This paper explores policy options for enhancing women's choices in and benefits from work in the agricultural sector by analysing emerging patterns in their role, position and problems in this sector. The discussion is divided into three sections: the first deals with a description of the quantitative and qualitative dimensions of women's work in agriculture at the All-India and State levels and the changes therein in the last decade (1993-94 to 2004-05). The second section discusses the issues and concerns that women face as agricultural workers and explores possible policy options. The final section is in the nature of a postscript and highlights the gender aspects of the two important events after 2004-05 – the global meltdown of 2007-08 and the drought of 2009.