To paraphrase what many women farmers have said to me, “We are the primary producers. But we receive very little for our hard work, because by the time our produce reaches the market, middlemen have taken the profit.
在非洲，大部分粮食是由小农妇女生产的。但饮养不良普遍存在，因为这些妇女只获得了2%的土地，并且只能得到10%的可获得延伸服务。许多农民妇女像我描述说：“我们是只要生产者。但艰苦劳动并没有给我们带来多少东西，因为当我们的产物到达市场时，利润都被中间人拿走了。但如果我们罢工抗议，非洲就会陷入饥荒。”