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WOMEN'S EMPLOYMENT IN THE BANANA INDUSTRY

Year of publication 2017

Pages 3p.

Author World Banana Forum

Publisher FAO ;

Product type Brochure, flyer, fact-sheet

ISBN No ISBN

Edition 1

Synopsis (short abstract) Women represent on average 43% of the agricultural workforce in developing countries. In most developing regions, agriculture is the main source of revenue for rural women. However, they typically earn less than men and have less job stability. In the banana industry, there is a tendency for women to be more represented in smaller scale production for domestic and regional markets while men tend to be more present in large scale banana production for the international export market. The World Ba nana Forum Working Group on Gender Equity launched a study in 2014, funded by FAO, to investigate and analyse the diverse levels of women’s employment in the banana export industry in the major production regions of Latin America, the Caribbean and Africa.

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