Agri-Business
Farms are usually run by teams - rarely reflected in herd number names, often explaining the lack of female representation at board level.
Tenders have now opened for the establishment of a development programme for female rural entrepreneurs following the allocation of funding from the Department of Agriculture.
Karen Brosnan, chair of Ceres, writes that agricultural cultures must become increasingly open to challenging gender and other stereotypes.
Ceres, the goddess of agriculture, is the muse behind a new women in agri-business leadership network, that aims to inspire another generation of role models
