Education and economic resources in rural women in Peru

Education is an important resource for women who are able to empower themselves in agricultural activities for the good of their families and society. They perform various functions in agro-export companies, which are a source of employment for large masses of labor, which is why the research aims to determine if education contributes to increasing the economic resources of rural women. The study method is applied type, socio-critical paradigm, with a correlational quantitative approach, under a sample population of 211 surveyed women who live in the rural area of Cañete in Peru. Pearson correlation was used to determine the relationship between the variable education and economic resources, as well as the dimensions agriculture and poverty. Evidence in the results that there is a positive correlation between the variables and the dimensions where field work is an alternative for women lacking higher education who manage to generate economic income. It is concluded that education is positive and good in rural women who carry out agricultural activities, being they trained to work in them, even when they are restricted by Covid-19, obtaining economic resources in times of pandemic is an advantage that favors their economy.