{"id":13858,"date":"2026-06-20T12:31:00","date_gmt":"2026-06-20T12:31:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dev.iita.org\/news-item\/removing-barriers-to-womens-leading-role-in-african-agriculture\/"},"modified":"2026-06-20T12:31:00","modified_gmt":"2026-06-20T12:31:00","slug":"removing-barriers-to-womens-leading-role-in-african-agriculture","status":"publish","type":"news-item","link":"https:\/\/iita.org\/fr\/news-item\/removing-barriers-to-womens-leading-role-in-african-agriculture\/","title":{"rendered":"Removing Barriers to Women\u2019s Leading Role in African Agriculture"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Africa\u2019s population will double by 2050 if growth rates continue their trajectory, but the creation of jobs is not keeping pace, with up to five times more young people seeking employment each year as there are new posts to fill. And, on top of this, the COVID pandemic is plunging Africa into its first recession in 25 years.<br><span id=\"more-170485\"><\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">But once again agriculture is demonstrating its crucial importance in times of crisis. A recent World Bank survey of five African countries showed that more people are turning to agriculture because of the economic impacts of the pandemic: \u201cThere is evidence that the agriculture sector is serving as a buffer for low-income households in the region, similar to the role it played during the 2008 global economic crisis.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ipsnews.net\/2021\/03\/international-womens-day-2021removing-barriers-womens-leading-role-african-agriculture\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Lire la suite<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa\u2019s population will double by 2050 if growth rates continue their trajectory, but the creation of jobs is not keeping [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":13859,"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":[],"science-area":[],"program":[],"location":[],"news-type":[],"hub":[],"crop":[],"impact-areas":[],"item-year":[199],"class_list":["post-13858","news-item","type-news-item","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","item-year-199"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.2 - 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