Global Conference on Women in Agriculture

The Global Conference on Women in Agriculture will be held in New Delhi, India with the goal of empowering women for inclusive growth in agriculture.

The main objectives of the conference are the following:

-To discuss and deliberate the prevailing and emerging gender issues in agriculture and food systems and the lessons learned for future sustainable development,

-To take stock of evidence on experiences in enhancing role of women in agriculture,

-To understand the mechanisms and approaches adopted by the international organizations, regional fora, countries, and civil society for empowering women and addressing gender issues in agriculture, and

-To collect lessons on strategies for strengthening gender research in agriculture to make technology generation and dissemination, agricultural planning and policy making gender sensitive and disseminate them through an edited book and develop a Framework for Action.

GCWA Press Room  here.

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