AFRICA: Better Data Key to Supporting Women Farmers (IPS ipsnews.net, 20 May 2010)

"In many instances, policies and programmes in rural areas, as implemented at the local level, are not responsive to women’s needs. In part, this is because planners and policy-makers are often not even aware that women farmers face special and specific challenges and those programmes need to be designed with their situations in mind," explained Sibanda.



Sibanda said household surveys for data collection on livelihood assets, which include human, capital, social networks, physical assets, financial and the use of natural resources as a source of livelihood could help remedy the situation.