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India’s first Female Farmer Worker Conference was held in New Delhi to recognise women’s contributions to agriculture and rural livelihoods — coinciding with the UN International Year of the Woman Farmer 2026.
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- A national-level convention for celebrating, networking and addressing structural challenges faced by women farmers, agricultural labourers and pastoralists
- Organised by the Bharatiya Kisan Sangh (BKS)
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Aim
- Establish the formal social and legal identity of women as legitimate “farmers” (Kisan) rather than unpaid family helpers
- Facilitate access to institutional land rights and credit
- Promote sustainable agrarian models
Important Facts for Examsmost asked
- 2026 is the UN International Year of the Woman Farmer (IYWF) — proposed by India and adopted by the UNGA
- The core issue is land title. Without a patta in her name, a woman cannot access institutional credit, crop insurance, subsidies or compensation — regardless of how much farm work she does
- Joint patta — land title recorded jointly in the names of husband and wife
- Women constitute roughly one-third of the agricultural workforce and a far higher share of operations in some activities, but own only about 14 per cent of operational holdings
- Mahila Kisan Diwas is observed on 15 October, also the International Day of Rural Women
- MKSP — Mahila Kisan Sashaktikaran Pariyojana, under DAY-NRLM
- Female LFPR: 41.7 per cent (2023-24) on usual status; agriculture absorbs the largest share
- India ranks 131st on the Global Gender Gap Index 2026
