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Women grow as much as 80% of India s food - but its new farm laws overlook their struggles
Bansari Kamdar, University of Massachusetts Boston
March 11, 2021
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Bansari Kamdar, University of Massachusetts Boston and Shreyasee Das, Temple University
(THE CONVERSATION) Indian women are left behind on farms to make ends meet as more men in India migrate from rural areas to cities, seeking higher incomes and better jobs.
Nearly 75% of the full-time workers on Indian farms are women, according to the international humanitarian group OXFAM. Female farmers produce 60% to 80% of the South Asian country’s food.
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