Women Farmers as Central to SDGs, CSR & ESG: April 2026 Restart Focus

 2026 has been declared the Year of the Woman Farmer. 

Across the globe and in an agrarian economy like India particularly, the agricultural sector is becoming increasingly feminized. Yet, women farmers have a tough time - with lack of access to land titles (land-holding), credit, technology, crop insurance, training and government subsidies. 

Whenever women farmers, in whichever avatar they take, have access to any and all of these -- land ownership, credit, technology, training, crop insurance and government subsidies -- they thrive and allow the agricultural sector and economy to thrive. 

Source: Presentation by Seema Kulkarni, Asian College of Journalism Climate Change Media Hub's "Climate Change Conversations," online media education session on "Reporting on Climate and Gender: A Rural Perspective." March 27, 2026.

Just like how a nation that empowers women and educates girls thrives. The agricultural sector, which is increasingly buffeted by various challenges, thrives when women farmers are empowered to be climate resilient with training, access to resources, technology, markets as well as clean water and clean energy.

SDGs, CSR, ESG Focus

By putting women farmers at the heart of programmes and projects aimed to tackle the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), whether governmental or private, Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) or Environmental, Social, Governance (ESG) mandates of companies, it's a win-win. 

Sunshine Millennium's posts throughout April 2026, the month with Earth Day 2026 with the theme Our Power, Our Planet among others, will bring out how empowering and training women farmers bolsters the agricultural sector as well as most SDGs.