Women in the AgriFood system play a great role in stabilizing the food systems. They provide up to 70% of the agricultural labor and determine what households eat, thereby making them responsible for household food security and nutrition.
Despite this enormous contribution, they are grappling with challenges of access to and control over agricultural resources. This is exacerbated by negative social norms that relegate ownership of assets such as land and farm equipment to solely men. Women are often not involved in decision making over resources at household level and this extends to the proceeds from the agricultural produce.
As a result, women farm all their lives only to end up with nothing as they lack ownership over both the land and the harvest. This not only increases the burden of domestic work but also makes them vulnerable to gender-based
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