Agriculture is the backbone of the country and is considered as the largest sector of the country’s economic activity. Women farmers comprise more than a tenth of the population worldwide. On an average, women comprise 43% of the agricultural labor force in developing countries, ranging from 20% in Latin America to 50% in Eastern Asia and Sub-Africa. Women have less access to the money, inputs and services related to agriculture than men. Women have a multi-dimensional function within Indian society. They are the key participants and decision-makers in various agricultural operations such as seed sowing, transplantation, weeding, harvesting, threshing, manure application, storage of seeds and food grains, and post-harvest home-level processing. Women's challenges in agriculture represent the 'progressive collection of issues'. The problems faced by farm women are land access, lack of social status, health issues, discrimination etc. Relating to the occupational health problems of women in the agricultural sector, women suffer from ailments such as generalized body ache, cough, respiratory allergies, injuries, toxicity and other related problems.