How can we reach out to more women in our training programs?

The role of women in rural agricultural development and poverty reduction cannot be overlooked. Notwithstanding, women are socially excluded as a result of the sociocultural dynamics in rural settings, for example Ghana. I propose the mainstreaming of gender issues in the overall cocoa supply chain so as to sensitize chain actors on the need for inclusion. Effective women producer organizations should be encouraged in order to facilitate collective access to agronomic information, aggro-input credit as well as agricultural land. Additionally, rural traditional/community leaders as well as household heads need to be sensitized to appreciate the role of women in improving livelihoods at household levels.

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