Women and Agriculture

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Across
  1. 3. Cattle, ____, and dairy products are the top 3 US farm products.
  2. 8. This state has the most women farmers.
  3. 11. Women principal operators sold $12.9 billion in ______ products in 2012.
  4. 12. The second largest farming type for women farmers is ______.
  5. 13. About 8 percent of US farms market foods _____.
  6. 14. Nationally, women were 30 percent of _____.
Down
  1. 1. Women operated 62.7 million ______ of farmland.
  2. 2. In many societies around the world, ____, tradition and access bar women from owning and inheriting land.
  3. 4. Women principal operators tend to be _______.
  4. 5. Empowering and investing in rural women has been shown to increase _____, reduce hunger, and improve rural livelihoods.
  5. 6. In developing worlds, women are the _____ of the rural economy.
  6. 7. Farms with women operators tend to be ____ than farms overall.
  7. 9. At 45 percent, this state has the highest percentage of women farmers.
  8. 10. About 99 percent of US farms are operated by ______.
  9. 12. About a fourth of women farmers specialize in combination _____ farming.