{"id":13415,"date":"2026-06-20T12:27:45","date_gmt":"2026-06-20T12:27:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dev.iita.org\/news-item\/women-in-agriculture-the-extra-value-we-bring\/"},"modified":"2026-06-20T12:27:45","modified_gmt":"2026-06-20T12:27:45","slug":"women-in-agriculture-the-extra-value-we-bring","status":"publish","type":"news-item","link":"https:\/\/iita.org\/fr\/news-item\/women-in-agriculture-the-extra-value-we-bring\/","title":{"rendered":"Women in agriculture: The extra value we bring"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The women of IITA join millions around the world in celebrating the International Women\u2019s Day (IWD) today, 8 March. The theme of this year\u2019s celebration is \u2018Pressing for Progress\u2019  and as part of this observance, we highlight a few thoughts from some of our women.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><figure id=\"attachment_15427\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-15427\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.iita.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/IITA-staff-show-support-for-\u201cpushing-for-progress\u201d-for-women\u2019s-parity-during-the-IWD-2018-celebration.jpg\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-15427\" src=\"http:\/\/www.iita.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/IITA-staff-show-support-for-\u201cpushing-for-progress\u201d-for-women\u2019s-parity-during-the-IWD-2018-celebration-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"Picture of IITA staff show support for \u201cpushing for progress\u201d for women\u2019s parity during the IWD 2018 celebration\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-15427\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">IITA staff show support for \u201cpushing for progress\u201d for women\u2019s parity during the IWD 2018 celebration<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cAccording to the FAO, women are responsible for more than 50% of agricultural food production in the world  and in sub-Saharan Africa. Yet they still occupy the lowest rungs of the economic ladder  and are considered the poorest of the poor,\u201d says Adebola Adewole. We are thus encouraged to <a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.iita.org\/index.php\/sparing-thought-rural-female-farmers\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">spare a thought for rural female farmers<\/a> in this IWD piece. Although some scientists feel that parity for women has not really moved, there are encouraging opinions  and stories that show how the lives of some of our African sisters are being transformed because of the work that institutions like IITA  and the CGIAR do.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In an <a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.iita.org\/index.php\/interview-sounkoura-adetonah-gender-specialist-female-farmers-sub-saharan-africa\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">interview, IITA Gender Specialist Sounkoura Adetonah<\/a> talks about the progress of female farmers in sub-Saharan Africa  and what can be done to accelerate change  and gender parity.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/iita.org\/fr\/iita-staff\/bullock-renee\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Renee Bullock<\/a>, Postdoctoral Fellow on Gender Research,  and collaborator Bonaventure Munzunghirwa discuss <a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.iita.org\/index.php\/the-resilient-women-of-drc\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">the resilience of DRC women<\/a> in their blog post about a project that aims to strengthen livelihood strategies of vulnerable women. Bullock collaborates with Rosalie Biaba  and Kanigula Mubagwa, Professor from the University of Leuven, on another post highlighting the <a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.iita.org\/index.php\/womens-group-in-drc-press-for-economic-change\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">push for economic change by a DRC women\u2019s group<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In another piece, GREAT Fellow Durodola Owoade, from IITA\u2019s Cassava Breeding unit, writes about <a href=\"http:\/\/ow.ly\/ba3k30iOHVW\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">supporting cassava production using innovative  and gender-responsive farming practices<\/a> to help unlock a positive future for women in agriculture.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The women of IITA join millions around the world in celebrating the International Women\u2019s Day (IWD) today, 8 March.<\/p>","protected":false},"featured_media":13321,"template":"","meta":{"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"","ast-site-content-layout":"default","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"default","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}}},"tags":[447],"science-area":[],"program":[],"location":[32],"news-type":[],"hub":[],"crop":[],"impact-areas":[],"item-year":[196],"class_list":["post-13415","news-item","type-news-item","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-international-womens-day","location-nigeria","item-year-196"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.2 - 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