Female farmers fighting sexism
How women are fighting back against discrimination in agriculture.
In Bangladesh, there鈥檚 an app helping female farmers to get a fairer price for their crop.
At the market, women farmers often face sexism, and struggle to sell their produce for what it鈥檚 worth. But by making the seller anonymous, they鈥檙e able to sell more and reap the profit they deserve.
We鈥檒l also hear from other projects around the world trying to bridge the gender gap in agriculture- and investigate how supporting female farmers doesn鈥檛 just help with reducing inequality 鈥� it can also help fight poverty, hunger and climate change.
Also on the programme - a remote control for cows and goats which lets farmers control them with virtual fences on their phone.
Presenter: Myra Anubi
Producers: Craig Langran and Zoe Gelber
Reporter: Salman Saeed
Series producer: Tom Colls
Sound mix: Hal Haines
Editor: Penny Murphy
Email: peoplefixingtheworld@bbc.co.uk
Image: A female farmer in Bangladesh
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