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International Year of the Woman Farmer 2026
March 11 , 2026
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- The issue of gender, agriculture, and climate change is in focus as the United Nations declared 2026 as the International Year of the Woman Farmer, highlighted during International Women’s Day.
- In India, about 80% of rural women are engaged in agriculture and perform nearly 70% of farm work, contributing 75% in crop production, 79% in horticulture, and 95% in animal husbandry and fisheries.
- Despite their role, only about 13.9% of agricultural landholdings are registered in the name of women.
- Climate change further increases women's vulnerability and, in the absence of adequate resources, they are forced to perform farm work and unpaid domestic work, as well as face various natural disasters such as droughts and floods.
- Rising of the male migration from the rural areas has led to the “feminisation of agriculture.”
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