Planning for dry times: Women plant ‘water farms’ to fight drying soil in north-east Brazil
FABIO ZUKER, of Thomson Reuters Foundation, reports on how women farmers are using the umbu tree, which stores water in its roots, to help reforest the country’s semi-arid north-east…
India’s ‘invisible’ women hope for recognition at farmers protests
Mumbai, IndiaThomson Reuters Foundation Legions of women have trekked to India’s capital to join massive protests against agricultural reforms, hoping not only to protect their livelihoods but also win visibility as farmers. About 75 per cent of rural women in India who work full-time are farmers, Oxfam says, with numbers rising as men migrate to […]