This document synthesizes national research results obtained over nearly a year during 1993-1994 ans sets out the principal findings in the four research areas of the program, which were: Analysis of the contributions of women to food production on small agricultural units and to agricultural sector as ac whole; Analysis of agricultural sector policies and programs and their affects on rural women; evaluation of the technology utilized on small agricultural production units and the participations of women in these technological processes; A study of the roles of women in the processing and marketing of food products. Chapter I of this document looks at the contributions of women to national agricultural and food production through an analysis of secondary sources; a new estimate of total women employed in the agricultural sector is also provided. Chapters II, IlI and IV present syntheses of the principal findings of the IICA/BID Survey and other national studies on women agricultural producers. technological processes, and in the processing and marketing of the output of small production units. An estimate of women's contribution to household income and family well being is provided