What similarity exists between sub-Saharan Africa and Southeast Asia that can explain the data presented in the graph? Women own or rent much of the land cultivated for plantation crops, such as cacao, coffee, or tea.

In the subsistence-based rural economies in these regions, female farmers produce much of the food that their families need for survival.

In rural agricultural regions, women control the political and social lives of the community and consider farming as their primary role.

In tropical regions, soil and climate conditions are so favorable that little labor is required to farm crops.

In the shifting cultivation found in rainforest regions, women do the work of claiming land and clearing the forest of trees.