India, June 19 -- The International Year of the Woman Farmer 2026 reframes food sovereignty as a justice-driven transformation of global food systems, centring women as leaders, knowledge keepers, and climate adapters.

It highlights how women's unpaid, often invisible labour sustains farms, biodiversity, and nutrition.

It demands structural reforms in land rights, resources, and decision-making to build resilient, equitable, and ecologically balanced futures.

Food sovereignty is emerging as a powerful framework that goes far beyond the contents of a plate. At its core, it is about reclaiming control over what is grown, what is consumed, and how communities sustain their health and ecosystems while placing women farmers at the centre of...