Which of the following explains the significance of the similarities between Asia and sub-Saharan Africa in terms of the percent of women working agriculture?

Women own or rent much of the land cultivated for plantation crops such as cacao, coffee, or tea.

Answer A: Women own or rent much of the land cultivated for plantation crops such as cacao, coffee, or tea.
A

In the subsistence-based rural economies in these regions, female farmers produce much of the food that their families need for survival.

Answer B: In the subsistence-based rural economies in these regions, female farmers produce much of the food that their families need for survival.
B

In rural agricultural regions, women control the political and social lives of the community and consider farming as their primary role.

Answer C: In rural agricultural regions, women control the political and social lives of the community and consider farming as their primary role.
C

In tropical regions soil and climate conditions are so favorable that little labor is required to farm crops.

Answer D: In tropical regions soil and climate conditions are so favorable that little labor is required to farm crops.
D

In the shifting cultivation found in rain forest regions, women do the work of claiming land and clearing the forest of trees.

livelihood strategies. Their activities typically include producing agricultural crops, tending animals, processing and preparing food, working for wages in agricultural or other rural enterprises, collecting fuel and water, engaging in trade and marketing, caring for family members and maintaining their homes. Many of these activities are not defined as “economically active employment” in national accounts but they are essential to the well- being of rural households