Carolyn Sachs & Paige Castellanos 
Women and smallholder farming [EPUB ebook] 
Addressing global inequities in agriculture

Part 1 Women smallholders and global agricultural production

• 1.The role of women smallholder farmers in achieving global food security: an overview: Nicoline de Haan, Gender Platform Director – CGIAR, Kenya;


• 2.The role of women smallholders in achieving the UN Sustainable Development Goals: Rhiannon Pyburn, KIT Royal Tropical Institute, The Netherlands;


• 3.The adoption of climate change mitigation strategies by women smallholder farmers: Margaret Alston, Monash University and University of Newcastle, Australia;

Part 2 Sociocultural factors and their effects on women smallholder farmers

• 4.Challenges facing women smallholder farmers: an overview: Sabin Bieri, University of Bern, Switzerland;


• 5.The impact of sociocultural factors on women smallholder farmers: Africa: Brenda Boonabaana, Makerere University, Uganda;


• 6.The impact of sociocultural factors on women smallholder farmers: Asia: Nozomi Kawarazuka, International Potato Centre (CIP), Vietnam;


• 7.The impact of sociocultural factors on women smallholder farmers: Latin America: Janet Momsen, University of California-Davis, USA;


• 8.The impact of sociocultural factors on women smallholder farmers: Middle East: Dina Najjar, ICARDA, Lebanon;

Part 3 Gender negotiations for women smallholders

• 9.The role and influence of care work responsibilities on agricultural production: Paige Castellanos, Oxfam, USA;


• 10.Confronting masculinities and patriarchal gender norms in agriculture: an overview: Angie Carter, Michigan Tech, USA;


• 11.Sexuality and women smallholders: Prisca Pfammatter, Kanton Basel-Stadt, Switzerland;


• 12.Negotiating the intersection of gender and race in agriculture: Hannah Whitley, Penn State University, USA;


• 13.Agriculture, power and gender-based violence: Veronica Kaitano, Independent Gender Consultant, Malawi;


• 14.The impact of migration on women smallholders: Jemima Baada, University of British Columbia, Canada;

Part 4 Facilitating access to resources and technology

• 15.Challenges facing women smallholder farmers: access to markets: Margaret Adesugba, Newcastle University, UK;


• 16.Improving access of women smallholders to technical training and extension programmes: Kathleen Colverson, University of Florida, USA;


• 17.Women smallholders and technology: facilitating access to improve farm productivity and profitability: Girma Gezimu Gebre, Ritsumeikan University, Japan;


• 18.Gender-transformative approaches/programmes: role and benefits for women smallholders: Rhiannon Pyburn, KIT Royal Tropical Institute, The Netherlands;


• 19.Financial support initiatives for women smallholders: access and availability: M. Jahangir Alam Chowdhury, University of Dhaka, Bangladesh;


• 20.Challenges facing women smallholder farmers: land tenure/land rights: Krista Jacobs, Landesa, USA;


• 21.Supporting women smallholder farmers: the role of the public and private sectors: Margaret Alston, Monash University and University of Newcastle, Australia;


• 22.Supporting women smallholder farmers: the establishment of women empowerment programmes: Janelle Larson, Penn State University, USA;

Part 5 Case studies

• 23.Women smallholder farmers and water resource management: Stephanie Buechler, Penn State University, USA;


• 24.Women smallholder farmers growing horticultural crops: Francis Denisse Mc Clean, Zamorano University, Honduras;


• 25.Women smallholder farmers growing beverage crops: Alissa Bilfield, University of Washington, USA;


• 26.Women smallholder farmers growing roots, tubers and pulses: Linley Chiwona-Karltun, Swedish Unviersity of Life Sciences, Sweden;


• 27.Women smallholder farmers growing oil bearing crops: Hudu Zakaria, University of Development Studies, Ghana;


• 28.Women smallholder farmers and agroforestry systems: Marlène Elias, Bioversity International, Italy;


• 29.Supporting women smallholders involved in pig farming: Rosemirta Birungi, International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI), Kenya;


• 30.Supporting women smallholders involved in poultry farming: Brigitte Bagnol, International Rural Poultry Centre, Mozambique;

Francis Denisse Mc Lean-Rodríguez is a Professor and project coordinator for the Postgraduate Program at Zamorano University in Honduras. She has 15 years of experience working in sustainable agricultural development projects. Between 2022 and 2023 she coordinated the Women in Agriculture Network project as part of the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) Women Prosper Challenge, building a network of over 500 members in Guatemala, El Salvador and Honduras.