Introduction: Women account for half of the world's population. A nation is never considered as developed until woman work force is utilized to its utmost potential in agriculture. The exposure of literature on gender and development confirms that women are crucial in agriculture production and that gender barriers most frequently hinder women from accessing resources and advanced technologies. Context: However, a considerable difference is present in between raising awareness of gender issues and incorporating gender as an analytical variable in research and development processes. Objective: To comprehensively review the literatures that highlighted gender disparities in agriculture, a literature review was done in order to address the nature of inequalities in the resource management, policies, decisions, and their enactment, as well as to explore the causes of such inequalities. Method: This current study is solely grounded on the secondary data acquired from Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), Periodic Labour Force Survey (PLFS) - National Statistical Office, All India Debt and Investment Survey, Ministry of Labour and Employment, Government of India and Time Use Survey. Descriptive metrics like frequency and percentage were utilized to draw conclusions from the data. Plots of lines, bars, and columns were used to graphically depict the conclusions. Results & Discussion: Results revealed that even though women directly contribute significantly in terms of physical labour and time to agriculture and related activities, gender discrimination was predominantly existing against them at all times. This was found to be true when compared to land ownership, gender-based differences in access to productive inputs and resources, a lack of labour (particularly male labour) for own farm production and agricultural productivity, unpaid care and domestic work, lower wages, and exclusion from decision-making processes. However, despite their contribution to the world's food security, development policies routinely undervalue and ignore women farmers.

Keyword: Gender discrimination; Agricultural development; Farm women; Gender inequality.