It is well documented that women small-scale farmers are hard done by in an environment where they farm without security of tenure, which inhibits their ability to raise finance with which to grow ...

Rural women form the backbone of the agricultural labour force across much of the developing world. Globally, more than a third of the female workforce is engaged in agriculture, while in regions like ...

Jan. 2, GNA-The Ghana Poultry Network (GAPNET) has donated Sasso birds to 12 rural women in Yua, a community in the Kassena-Nankana Municipality, as part of efforts to improve household incomes, food ...

The idea that rural Africans are self-sufficient subsistence farmers who grow what they eat and eat what they grow was only ever partly true. But it is becoming less relevant with each passing year.

Tech Herfrica, a social impact organisation committed to bridging the digital divide and breaking the cycle of poverty among ...

Twenty-five rural women farmers in Mpumalanga have successfully entered South Africa’s formal agricultural supply chain, now supplying major retailers, school feeding schemes, and local lodges. A ...

Stephen Tollman receives funding from the SAMRC, Dept of Science and Technology SA, National Institutes of Health USA, UK Medical Research Council, and, previously, Wellcome Trust UK. He is affiliated ...