Some key facts about women and agriculture in Bhutan:
- The population consists to 49% of women and to 51% of men;
- 62% of the women work in agriculture l The literacy rate among rural women is around 10%;
- The division of labour by gender is not rigidly fixed, as men and women can take over each other's tasks, with few exceptions, and this may vary by ethnicity;
- 70% of the land is owned by women;
- The majority of the population follows matrilineal heritage giving women an advantage in ownership of land and livestock;
- Women considerably contribute to house-hold income through farm and non-farm activities;
- Women interact closely with the natural resource environment as users of wild plants and forest products;
- As managers of home gardens, women are both managers of bio-diversity as well as providers of variety to family meals;
- Based on the assumption of a gender-equitable socialsystem, gender-segregated data arenot readily available.
