This research was commissioned by the Scottish Government to examine the role of women in farming and the agriculture sector in Scotland.

• Project Dates: May 2016 - March 2017
• Project Leader: Sally Shortall
• Staff: Sally Shortall, Lee-Ann Sutherland and Annie McKee, James Hutton Institute in Aberdeen. Researchers in the Scottish Government are centrally involved too.
• Sponsors: The Scottish Government

Equalities are a core priority for the Scottish Government. Farming, and the agricultural sector as a whole, is an area in which women’s contributions are often not recognised and at a leadership level women are significantly under-represented.

This project is commissioned to identify the challenges for, and potential policy tools to improve, women’s participation in farming and in the leadership of the agricultural sector.