Ten Years of Empowering Turkish Women Farmers

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Brumfield R. G., Özkan B.

HORTTECHNOLOGY, cilt.33, sa.4, ss.389-390, 2023 (SCI-Expanded)

• Yayın Türü: Makale / Tam Makale
• Cilt numarası: 33 Sayı: 4
• Basım Tarihi: 2023
• Doi Numarası: 10.21273/horttech05225-23
• Dergi Adı: HORTTECHNOLOGY
• Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus, BIOSIS, CAB Abstracts, Food Science & Technology Abstracts, Veterinary Science Database, Directory of Open Access Journals, DIALNET
• Sayfa Sayıları: ss.389-390
• Akdeniz Üniversitesi Adresli: Evet

Özet

In 2011, Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey and Akdeniz University in Antalya, Turkey, conducted a needs assessment to identify the priority needs, interests, and capacities of women farmers in Turkey. We interviewed extension educators and female farmers in three villages and used the results to develop a pilot 28-hour course to train 40 small-scale citrus and greenhouse producers from Kumluca, Turkey. Training included computer literacy, technical citrus and greenhouse production, and business management. As a result of the successful pilot program, the municipalities of Elmali, Duzce,  Korkuteli, and Boztepe (which included five Rutgers Study Abroad students) duplicated the program in Kumlaca within the next 2 years. To expand the training to more women farmers in Turkey and in other countries, we  partnered with colleagues in Germany, Spain, and Malta to develop  Empowering Women Farmers with Agricultural Business Management Training (EMWOFA). The project had a multiplier effect by training educators who then trained women farmers to improve their business skills and farms. The outputs of EMWOFA were a training manual for educators, a workbook for the women farmers, and e-learning videos in English, Turkish, Spanish, German, and Maltese.

Keywords: Women empowerment, women farmers, farm management, Suzanne’s Project, Annie’s Project, business management, best management practices, business plan