Women and Smallholder Farming
addressing global inequities in agriculture
$330.49
- Hardcover
592 pages
- Release Date
23 September 2025
Summary
Empowering the Earth: Women at the Heart of Smallholder Farming
There are an estimated 500 million smallholder farmers across the world, of which a considerable percentage are women. Despite their large numbers and important roles, women smallholders remain largely unsupported, and their contribution to agriculture is often devalued because of their sex.
Women and Smallholder Farming: Addressing Global Inequities in Agriculture provides a comprehens…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781801468053 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1801468052 |
| Series: | Burleigh Dodds Series in Agricultural Science |
| Author: | Emerita Professor Carolyn Sachs, Dr Paige Castellanos, Dr Nicoline de Haan, Ms Rhiannon Pyburn, Dr Margaret Alston, Dr Brenda Boonabaana, Caroline Muchiri, Dr Els Lecoutere, Dr Julie Newton, Dr Zhaoen Pan |
| Publisher: | Burleigh Dodds Science Publishing Limited |
| Imprint: | Burleigh Dodds Science Publishing Limited |
| Format: | Hardcover |
| Number of Pages: | 592 |
| Release Date: | 23 September 2025 |
| Weight: | 0g |
| Dimensions: | 229mm x 152mm |
About The Author
Emerita Professor Carolyn Sachs
Dr. Carolyn Sachs is Professor Emerita of Rural Sociology at The Pennsylvania State University, USA. She serves on an expert panel to the United Nations Programme on Gender, Water and Sanitation and is involved in several extension and outreach programmes, including the Pennsylvania Women’s Agricultural Network (PAWAgN), in which she provides agricultural, entrepreneurship and leadership training.
Dr. Paige Castellanos is Senior Manager of Gender Justice and Inclusion at Oxfam America, USA. Before moving into her new role in 2022, Dr. Castellanos was previously Director for the Gender Equity through Agriculture Research and Education (GEARE) Initiative at The Pennsylvania State University, USA. From 2016-2019, Dr. Castellanos acted as Project Manager for the Women in Agriculture Network (WAgN): Honduras – a project funded by the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) to improve women’s participation in the horticulture value chain in Honduras.
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