Title: Role of rural women in rural economy

Abstract: Rural women are great part of workforce, needed for agriculture and rural societies. In 1966, according to F.A.O reports to food security congress, women doing 50% of productions in agriculture part averagely and this issue in developing country has very special importance. in African desert area about 70-80%, Asia 65%, in Latin America 45% and Caribbean and in Tunes 89% of workforces are women (Varzgar 2001:217) and in Iran more than 50% of agriculture workforce are women . Most rural women’s service work, pertain to out of house. For example: rural women not only traditionally strive for environmental protection, they also take part in maintaining forest, plant cultivation and weeding in rural regions. [Ali Badragheh, Mohammad Abedi (2011). Role of rural women in rural economy. Journal of American Science. 7(5):547-551].


Keywords: women, rural, credit, empowerment

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Article: WeedsNews2320 (permalink)
Categories: :WeedsNews:research alert, :WeedsNews:weed control
Date: 5 October 2011; 1:13:47 PM AEDT

Author Name: Zheljana Peric
Author ID: zper12