Each planting season, the women in our communities rise before sunrise, their hands calloused from many years of working the fields. They work hard in the intense heat, planting maize, cassava, pearl millet, sorghum, cowpeas, or peanuts. For many years, they have adhered to the same practices, wishing that this time the yield will be unique—that they will… Read More “Africa: We need to take greater action to dismantle obstacles faced by rural women farmers and tackle the entrenched structural inequalities.”
