RWANDA: WHY GENDER INEQUALITY PERSISTS IN AGRICULTURE SECTOR

There is a wide gender gap in the agriculture sector where women are in disadvantaged positions about access and control of resources and services, participation and decision-making domains of agriculture. Statistics show that 63 per cent of working females are in agriculture related occupations, as compared to 43 percent among males. However, according to the report, 65.7 percent of these women are exclusively in subsistence agriculture where these women grow crops for their households or are employed rather than practicing market-oriented agriculture.