Feminization of agriculture

48% of the agricultural labor force in low- and middle-income countries is composed of women.

Las mujeres constituyen hasta el 48 % de la mano de obra agrícola en en países de ingresos bajos y medianos.

FAO (Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations). 2020. “FAO Policy on Gender Equality 2020–2030.” FAO, Rome y Giroud, A., and J. S. Huaman. 2019. “Investment in Agriculture and Gender Equality in Developing Countries.” Transnational Corporations 26 (3): 89–113.

Food inequality

More than 939 million women aged 15 or older experienced moderate to severe food insecurity in 2021, compared with 813 million men in the same age class.

FAO (2023)

FAO. 2023. The status of women in agrifood systems. Rome. https://doi.org/10.4060/cc5343en

Achieving gender equity in food systems

USD 1 trillion would be added to global GDP and 45 million people would be lifted out of food insecurity if equality for women in agri-food systems were achieved (FAO, 2023).

FAO, 2023

FAO.2023.Agrifood solutions to climate change. https://openknowledge.fao.org/items/bab32e71-690d-4c07-ab9a-37f1703a9f59

Evidence detail

Alrededor de 2/3 de la mano de obra femenina se dedica a las labores agrícolas y a la producción de alimentos, produciendo entre el 60 y el 80% de los alimentos de los países en desarrollo y la mitad de los de todo el mundo (FIDA, 2023)

FIDA, 2023. Solucione sbasadas en naturaleza, género y adaptación al cambio climático.

Women in agriculture

For every 1 USD that men earn, women in agriculture earn 82 cents (FAO, 2023).

FAO, 2023

FAO. 2023. La situación de las mujeres en los sistemas agroalimentarios. https://openknowledge.fao.org/items/e07c5832-31d4-49c1-9b2f-1e8c045d9bf4

Sustainable Development Goals

In 40 out of 46 countries, men have more ownership rights or secure tenure over agricultural land than women (FAO, 2023).

FAO, 2023

FAO. 2023. La situación de las mujeres en los sistemas agroalimentarios. https://openknowledge.fao.org/items/e07c5832-31d4-49c1-9b2f-1e8c045d9bf4

Employment in agri-food systems

In 2019, 36% of women and 38% of men worked in agri-food systems (FAO, 2023).

FAO, 2023

FAO. 2023. La situación de las mujeres en los sistemas agroalimentarios. https://openknowledge.fao.org/items/e07c5832-31d4-49c1-9b2f-1e8c045d9bf4

Gender perspective

More than 50% of bilateral agricultural financing incorporates gender, but only 8.5% treats it as a central issue (FAO, 2023).

FAO, 2023

FAO. 2023. La situación de las mujeres en los sistemas agroalimentarios. https://openknowledge.fao.org/items/e07c5832-31d4-49c1-9b2f-1e8c045d9bf4

Developing countries

1.2 billion young people aged 15-24, 16% of the world's population, live mostly in developing countries (FAO, 2023).

FAO (2023). FAO’s work on the themes of the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Peasants and Other People Working in Rural Areas (UNDROP). Roma.

Income disparity between producers according to ge

50-70% of the income of male-headed production units is earned by female-headed small-scale units in half of the countries with available data (FAO, 2022).

FAO,2022

FAO, 2022.Seguimiento del progreso en los indicadores de los ODS relacionados con la alimentación y la agricultura 2022. https://opsaa.iica.int/resource-1785-seguimiento-del-progreso-en-los-indicadores-de-los-ods-relacionados-con-la-alimentacion-y-la-agricultura-2022