Integrating women into sustainable coffee production: Indonesia and Vietnam

Women are the mainstay of Indonesia's coffee production. An extensive gender survey conducted in Northern Sumatra revealed that women constitute up to 80 percent of labor on coffee farms. It was also identified however that women are often excluded from farmer training and other personal development opportunities. The survey also identified the barriers to female participation and gave recommendations on how to target women in agricultural extension work. In response to the findings, ECOM and IFC adopted a gender sensitive approach in order to increase women's farming skills and improve overall productivity and quality of coffee.