Agricultural yields would increase by almost a third if women had the same access to resources as men, said Neven Mimica, European Union commissioner for international cooperation and development. Agricultural yields could increase by a third if female farmers had equivalent access to land, tools and finance as their male peers, according to the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization ’s commissioner for international cooperation and development. Speaking to the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization , Mimica said that boosting yields in this way would cause 150 million fewer people to go hungry. Of those experiencing chronic hunger, 45% are female. Women and girls also constitute 60% of the agricultural workforce. Neven Mimica warned that the gender gap in agriculture must be closed before climate change traps rural women in “a downward spiral”.
Agricultural yields could increase by a third if female farmers had equivalent access to land, tools and finance as their male peers, according to the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization ’s commissioner for international cooperation and development. Speaking to the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization , Mimica said that boosting yields in this way would cause 150 million fewer people to go hungry. Of those experiencing chronic hunger, 45% are female. Women and girls also constitute 60% of the agricultural workforce. Neven Mimica warned that the gender gap in agriculture must be closed before climate change traps rural women in “a downward spiral”.