Women in Agriculture in South Asia: Workshop in New Delhi by Aga Khan Foundation

IFPRI/Aga Khan Foundation Workshop – Women in Agriculture in South Asia
August 12-14, 2008, New Delhi, India

Throughout the South Asian region, women account for about 39 percent of the agricultural workforce, working as managers of land to agricultural laborers. The well-recognized low status of women in South Asia also has implications for women’s involvement in agriculture and the returns to women of their inputs into agriculture.

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With this in mind, the Aga Khan Foundation and the International Food Policy Research Institute will hold a workshop in New Delhi from August 12-14, 2008 on Women in Agriculture in South Asia.

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