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This is the VOA Special English Agriculture Report.
Food prices continue to rise, threatening to push more people into poverty and hunger.? Experts have been urging increased efforts around the world to increase agricultural productivity.? A new report by the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization says one of the best ways would be to remove the barriers women farmers face that male farmers do not.
Women farmers are often less productive than men, but there are good reasons for that, says Agnes Quisumbing. She is an economist with the International Food Policy Research Institute. She says women farmers have fewer resources than male farmers.
The new FAO report says women make up forty-three percent of the world’s farmers.? But only about ten to twenty percent of them own the land they farm.? Without owning land, it is harder for them to get credit to buy inputs such as better seeds and fertilizers.? In many countries, women are half as likely as men to use fertilizers to increase the amount of crops.
In addition, Ms. Quisumbing says many of the world’s women are raising their children at the same time they are farming.
The FAO report says helping women farmers could increase agricultural output in the developing world by as much as four percent. This in turn could reduce the number of undernourished people by as much as seventeen percent.
AGNES QUISUMBING: “Just helping women farmers have the same access to inputs and control of resources that male farmers have would really do a lot in terms of improving agriculture productivity, reducing hunger and malnutrition.”
Ms. Quisumbing helped write the FAO report. She says the report does not try to gain sympathy.? It makes the case for women farmers based on business reasons.
AGNES QUISUMBING: “We hear a lot about how women are disadvantaged. And they tend to be very bleeding-heart arguments. But bleeding-heart arguments don’t necessarily tell heads of state to move their money.”
She says governments should support programs that help women farmers.? These include financial support to help them buy better seeds and fertilizers.? But she says policies in many countries also need to change.
She says many laws discriminate against women in the areas of property, labor force and marriage. Ms. Quisumbing says studies show that women are more likely than men to spend money on food, health and educating their children. And that means a better future for the next generation.
And that’s the VOA Special English Agriculture Report, written by Jerilyn Watson with reporting by Steve Baragona. You can find transcripts and MP3s of our reports at voaspecialenglish.com. You can also find us on Facebook and YouTube at VOA Learning English.? I’m Bob Doughty.
Listen? Email? Print? Comments?Comments (83)22-03-2011Crystal Liu(Chima)I love listening to this programm very much, and it helpes me a lot learning English. Thank you very much for your hard work. Best wishes.
22-03-2011Dung(VietNam)Thanks a lot :)
22-03-2011Kenji Saito(Japan)This article could be associated with poverty. Agriculture is very important for the world needless to say including Japan because we cannot keep our life without food. I have heard that women is likely to spend more money on their children than men, which might lead to nourishment for children and future labor forces for us. We have to establish the working condition making them easier and more comfortable.
22-03-2011Yan Yang(China)Women famer should be given more attention,especially in developing country,women famer could ask for more rights to live a better life.
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22-03-2011guo chun lei(China)In China,women and men are equal.female farmers have the same right that male farmer have .So women farmers can farm land freely they own.In the future Chinese farmer will be increased in their income.
22-03-2011H??ng Còi(Vi?t Nam)In fact govenernors should make more thing for developing the women's life to increase their accommodation, food,entertaiment...We should support to all women on the world by all methods and all confidents women who have to bear baby in many times in their life will downgrade the health to need the sympathies from men whose husban to share averything to make women's life more and more advantages and happy.
22-03-2011tangtang(china)“We hear a lot about how women are disadvantaged. And they tend to be very bleeding-heart arguments. But bleeding-heart arguments don’t necessarily tell heads of state to move their money"That is the reality, but who can stand up and listen to their bleeding-heart voice and Who can take some effective and practical measures to solve the malnutrition
22-03-2011Nancy(Japan)It can be good idea to help women farmers in order to improve foods productivity. The policy of the government should be changed.
22-03-2011Lananh(vietnam)I think women are unhappy!They have to do much strenuous work! However, it is good title! Thanks VOA so much!
22-03-2011Erka(Mongolia)very nice colourful dresses
22-03-2011shirullah(Aghanistan)first of all i would like to thank for VOA programme, secondly i want to say about agriculture, it is really hard for women fo go to farms for agricultrual work as well as raise thier children.
22-03-2011Wiky(China)In recently years ,as the urban Economic Development more and more boy moved from countryside to cities in hope of finding good job , so the woman bacome the main workers in agreculture .And they are raising they children at the same time they are farming .
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22-03-2011dracularking(China)it's really a smart idea, it would not only help the poor women, improve their level but also increase the agricultural output of the developing world. it's both in mental and physical.
22-03-2011LuluWang(Taiwan)I love to hear this stories about women empowerment. "She says the report does not try to gain sympathy. It makes the case for women farmers based on business reasons." Indeed, if we want our project a lasting impact, we will have to develop a business model that is beyond the sympathy.
