In 2022, the budget allocation for 'leasing automated agricultural machineries for small farmers' increased due to the gender budget statement in which it is reported that the proportion of women farmers among the beneficiaries is increasing and that in 2021, the allocated amount for that budget measure was depleted well before the end date due to an upsurge of female participants. In Korea, wemon are over-represented in small-scale farming, heavily dependent on traditional ways of farming because of their lack of access to automated agricultural machineries.