托福阅读背景知识：增强女性在农业领域的力量.doc

托福阅读背景知识：增强女性在农业领域的力量 小马过河为大家准备了“托福阅读背景知识：增强女性在农业领域的力量”， 供各位备考托福的考生们参考使用，来提高自己的托福成绩！免费咨询电话：400-0123-267。 　　A humanitarian group says if women farmers had the same rights as men much more could be done to reduce world hunger. Bread for the World says equal access to agricultural resources would help ensure food security and boost economic growth. 　　一个人道主义组织表示，如果女性农民拥有和男性农民同样的权利，那么在减少世界饥饿方面就可以取得更大的成就。“面包为世界”组织说，平等地获得农业资源，将有助于确保粮食安全，并促进经济增长。 　　Bread for the World’s new report – Empowering Women in Agriculture – says women are “active players” in achieving the Millennium Development Goals. But Faustine Wabwire says they receive little compensation for toiling in the fields. Wabwire, a Kenyan, is the group’s foreign assistance analyst. 　　“面包为世界”组织题为“在农业领域增强女性力量”的报告说，女性是实现千年发展目标的“活跃力量”，但是该组织的外国援助分析师、肯尼亚人福斯廷?瓦布瓦尔表示，在地里辛勤劳作的女性没有得到多少补偿。 　　“Women constituted half of the agricultural labor force in not just Africa, but the developing countries as a whole. And when you think of Africa alone it’s more than 60 percent of the total agricultural labor force being provided by women,” she said. 　　她说：“不仅在非洲，在整个发展中国家，女性都占到农业劳动力的一半。当你看非洲的时候，你会发现，女性提供了整个农业劳动力的百分之60以上。” 　　Few women landowners 　　The reports says, “In most countries, women in rural areas who earn an income are more likely than men to hold seasonal, part time, and low-wage jobs. Women also receive less pay for the same work.” 　　这份报告说，在绝大多数国家，农村地区获得收入的女性，比男性更可能获得季节性、临时和低收入的工作。女性和男性做同样的工作，收入也低于男性。 　　Wabwire said women farmers lack access to seeds, fertilizer, proper tools, credit and especially land. 　　瓦布瓦尔表示，女性农民更不容易获得种子、肥料、合适的农具、贷款，尤其是土地。 　　“For most of Africa, we have about 80 percent of the population living in rural areas and they subsist on agriculture. Now women make 60 percent of the agricultural labor force and they have no access to resources. So for example, land is one good example where less than 20 percent of all landholders are women,” she said. 　　她说：“对于非洲的绝大部分地区而言，我们有大约百分之80的人口生活在农村地区，他们靠农业为生。现在女性占整个农业劳动力的百分之60