Doctoral dissertation: Women’s empowerment key to improved farming efficiency in Africa
Innovation capacity and empowerment of women are crucial for enabling small-scale farmers in Africa to meet global challenges, according to a doctoral dissertation completed at the University of Helsinki. Climate change, biodiversity loss and population growth are major threats to food security in Africa. Most of the food consumed in Africa is grown by small-scale farmers. However, farming efficiency is not even close to what it could be. “This is …