Nepali women farm land they often do not own

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  Nepali women do much of the country’s farm work but often lack secure ownership of the land they tend.

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  The law provides equal property rights, but cultural norms and implementation gaps leave land ownership largely with men.

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  Women account for nearly 70 per cent of Nepal’s farming population, according to the article.

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  The 2021-22 National Agricultural Census found that 20.8 per cent of adult women involved in farming had secure ownership rights to agricultural land, compared with 42.9 per cent of men.

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  Women use practices including crop rotation, compost and natural pesticides to care for farmland.

Who

Nepali women farmers, including Binita Bishwokaarma, who says women do much of the work of caring for land.

What

Women farm land they often do not own, despite legal equality in property rights.

When

The National Agricultural Census cited is from 2021-22. The article was published on 13 October 2026.

Where

Nepal, including Bishwokaarma’s village of Sindhupalchok, east of Kathmandu.

Why

The article says cultural norms and poor implementation of legal rights contribute to unequal land ownership.

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