Women farmers in India are doing the work.
Sadly, the system is still struggling to see them as farmers.
A report by Arya.ag, Her Harvest 2026: The Hidden Cost of Women’s Invisible Work in Indian Agriculture puts a number to what this invisibility costs India–between Rs 1.2 lakh crore and Rs 2 lakh crore in agricultural output every year.
Not because women are less capable farmers, but because they have less access to the resources they need to farm productively.
The report, released in a year the UN has declared the International Year of the Woman Farmer, highlights that while women do an increasing share of the work, many remain invisible in the official systems that determine who gets recognised, financed, and supported as a farmer.
