Women farmers in Central America: Myths, roles, reality

In: Grassroots development: journal of the Inter-American Foundation, Band 17-18, Heft 1-2, S. 2-13

Abstract

According to most Central American government agencies and nongovernmental organizations concerned with agriculture, small-scale farmers are men. A spate of new studies in recent years dispels this myth, proving beyond doubt that women throughout the region have played a long-standing role in agriculture as permanent, not temporary, workers. One of the more dramatic findings has been the substantial rise in the number of poor women heads of household in the countryside. (Grassroots/DÜI)