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Challenges and Opportunities for Women Producers and Entrepreneurs

2025 AAEA annual meeting track session

The 2025 AAEA Annual Meeting Track Session sponsored by AAEA’s Agricultural Finance and Management Section (AFM) as well as Committee on Women in Agricultural Economics Section (CWAE), “Challenges and Opportunities for Women Producers and Entrepreneurs” will examine critical issues faced by women in agriculture, focusing on credit access, management roles, and productivity.

Presentations in this session:

  • Rural and Urban Women Entrepreneurs: Disparity in Credit Needs and Credit Availability Valentina Hartarska, Auburn University
  • Exploring the role of women in farm management: a comparative analysis of decision-making, management structures, and farm characteristicsKatherine Lacy, USDA – Economic Research Service
  • Agricultural Productivity and Women Farmers: Evidence from the 2022 CensusSyed Fuad, Auburn University
  • Who Lends to Women-Owned Agribusinesses: Evidence from the Paycheck Protection ProgramKevin Kim, Mississippi State University

This session will take place on July 29 from 10:00 am 11:30 am in the Sheraton Denver Downtown Hotel in the Governors Square 12 room.

If you are interested in attending the 2025 AAEA Annual Meeting in Denver, CO, please send a completed complimentary media registration to Allison Ware in the AAEA Business Office. You can also learn more on our Annual Meeting Media Kit page or view the entire AAEA programmed schedule.

ABOUT AAEA: Established in 1910, the Agricultural & Applied Economics Association (AAEA) is the leading professional association for agricultural and applied economists, with 2,500 members in more than 60 countries. Members of the AAEA work in academic or government institutions as well as in industry and not-for-profit organizations, and engage in a variety of research, teaching, and outreach activities in the areas of agriculture, the environment, food, health, and international development. The AAEA publishes three journals, the Journal of the Agricultural and Applied Economics Association (an open access journal), the American Journal of Agricultural Economics and Applied Economic Perspectives & Policy, as well as the online magazine Choices and the online open access publication series Applied Economics Teaching Resources. To learn more, visit www.aaea.org.

Contact: Allison Ware
Senior Communications & Membership Manager 
(414) 918-3190
Email: aware@aaea.org