Feminization of Agriculture : Trends and Driving Forces

By S. Lastarría-Cornhiel. 2006

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Women's work in agriculture has become more visible over the last few decades. In part, this is due to research and data collection that has attempted to more accurately measure women's activities in rural areas. But, more importantly, women have broadened and deepened their involvement in agricultural production over the last few decades as they increasingly shoulder the responsibility for household survival and respond to economic opportunities in commercial agriculture. This trend has been called the feminization of agriculture. This paper will describe how women have increased their labor in two types of agricultural production -- smallholder production and agro-export agriculture -- and the economic and socio-cultural forces that are driving this trend. Finally, this paper examines whether women's participation in income-producing activities, whether as wage workers or as family workers in cash cropping, contributes to empowerment and improves their status within the household.

Subfields: Agronomy and Crop Science, General Agricultural and Biological Sciences

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In Agronomy and Crop Science

  1. L. Visser
  2. A. Niehof
  3. H. Gartaula

In General Agricultural and Biological Sciences

  1. L. Visser
  2. A. Niehof
  3. H. Gartaula
  4. G. Schroth
  5. F. Ruf

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