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Levelling the Field report calls for African governments to help empower women farmers
June 25, 2014
Women farmers in Africa produce between 13% and 25% less than their male counterparts
A new report from the World Bank and the ONE Campaign identifies factors holding back women farmers and provides policy guidelines to reduce inequality. Addressing the agriculture gender gap will help drive economic growth across Africa:
:: Press Release: Levelling the Field
:: Full Report: Levelling the Field

On June 5, in Berlin, Markus Goldstein and Malcolm Ehrenpreis from the World Bank’s Africa Gender Team presented Levelling the Field: Improving Opportunities for Women Farmers in Africa, published jointly by the World Bank Group and the ONE Campaign. The report, the first of its kind, with access to better data and new approaches to analyzing gender gaps, reveals deep rooted inequalities in African agriculture, identifies factors holding back women farmers, and sets out concrete actions that policy makers can take to reduce inequality.