Women Agricultural Landowners: Past Time to Put Them “On the Radar” - FIC

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Women Agricultural Landowners: Past Time to Put Them “On the Radar”

While women own 25% of the acres rented out for farming, little has been done in terms of federal policy that focuses on these women. In this policy analysis, we detail how (1) lack of data on these women landowners and (2) the invisibility of these women to federal natural resource and agricultural agency staff contribute to women nonoperating landowners (WNOLs) not being on the federal policy radar. We discuss how the persistence of these factors continues to marginalize WNOLs in federal agricultural policy, despite the mandate of U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) agencies to be serving underserved populations such as WNOLs. Our study findings clearly illustrate a critical point: federal agricultural/conservation agencies are not fulfilling their mandate to reach WNOLs. Using data from USDA Production Regions in the United States, we detail how WNOLs are marginalized and provide specific policy recommendations to allow for intentional inclusion of these women.

Author
Peggy Petrzelka, Ann Sorensen, Jennifer Filipiak
Publisher
Society & Natural Resources
Page Numbers
13
Publication Date
February 01, 2018
Publication Type
Reports and Guides
State
National
Keywords
Women in Agriculture

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