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LAHORE, Jan 11 (APP):Convener of Federation of Pakistan Chamber of Commerce and Industry regional committee on Food, Shahid Imran, has called for allocation of unused federal and provincial lands to landless rural women farmers.
They should also be given access to water and input subsidies to achieve bumper crops production as 74 percent of women are contributing to agriculture in Pakistan, he added, while talking to a gathering of women farmers in connection with “FAO International Year of Woman Farmer 2026” here Sunday.
He said, this global campaign aimed at recognising women’s indispensable yet often overlooked contributions to global agro food systems, and galvanising efforts to close persistent gender gaps.
In Pakistan, approximately 74 per cent of women and girls engaged in the labour force work in the agriculture sector, which generates about 40 per cent of household income. However, protection issues faced by women farmers remain poorly documented and insufficiently addressed.
“We need to amend labour and agriculture policies at the federal and provincial levels to recognise all women performing work related to crops, fruits, vegetables, livestock, fisheries, poultry, dairy, forestry and post-harvest production as farmers, whether they work full-time or part-time, including those working on family farms without land ownership.
He said government must fix minimum wage for women farmers and ensuring wage parity with male agricultural workers for work of equal value.