Iran - Women, agriculture and rural development Access to agricultural resources and services Access to agricultural resources and services Land. Although there are no legal restrictions on women's land ownership, there are few women land owners. When women do own land, existing social and cultural norms tend to prevent them from acting independently in seeking loans or referring to government organizations.
Rural women play a very important role in animal husbandry.
In parts of the country, rural women are involved in tree planting, and the MOJ has provided training courses in different aspects of forestry for rural women. Data on loans by the Agricultural Bank of Iran are not gender-disaggregated. Since loans are provided on land mortgage and women ordinarily do not possess land, it can be assumed that few women have received loans and credit. However, in recent years the Agricultural Bank has extended credit to women carpet-weavers and women members of cooperative societies. Extension services and agricultural training.