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On today’s Spotlight we will look at how women are creating food security for the future and improving the communities around them.
在今天的重点报道节目中，我们将看看女性是如何为未来创造粮食安全并改善她们周围的社区的。
We will look at the potato and gender around the world.
我们将看看世界各地有关土豆与性别的事件。
In Cameroon, farmers have grown potatoes for over 100 years.
在喀麦隆，农民种植土豆的历史已有100多年。
Today, potatoes are the fifth largest crop there.
如今，土豆是喀麦隆的第五大作物。
In 1992, 70 percent of the potato farmers in Cameroon were women.
1992年，喀麦隆70%的土豆种植者是女性。
But estimates today say that 90 percent are women.
但据估计，如今90%的土豆种植者是女性。
Here, women usually care for their own farms.
在这里，女人通常照看自己的农场。
Their farms are usually independent from men’s.
她们的农场通常独立于男人的农场。
Selling the potatoes is another important area for women.
卖土豆是女性的另一个重要领域。
Women in these areas have developed successful marketing methods.
这些地区的女人发展出了成功的营销方法。
And selling the potatoes provides jobs for many people.
卖土豆为许多人提供了就业机会。
Women are also responsible for increasing and saving different kinds of potato plants.
女人还负责增加和保存不同种类的土豆植株。
They make sure that people can continue to grow better crops.
它们确保人们能够继续种植更好的作物。
Women in the country of Peru also hold this responsibility.
秘鲁的女人也负有这一责任。
Potatoes probably first grew in Peru.
土豆最早可能生长在秘鲁。
So there are already many different kinds of potato there.
所以那里已经有很多不同种类的土豆了。
Keeping these different kinds, or varieties, of the plants is very important.
保存这些不同种类的土豆是非常重要的。
Information from the International Year of the Potato says that more plant varieties can help to create food security.
来自国际土豆年的信息显示，更多的土豆品种有助于创造粮食安全。
Women in Peru choose plant varieties to save.
秘鲁妇女选择不同的土豆品种来保存。
They breed these plants together to form new, stronger, varieties.
她们一起培育这些植株，形成新的、更强壮的品种。
For example, some kinds of potatoes can resist particular kinds of weather better.
例如，某些种类的土豆能够更好地抵抗特定的天气。
In Peru, women are responsible for much of the family farm work.
在秘鲁，妇女负责大部分家庭农活。
This is because many men have moved to cities.
这是因为许多男人都去城市里了。
Some people worry that women are carrying too much responsibility.
有些人担心女性肩负着太多的责任。
They believe it is not healthy.
他们认为这是不健康的。
And they believe the labour and responsibility must be separated between men and women more equally.
他们认为劳动和责任必须在男性和女性之间更平等地分开。
