Yet women perform much of the physical work required in agriculture, such as weeding. Redesigning or making available better farming tools and equipment (and introducing or increasing the use of personal protective equipment) would improve efficiency, reduce the number of accidents in which women, men and children are harmed, and contribute to gender equity (Molineri etal. They may learn about environment-friendly techniques of seedling production, soil conservation, pest management and post-harvest processing (Petries etal.