security for years, yet they often miss out on compensation, credits, and relief efforts that flow through systems that overlook the...

Maternity supports: System needs to ‘work for women’ in farming

Challenges related to maternity supports for women in farming have been highlighted by many involved in the agricultural sector. Michelle Murphy, research and policy analyst with S...

Only 5 out of 84 board members of major Irish dairy co-ops are women

Despite mandatory gender pay gap reporting, Ireland’s biggest dairy cooperatives remain male-dominated at board level. With this year being the ‘International Year of the Woman Far...

Europe Must Not Turn Its Back on Rural Women’s Empowerment

ZAGREB, Croatia, June 5 (IPS) - In the hard-to-reach rural community of West Pokot, Kenya, 156 young women crossed a threshold that once seemed out of reach. Their graduation from...

Liberia: Women Farmers Urge Govt Action to Cut Food Imports

[Liberian Observer] Women farmers in Liberia are calling on the government and development partners to increase investment in agriculture, arguing that stronger support for local f...

Watch: Groundbreakers – sisters balancing education and farming

In the fourth instalment of Agriland’s ‘Groundbreakers’ series, we meet sisters who are both as passionate about education as they are agriculture. Groundbreakers, proudly supporte...

Australians in Nepal for global gathering of pastoralist women

Meet the four women representing Australia at the Global Gathering of Pastoralist Women, as part of the UN's International Year of Rangelands and Pastoralists.

Zimbabwe’s Women Farmers Struggle for Loans, Technology and Land Rights Despite Producing Much of the Nation’s Food

For many women farmers, securing agricultural finance remains out of reach. The post Zimbabwe’s Women Farmers Struggle for Loans, Technology and Land Rights Despite Producing Much...

Not-for-profit body TRI begins helping women in remote M.P. to earn more via scientific, organic farming

Its training and support initiative has helped transform the agricultural practices of smallholder women farmers

Women in Ag Tech Event Returns to Tech Hub LIVE, Spotlighting Leadership in Agricultural Innovation

In Barra do Turvo, Brazil, women promote biodiversity and harvest healthy food at fair prices

A local agricultural collective in Barra do Turvo, Brazil, outside of São Paulo, is empowering women to earn an income, farm their own produce to promote self-sufficiency, and dive...