Gender, Agriculture and Agrarian Transformations: Changing Relations in Africa, Latin America and Asia

The book explores how gender relationships in agriculture are changing due to increased commodification, new value chains, technological innovations, declining viability of small-holder agriculture livelihoods, male out-migration, and climate change. It examines how these changes involve fluctuations in gendered labor and decision-making on farms and in agriculture and how they have resulted in the feminization of agriculture. Chapters uncover how women innovate and remain disadvantaged in access to land, labor, capital, and markets. The book uses new methodological approaches and intersectional analyses to explore how new agricultural innovations, technologies, and value chains reshape gender relations.

Format: Hardback
Length: 258 pages
Publication date: 04 June 2019
Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd

Gender relations in agriculture are undergoing significant transformations worldwide, driven by various factors such as increased commodification, the emergence of new value chains, technological innovations, declining viability of small-holder agriculture livelihoods, male out-migration from rural areas, and climate change. This comprehensive book explores these changes and their impact on gendered labor and decision-making in farms and agriculture. It reveals how, in many places, these transformations have led to the feminization of agriculture, particularly in the face of unprecedented climate change.

Chapters in the book shed light on both the successful innovations by women in agriculture and the ongoing disadvantages they face compared to men in terms of access to land, labor, capital, and markets. By drawing from case studies across Africa, Latin America, and Asia, the book interrogates how new agricultural innovations, technologies, and value chains reshape gender relations.

Employing innovative methodological approaches and intersectional analyses, this book offers valuable insights to students and scholars of agriculture, gender, sustainable development, and environmental studies. It provides a comprehensive understanding of the complex dynamics shaping gender relations in agriculture and offers potential solutions to promote gender equality and sustainable agricultural practices.

Weight: 532g
Dimension: 240 x 162 x 20 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9781138384941