22-03-2011J.u.l.i.a.n.a(Brazil)It is good to know that there are researchers around the world that look at women workers and their lives. Women need more recognizition to their effort with motherhood and work to support their families in poor societies.
22-03-2011nguyet(vietnamese)fertilizer very need for farmers. But the price of fertilizer praise very high, my house plant coffee, and we need fertilizer to care plants , but we don't have enough money to buy them.
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22-03-2011WinsorWomen farmers only apply to foreigners, not in the United States, Women in the United States are more worrying about getting a good education.
22-03-2011Raashid Nehal(Aligarh Muslim University,India)This is an authentic as well as teachable text and should be made a part of English Language Curriculum.Curriculum designers should think over it to translate such materials into a classroom reality.
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22-03-2011Maki(Japan)In my country, once we've got married, women mainly changes her maiden name into that of her husband, which might remain as a discriminatory custom for female. So barriers for women farmers don't happen often here because she enters her husband's family. I wonder in what occasion women in the poor areas owns a land. After a divorce, a bereavement or even soon after a marriage does a woman own a property by her own?
23-03-2011Rondhi(Indonesia)The sharing job is needed in the farm management. There are many job that necesary done by women and in the contrary the man. Above all, the importing one is to build up the communication between man and women. Good luck VoA.
23-03-2011Candice(Taiwan)I think it will be more effective to have some suports from the government and improve their lives
23-03-2011hienvuquangfipi(vietnam)the report is very useful.it showes natural photo in many developing countries. From bottom of my heart i want women should be released froom many things. From practice activities we can say for sure that in many fields women can do better than man. In family they care so much about children and husband. In my country, women is as equal as men in many sectors and there are very many of successful women. In argriculture, women are main employees and their experence is better than any one.
23-03-2011ting(philippines)women are as capable as men, most likely very productive facing multi-tasking.
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24-03-2011javkaj(mongolia)it's very reality. I believe that women lead in development World
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24-03-2011thuytran(Viet nam)Women have to work very hard. But they are very happy. Because they can give their chidren a good life. women are wonderful
24-03-2011thuytran(Viet nam)Women have to work very hard. But they are very happy. Because they can give their chidren a good life. women are wonderful
24-03-2011Joruji(Japan)Considering that women farmers have fewer resources than male farmers, and that they have to raise their children, I think they are doing pretty well. If the conditions were equal, I think that women farmers would be more productive than male farmers.
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24-03-2011the Food prices continue to rise, is not the reason that push more people into poverty and hunger.
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24-03-2011That's the case we have been talking in bussiness for women to do. Most women have responsibilities to be teaken care including families, children and jobs in their whole life. Many policies should be changed and surpported to improve the situations so that women could spend time doing better jobs.
25-03-2011chang(south korea)My parents is farmer. they did not want to make me farmer. they send me seoul to get good education. I am working big hospital in Seoul. I think farmer never be rich in developing world, man or women farmer. If they have disease, they spend too expensive fee in hospital. In spite of hard working, they will be poor. am i too pessimistic?
25-03-2011nemo(china)I‘m sure that one day women labor will have the same impact as the men.And i love this program.Thanks.加油！！
25-03-2011Ngat(Vietnam)Vietnamese women who work in farming field have to face many difficult things. They have to do many jobs which definitely belong to men's duty.
25-03-2011Lam Tung(Vietnam)Farm work is hard job and working outside, under sun light on the field directly. No one else could understand and live with it like women. So they always wish the better future for their kids.They satisfy all their life and young for other' future in silence .How wonderful they are!
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26-03-2011M .Niazi(Afghanistan)that we know in fact price of food in the world rising this treated push more people to poverty and hunger in the severe works in the cultivated in agriculture field is important if the works a little that important help with other men s farmer and helping reduction food price in the world .
26-03-2011akon cao(china)I do agree with the oppion that women need more resources to make better life. But this problem doesn't exist in our district. I lived in nanhui,which is a suburb of shanghai. And most women here are charging all the money their family have earned. I think the problem is that agriculture products are too cheap to earn enough money for farmers when they are sold to middleman although they do have a good price in market.
27-03-2011Susumu(Japan)My family runsdairy farm in Japan. As of farming, we need land to grow crops or animals. To work as a farmer, we need physical strength and stamina.
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29-03-2011harry_wang(China)was there said to be lots of policy reform carried out around the world to stop discrimination against women labor forces. why we are still seeing the case that women farmers can not get their own land or have to raise their children while farming ?
29-03-2011dandan(china)A good report.Thanks a lot.
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30-03-2011qnlai(Vietnam)thanks a lot. Improving working conditions in agricutural areas is very essential from now.
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01-04-2011Vo Anh Phu(VIET NAM)It is nice to listen to this news. Even the West can understand clearly what is likely lack of in the East.Viet Nam is a developing country, and agriculture needs more information, guidelines as well as suffucient inputs to make it grow!The problem rests with that fact that the farmers don't know what they lack and what are necessary to be more productive! What a pity!
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