Cotton is one of the world’s largest crops and is harvested with large, heavy machines. Robotic harvesting could yield higher-quality cotton with less damage to plants and soil.
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Agriculture is one of the most dangerous industries in the US, with workers exposed to vehicles, chemicals and heavy equipment. Women working on farms face another risk: sexual assault.
As crops fail in the rising heat, men are leaving many rural areas for migrant work in cities. Women are left to tend to the farming in increasingly dangerous conditions.
Female migrant farm workers across North America are vulnerable to sexual abuse and assault because the systems set up to temporarily employ them offer no protections or access to citizenship.
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Assistant Professor, Sociology, University of Victoria
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College Professor of Anthropology, Okanagan College
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Assistant Director of the Program in Community Action, Connecticut College
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Ph.D. Candidate in Rural Sociology & International Agriculture and Development, Penn State
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Ph.D. Candidate in Rural Sociology and Women, Gender and Sexuality Studies, Penn State
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Assistant Professor of Agricultural and Biological Engineering, Mississippi State University
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Assistant Professor of Global and Social Policy, University of Minnesota
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Assistant Professor of Rural Sociology, Penn State