In Africa, most food is produced by women smallholder farmers.

Involve more women in KUD (village cooperative unit) and women farmers in KUT (Farming Cooperative).

During the period 2001 2003, training programmes for 2,141 women farmers were implemented.

I say she because the majority of small scale farmers in Africa are women.

To paraphrase what many women farmers have said to me, We are the primary producers.

A supplementary questionnaire regarding men and women farmers to the annual agricultural survey was added.

Some 60 to 80 per cent of farmers and smallholders in the developing world are women.

In Ukraine, under a project entitled Sustaining women farmers , about 2,000 prospective women entrepreneurs have attended training seminars in information and communication technologies.

Moreover, large companies should use their global supply chains to empower their workforces and women smallholder farmers.

The Association of Rural Women in Estonia serves as the umbrella organisation for rural women. The Association of Rural Women in Estonia operates under the Estonian Farmers' Federation since 1996.

Female farmers in remote and mountainous areas, especially single, household headed and elderly women are the most vulnerable.

This serves as a condition to improve the living standards of a large part of farmers, including women.

VΙΙ. EDUCATION AND TRAINING PROGRAMMES FOR WOMEN FARMERS The Organization of Agricultural Vocational Education, Training and Employment (Ο.G.Ε.Ε.Κ.Α.

) DIMITRA has implemented during the years 2001 2003 (See following Tables) Training for young men and women farmers.

Provision of low interest loans and subsidized fertilizer to sustain farmers purchasing power, which succeeded in increasing the real income of farmers, men and women, who made up the majority of the population

Female farmers in the mountainous and remote areas, especially single, household headed and old women, are the most vulnerable group.

This trend can be attributed to the fact that supportive measures for young men and women farmers have been expanding.

The affiliates include large groups of farmers, women leaders and young people from different parts of the state of Rajasthan.

As farmers, mothers, educators, and innovators, women provide a critical link between food production, consumption, and future progress on food security.

Thus very few women and men who are subsistence farmers have any form of social security in terms old age benefits.

INSURANCE PROTECTION OF WOMEN FARMERS Concerning the insurance protection of women farmers by the Agricultural Insurance Organization, the following legislative regulations have been passed, aiming at the elimination of problems created by optional insurance of one of the spouses working in the family's agricultural enterprise in the Main Insurance Branch.

h. Farmers.

Support by farmers' organizations of individual farmers in adaptation and mitigation initiatives

Given their central role not only as mothers and caregivers, but also as farmers, rural women hold the key to food security.

Women receive, for example, only 10 of the credit given to small farmers and less than 1 of total loans to agriculture.

The above mentioned Operational Programmes, in the context of implementing gender mainstreaming, include actions or activities for the support of women farmers.

The relevant report of the Secretary General on world commodity trends and prospects (A 59 304) included a reference to women farmers.

The association draws the attention of the public to problems that rural women face, supports the election of women to local government councils and to the board of the Farmers' Federation.

They aren't farmers.

Africa s Urban Farmers

Contribution by farmers

It was high time that the Government had a comprehensive development policy for rural women that enabled small scale women farmers to own their land, receive assistance and credit from private and public sources at low interest rates, and receive formal and informal training in order to become prosperous farmers on their own land.

The National Farmers' Union biofuel policy. The National Farmers' Union (NFU) of the United Kingdom

Farmers rebelled against the government.

Farmers are a different story.

Fifth, farmers organizations need support.

But farmers have a choice.

Three quarters of the world s poorest people get their food and income from farming small plots of land, and most of these smallholder farmers are women.

For each child they deliver, women farmers are exempted from the obligation to pay a contribution to Agricultural Insurance Organization for one (1) year following birth giving.

Like millions of other African cotton farmers, Madi has advantages over cotton farmers in other parts of the world.

A Big Chance for Small Farmers

A New Deal for Poor Farmers

Moreover, absentee farmers face unexpected problems.

For farmers, this means deeper debt.

For farmers, it translates into suicide.