Increasing Opportunities for Women Farmers in CommunityBased Extension: A Case Study of the PROFIT+ Model

January 4, 2019

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Evidence shows that women provide 70-85% of labor for food production and sales in Sub-Saharan Africa (The World Bank, FAO, and IFAD, 2008 citing The World Bank, 2005). Despite this enormous contribution of labor, women in Sub-Saharan Africa control little of the titled land and other productive assets that contribute to household food security and income creation. It is widely accepted that attention to gender equality and nutrition is necessary for achieving development outcomes