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Female farmers in Volta and the five regions of the north are struggling to access arable lands for farming activities owing to traditional beliefs that prohibit them from owning a parcel of land.

That’s according to the Ghana Association of Female Agricultural and Fish Farmers Award Winners who are spearheading negotiations to break the cultural bias and norm to allow more women into farming.

Chairperson of the association, Ernestina Osei Tutu, says many female farmers in rural communities continue to face the challenge despite forming almost half the labour force in the agricultural sector.

“In Ghana, women cannot access lands easily. It isn’t every part of Ghana but mostly in the North and Volta regions. In southern it is there but not to the extreme. Women, culturally, are not forthcoming. We also do not have equipment for the job,” she said.

In Ghana, women form at least 40% of the workforce in the agricultural space, but they continue to grapple with numerous challenges that hinder their progress.

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