WOMEN comprise half of humanity. For thousands of years before the Industrial Revolution in the 19th century, women cultivated crops that ensured a healthy diet and provided fuel and medicine for communities all over the world.
A recent United Nations (UN) report noted that to this day food production in Africa and Asia, is largely in the hands of women. Seventy percent of the food in Africa is grown by women, 50 to 60 percent in Asia.
Presidential Proclamation No. 1105 declared October 15 of every year as National Rural Women’s Day to recognize the role and contributions of rural women to our country’s economic development and food security. The Department of Agriculture (DA), in conjunction with other government agencies and non-government organizations (NGOs), leads the annual celebration of National Rural Women’s Day. Highlight of this year’s affair is the presentation of awards to the regional winners of the Search for the "
Katangi-Tanging Kababaihan sa Kanayunan (Rural Women Models)."
National Rural Women’s Day is a day for our rural women to celebrate life. It proclaims their creative and nourishing power to promote and secure humanity’s survival in the centuries to come. Truly, it is a special day for women in the countryside.
