women in agriculture
A diverse industry calls for leaders in different forms
Behind the scenes of global heavy equipment and construction machine giant, LiuGong stands a woman, Sherry Xiao, her personality demanding respect in every room she enters. While this has always been a male dominated industry it is Sherry’s intelligent way of thinking, determination and patience that has supported LiuGong to become the well-known[...]
Female farmer, Janet Niland, reaches success with New Holland
Janet Niland, female farmer from the Midlands in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa, says being a woman in agriculture means being a person of many parts. When Janet became a mother, she realized that pursuing a career as a Medical Technologist was going to be difficult. Naturally, she fell back onto[...]
The impact of policy matters on individual farming operations and in rural communities
Women’s Insight Deliberation Competition – an initiative to recognise the voice of women in agriculture on the impact of policy matters in rural communities. The first initiative launched by Future Agri Perspectives is to host the Women’s Insight Deliberation Competition with the 2023 focus on the impact of policy matters in[...]
AFRISEED empowers women in agriculture
“Most of my seed growers are women because women are game changers. Once you empower women their whole family setup changes,” says Stephanie Angomwile, CEO of Stewards Globe Limited, the producers and marketers of Afriseed products. Stephanie feels very strongly about empowering women in Zambia. She says her own[...]