{"id":310069,"date":"2022-04-11T16:13:33","date_gmt":"2022-04-11T19:13:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/anba.com.br\/?p=310069"},"modified":"2022-04-13T11:49:49","modified_gmt":"2022-04-13T14:49:49","slug":"north-african-women-farmers-demand-access-to-technology","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/anba.com.br\/en\/north-african-women-farmers-demand-access-to-technology\/","title":{"rendered":"North African women farmers demand access to technology"},"content":{"rendered":"

Dubai \u2013 Agricultural leaders from North African states have a common agenda: More agricultural technologies. In countries like Djibouti<\/strong>, where the agricultural production accounts for the largest share of exports, led in 2020 by items like palm oil, leguminous vegetables, living animals and sheep and goats, Fahima Mohamed Ismail<\/a> (pictured<\/em>), head of the women\u2019s cooperative Restoring Hope<\/a><\/strong>, explains that it is imperative to expand possibilities.<\/p>\n

\u201cBrazil is a leading sugar exporter, and our country is a major buyer of sugar from Brazil. My country is like a desert, it\u2019s very hot, and we\u2019re still \u2018emerging.\u2019 This is a good opportunity for us to maybe strike some partnerships in technology. When we talk about farms, we talk about innovation,\u201d Ismail told ANBA.<\/p>\n

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In Djibouti, the cooperative Restoring Hope works with youth and women<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The farmer participated in Expo 2020 Dubai in a panel focused on the Sahel region, which encompasses the territory that separates the Sahara Desert in the north from the tropical savannahs in the south of the African continent.<\/p>\n

The same debate featured Ruanda\u2019s former Agriculture minister Agnes Kalibata, who currently presides the Alliance for a Green Revolution in Africa <\/strong>(AGRA<\/a>). For Kalibata, partnerships in technology will also be key for advancing production in the continent.<\/p>\n

\u201cFirst of all, from an African perspective, we are part of ICA [International Cooperative Alliance-Africa], which Brazil is part of. We have a strong partnership between African and Latin American countries. Specifically between Brazil and the Sahel region, Brazil has a large expertise that hold a potential for great opportunities, and there\u2019re already institutional partnerships in place between Brazil and the African states. But there\u2019re also value-added technologies and business partnerships where Sahel could advance,\u201d she told ANBA.<\/p>\n

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Ismail believes partnerships with Brazil could boost agricultural innovation in North Africa<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Similarities between some Brazilian regions like the Semiarid and the Sahel could also bring the country closer to North African states. \u201cI think it is a huge opportunity to share genetical materials as the climate is very similar between the two regions,\u201d Kalibata said.<\/p>\n

Access and financing for women<\/strong><\/p>\n

Other female agricultural leader in the African continent is Elizabeth Nsimadala, president of the Pan Africa Farmers\u2019 Organization <\/strong>(PAFO). The executive was invited for another event in the world exhibition, the panel Women\u2019s World Majlis: From Farmer to Boss Lady: Developing a Gender-Equitable Agricultural Sector, which took place in the Women\u2019s Pavilion.<\/p>\n

The PAFO\u2019s president stressed that, although women are a large part of the population and rural workers, they still get little financial and educational incentive. \u201cIn North Africa, like any other regions in Africa, there are small famers, especially women, who continue to face challenges like access to financing because many countries limit their access to land,\u201d Nsimadala told ANBA.<\/p>\n

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Nsimadala (C) pointed out the importance of having women leaders in agriculture<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

It\u2019s still common that women farmers don\u2019t own farms in their own name, with documents listing only the name of their husbands or male relatives. This hinders their access to credit facilities and rights like retirement. Nsimadala points out that the lack of access cuts down the number of women in leading positions, and so the cycle is perpetuated.<\/p>\n

Thus, the executive believes it was important to create specific programs during the pandemic. One of them is VALUE4HER<\/a><\/strong>, which aims to increase the financial gain for women in agribusiness through the access to the market, expertise and network that tackle the barriers against empowering women in agriculture, Nsimadala said.<\/p>\n

Translated by Guilherme Miranda<\/strong><\/p>\n

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