A significant proportion of the world’s smallholder farmers are women (HLPE, 2013; Othman et al., 2021). According to a 2023 report by the Food and Agriculture Organisation of the United Nations (UN-FAO), 36% of all women employed globally are based in the agricultural sector (FAO, 2023). This figure is even greater for sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) – like much of the Global South – where 66% of women are employed in agrifood systems, compared to 60% of men (FAO, 2023). In addition, studies show that women, particularly in rural and low-income regions and communities, contribute a large proportion of smallholder farm labour (Geleta et al., 2018; Nchanji et al., 2020). Despite this high involvement, many women remain unrecognised as standalone farmers across different agricultural spheres. Even in cases where women smallholders receive recognition, their contributions to farming tend to be underreported, undervalued and underpaid (Doss, 2011; FAO, 2023). Moreover, prevailing gender norms in rural areas imply that women still remain largely responsible for household and caregiving responsibilities, thereby causing them to be overburdened with their multiple responsibilities at home and on the farm (Aregu et al., 2019; Ganguly et al., 2019). This situation is more pronounced in climate-affected, low-income settings where women are reported to experience more time poverty due to needing to source household fuel, water and other domestic resources for family upkeep (Sultana, 2018; USAID, 2020).