For years she was the only female farmer in southern Mato Grosso state, Brazil’s soy country. A record 31 percent of farms in Brazil are managed by women today, triple the number in 2013, according to Brazil’s Agribusiness Association. Female farmers say they still have a tougher time than their male competitors accessing training and credit, and they suffer high rates of violence and discrimination. Corteva, an American agricultural company, surveyed female farmers around the world last year. ADLawyer Ticiane Figueiredo is the author of “Agro Women,” a book on female farmers in Brazil.

Source: Washington Post October 20, 2019 11:02 UTC