Agritech – Possibilities for Women Economic Empowerment in Bosnia and Herzegovina

Agritech is offering new energy into agriculture, since digital technologies are revolutionising it by providing improved access to inputs, finance, markets and weather information. The barriers that women face in agriculture sector can be significantly reduced by digital technology and therefore question could be raised - does agritech has the potential to facilitate women’s economic empowerment with the right policies and programmes in place? In this article we will argue this question in general, yet further focusing on specific context of Bosnia and Herzegovina. According to official data 16% of the total number of working women in B&H (2020) are employed in agriculture, with estimates of a large number of women whose activities in agriculture are informal. Our intention is to domesticate chances for agritech potentials of economic empowerment for women in B&H, implying its long-term efects on the overall economic development of the country.