Today is International Women's Day - and it's high time that women around the world get the recognition they deserve.
Around 70% of agricultural work is done by women, according to FAO figures. Yet a recent TWIN report finds that women's crucial role in farming is often unrecognised, unpaid and invisible. Men own most of the land and take responsibility for transporting crops to market, and subsequently they retain much of the control over household income.
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