The struggles of a female subsistence farmer in Africa seem remote from our lives here in the UK, but empowering women in the developing world is in our interest.
Already, the sale of gas to Thailand has made some of them rich, without improving the lot of subsistence farmers, the majority of the population.
The spillover of research results obtained in industrialized countries by the private sector has therefore had only a limited impact on the livelihoods of subsistence farmers in developing countries.
