Abstract:

Documenting women’s knowledge in agriculture is recognised as important in pursuing the recognition of women’s role in agriculture, a core objective of Pesticide Action Network Asia & the Pacific (PAN AP) and its partners. Women’s Wisdom, consisting of several case studies on Asian rural women came out as the breakthrough effort in 2006. It was followed by a second set of case studies that discussed the roles, knowledge and skills of women in Asian agriculture. The abovementioned case studies have been made as basis to develop this Module on Documenting Women’s Knowledge in Agriculture. This material is intended to serve as guide for researchers, civil society organisations, community organisers, and development workers -- in documenting the inspiring stories on the roles, knowledge and skills of the women force in Asian agriculture.