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AGRICULTURE:
LAND TENURE,
FOOD SECURITY
AND POVERTY
GROUP 4
WHY THIS IS A DEVELOPMENT
ISSUE?
Women constitutes about 40% of agriculture
workforce.
Compared to 53% of male workers, 75% of
female workers are involved in agriculture.
In general, about 20% of rural households in
every village are female headed due to
widowhood, desertion or male out-migration.
Policy makers should take increased
feminization of agriculture work and labour
into account.
LAND TENURE : LAWS RELATING
TO INHERITANCE
Hindu Succession Act, 1956 of intestate succession
Land market
86% of arable land is privately owned
Arable land is the most likely source for women to obtain
land
Lack of assets, bargaining power and skills required to
manage the land are main challenges for women
ownership
FOOD SECURITY
Hunger and malnutrition have an especially profound
impact on the rural poor and on women in particular.