none 10.19103/AS.2024.0148.21 Burleigh Dodds Science Publishing Limited Burleigh Dodds Science Publishing Limited 8180 181363558 4874923 2242117 20251003123055899 10.19103 2026-04-01T13:51:07Z 2025-08-26T10:44:13Z 0 20596936 Pennsylvania State University, USA Carolyn E. Sachs Paige Castellanos Oxfam America (OUS), USA here are an estimated 500 million smallholder farmers across the world, of which a considerable percentage of women. Despite their large numbers and important roles, women smallholders remain largely unsupported and their contribution to agriculture is often devalued because of their sex. Women and smallholder farming: Addressing global inequities in agriculture provides a comprehensive overview of the main obstacles and challenges women smallholders continue to face, such as restricted access to markets and education, as well as a lack of control over assets and property rights. The book also assesses the impact of sociocultural factors on women smallholder farmers in different regions around the world, including Africa, Asia, Latin America and the Middle East. In highlighting these issues, the book considers how key stakeholders across the agri-food supply chain can support, empower and sufficiently compensate women smallholder farmers for their contribution to agriculture. 09 23 2025 09 23 2025 9781801468053 Burleigh Dodds Science Publishing Limited 10.19103/AS.2024.0148 https://shop.bdspublishing.com/store/bds/detail/workgroup/3-190-138366 Landesa, USA Krista Jacobs Caitlin Kieran Landesa, USA Tatiana Gumucio Landesa, USA Nayna Jhaveri Landesa, USA This chapter is an introduction for gender and agriculture practitioners on why and how to strengthen smallholder women’s land rights and tenure security through agricultural development programming. Smallholder women farmers have disproportionately limited and insecure land rights and have less access to agricultural inputs and services. Without confidence that in the long-term they can access, manage, and benefit from a given parcel of land, they have less incentive and ability to invest in agricultural productivity and sustainable practices. The chapter draws from twenty development projects, government programs, and private sector examples from the land and agricultural sectors to illustrate practices that agricultural projects and private sector actors can apply to improve smallholder women farmers’ land tenure, agricultural practices, and empowerment. The practices are organized across five technical approaches: awareness-raising, expanding women’s land access and governance roles in customary systems, land certification, combining land and agricultural interventions, and addressing social norms. 17 09 23 2025 09 23 2025 359 406 10.19103/AS.2024.0148.21 https://www.bdspublishing.com/webshop/chapters/crops/agri-food-systems/supporting-smallholders/approaches-to-strengthen-women’s-land-rights-and-tenure-security-through-agricultural-programming/ https://link.springer.com/10.19103/AS.2024.0148.21