Coffee

Most women are involved in lower wage production activities including harvesting and cutting, while men are involved more with the business side of farming including marketing and negotiating coffee sales. Women often don’t have access to the necessary training in sustainable coffee practices, financial inputs, and other benefits derived from coffee sales.

While up to 80% of coffee farms are harvested and maintained by women labor, only 20-30% of coffee farms are female managed or led. Women are often held back by a variety of factors including societal boundaries, access to education and training, access to credit, and land ownership.