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The group fears the new “era of fragmented and unregulated markets” will be even less “women farmer-friendly” than the old system. Limited access to justice Reduction in emissions for in-farm transport: elimination of the use of diesel and petrol for in-farm transports. Within the Kenyan context, alternatives such as biofuels and electric vehicles remain limited to date. Heritage grains can be harder to produce in vast quantities – einkorn, especially, is “a bitch to harvest” – but they do have advantages over conventional wheats. They typically have deep roots and grow tall, which means they shade out weeds and do not require chemical sprays. The end product is more nutritious and then there’s the taste. Since 2017, Glencross has run a roving supper club called the Sustainable Food Story with Sadhbh Moore, and Duchess Farms has worked closely with bakeries such as E5 Bakehouse in east London and Gail’s, and restaurants including Doug McMaster’s Silo. “Heritage grains are delicious: when you stop growing for yield and you start growing for quality the flavour is insane,” says Glencross.

See detailed case study in Business Fights Poverty (2020) Engaging Men as Allies Report https://businessfightspoverty.org/gender-equality-is-everyones-business-engaging-men-as-allies-to-advance-gender-equality-across-the-value-chain/ ↩ Indian farmers leave a protest in February 2021. Muzamil Mattoo/NurPhoto via Getty Images Invisible, unpaid labor forceTambuzi is a small specialist rose supplier in Kenya that employs 300 workers on a full-time basis, indirectly benefiting 3,000 people. Karen Roses comprises of 6 farms in Kenya supplying cut flowers to the UK, Europe and Middle East. After divorcing my husband, I returned home with four children. My father gave me 3 acres of land, on which I planted tea bushes, vegetables, and potatoes which I sell in the market. I also rear a dairy cow and goats. This has empowered me and am able to finally make decisions over land. I never thought I could own land after my divorce. The land is registered. It enables me to secure a loan from Equity Bank.

Pini, Barbara. 2005. Farm women: Driving tractors and negotiating gender. International Journal of Sociology of Agriculture and Food 13 (1): 1–18. Plaw Hatch is a biodynamic farm. “We try to create a self-sustaining system,” she says. “We produce as much of the feed for the animals as we can. Biodynamic farming is regenerative: you’re improving the soil and creating closed loops so you’re not just taking from nature, but trying to keep the fertility in the system.” In a given crop season, when fields are sown and harvested, women farmers in India work about 3,300 hours, double the 1,860 hours their male counterparts put into farming. This section explores the potential opportunities that exist to support women’s economic empowerment whilst simultaneously building more climate resilient and decarbonised agricultural supply chains. It builds on the momentum created by the Gender Smart Investment Summit in October 2022, where the Head of Investments at the Visa Foundation concluded: Gender is not a sector, asset class, risk… gender cuts across all… so when we move capital with a gender lens there is room for specificity and there’s room for integration.Increasing sales to the domestic market. Stakeholders interviewed in the study reported a growing middle class with an interest in ethical products and cited growth of the Fairtrade domestic market in Kenya. Less access to training and lower educational attainment, e.g. less time for climate-smart training due to more time spent on household responsibilities and restrictions on mobility. Male farmers often take priority for training opportunities as they are perceived to hold higher value/productive roles Support suppliers to decarbonise with a gender lens: Incorporate criteria on gender and other inequalities within sourcing policies and codes of conduct for suppliers both overall, and as part of new Net-Zero requirements for suppliers. Offer preferred supplier status to those advanced on their Net-Zero journey, who are implementing this in ways that demonstrate investment in women’s empowerment. These may be informed by existing tools such as the UN’s Women’s Empowerment Principles Gender Gap Analysis Tool. [footnote 71] Support suppliers by investing in new low-carbon technologies. This is particularly relevant for smallholder female farmers who do not have access to capital. Investments could include solar irrigation systems, low carbon farming machinery, solar energy technologies for cooling and refrigeration.