GLOBAL CONFERENCE ON WOMEN IN AGRI-FOOD SYSTEMS (GCWAS-2026)

The recognition of 2026 as the International Year of Women Farmers serves as a global milestone that can spark policy reforms, public awareness campaigns, and international collaboration, while also providing an opportunity to mobilize resources, forge partnerships, and create a shared agenda for advancing women’s role in agriculture. Access to modern agricultural technologies, training programs, and digital tools can further improve women’s efficiency, increase their incomes, and strengthen their decision-making power, with digital platforms offering ways to amplify their voices and link them to broader markets.

Objectives 

• To bring together stakeholders – women leaders, scientists, entrepreneurs, farmers, students to share experiences and case studies. 

• To showcase inspiring success stories of women’s empowerment and leadership in agriculture to provide replicable and scalable models.

 • To identify and promote national and global best practices for nurturing women’s leadership and fostering mentorship and networking for the next generation of women leaders. 

• To discuss measures for strengthening the policy framework and ecosystem for mainstreaming gender and empowering women technologically and economically. 

• Identify emerging and disruptive technologies for gender transformative change.

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