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Nepal’s first women-owned rice mill—a business model developed by women for women

The mill purchases paddy mostly from female-headed holdings, and makes, markets, and distributes non-steam rice. Sangam Prasain In 2011-12, female-headed households in Nepal, where an adult female was the sole or main income earner and decision-maker, were just 19 percent. According to the latest agriculture census, female-headed holdings nearly doubled to 32.4 percent in 10 […]