Category Archives: Economics
The Invisible Farmers
The Chief Justice of India’s recent remarks suggesting women have no place in the ongoing farmers’ protests may have gone unnoticed in the 1960s. Today they appear astonishing in their lack of awareness about what the face of the Indian farmer looks like. Continue reading
Posted in Economics, politics
Tagged farm labor, female farmers, India, land ownership, opinion, protests, public policy
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Women’s Cooperative Farming in India
Can farming in all-women’s groups help women outperform individual male-managed farms in productivity and profits, and empower women socially and politically? Continue reading