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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.
Bansari Kamdar and Shreyasee Das 1 POSTS 0 COMMENTS Bansari Kamdar: I am a published author with my work printed in renowned current-affairs magazines and newspapers like CNN-News18, The Diplomat, The Wire and The Quint. I am currently pursuing a post-graduate degree in Applied Economics. I have another post-graduate degree in International Relations and International Communication with graduate certificates in Asian Studies and Women, Gender & Sexuality Studies.
Dr. Shreyasee Das is an Instructional Assistant Professor at Temple University. She is also an affiliated faculty with the Global Studies and Gender, Sexuality, and Women s Studies Program at Temple University. Her research is in the fields of gender and development economics, with a regional focus on India. Some of her current work examines household formation and marriage market outcomes in the event of a natural