Routledge Handbook of Gender and Agriculture

by Carolyn E. Sachs (Editor), Leif Jensen (Editor), Paige Castellanos (Editor), Kathleen Sexsmith (Editor)

Overview

The Routledge Handbook of Gender and Agriculture covers major theoretical issues as well as critical empirical shifts in gender and agriculture.

Gender relations in agriculture are shifting in most regions of the world with changes in the structure of agriculture, the organization of production, international restructuring of value chains, climate change, the global pandemic, and national and multinational policy changes. This book provides a cutting-edge assessment of the field of gender and agriculture, with contributions from both leading scholars and up-and-coming academics as well as policymakers and practitioners.

The handbook is organized into four parts: part 1, institutions, markets, and policies; part 2, land, labor, and agrarian transformations; part 3, knowledge, methods, and access to information; and part 4, farming people and identities. The last chapter is an epilogue from many of the contributors focusing on gender, agriculture, and shifting food systems during the coronavirus pandemic. The chapters address both historical subjects as well as ground-breaking work on gender and agriculture, which will help to chart the future of the field. The handbook has an international focus with contributions examining issues at both the global and local levels with contributors from across the world.

With contributions from leading academics, policymakers, and practitioners, and with a global outlook, the Routledge Handbook of Gender and Agriculture is an essential reference volume for scholars, students, and practitioners interested in gender and agriculture.

Chapter 13 of this book is freely available as a downloadable Open Access PDF at http://www.taylorfrancis.com under a Creative Commons Attribution-Non Commercial-No Derivatives (CC-BY-NC-ND) 4.0 license. 

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780367190019
Publisher:	Taylor & Francis
Publication date:	10/29/2020
Series:	Routledge Environment and Sustainability Handbooks
Pages:	486
Product dimensions:	6.88(w) x 9.69(h) x (d)

About the Author

Carolyn E. Sachs is Professor Emerita of Rural Sociology and Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies at Pennsylvania State University.

Leif Jensen is Distinguished Professor of Rural Sociology and Demography in the Department of Agricultural Economics, Sociology, and Education at Pennsylvania State University.

Paige Castellanos is currently an Assistant Research Professor at Pennsylvania State University in the College of Agricultural Sciences’ International Programs and Rural Sociology.

Kathleen Sexsmith is Assistant Professor of Rural Sociology and Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies at Pennsylvania State University.

Table of Contents

Part 1. Institutions, Markets and Policies for Gender and Agriculture 1. Gender Mainstreaming in Agricultural and Forestry Institutions 2. Gender Dynamics in Value Chain Development: Foundations and Gaps 3. Gender Inequalities in Food Standards 4. Food Sovereignty and Gender Equality 5. Gender Integration in Agriculture Research and Development 6. Gender, Nutrition and Food System Approaches: What can be learnt from the past? Part 2. Land, Labor, and Agrarian Transformation 7. Women’s Rights to Their Land: When Property Does Not Equal Power 8. Gender and Land Grabbing 9. Gender and Livestock Production 10. Gendered Vulnerabilities and Adaptations to Climate Change 11. Sustainability and Sustainable intensification 12. Role of Mobile Phones in Empowering Women in Agriculture 13. Gender and the Political Economy of Fish Food Systems 14. Gender, Race, and Transgenic Crops 15. Gender Dimensions in Climate Smart Agricultural Technology Uptake 16. Urban agriculture and gender Part 3. Knowledge, Methods, and Access to Information 17. Gender and Agricultural Extension 18. Feminist Methods and Methodology in Agricultural Research 19. Empowering Women Through Farmer Field Schools 20. Gender, Violence, and Food Service Workers: Bending Towards Justice 21. Farm Women’s Organizations in the United States: Protecting and Transforming Agricultural Power 22. Gendered Farming Organizations: The Value of North/South Comparisons 23. The Women’s Agricultural Empowerment Index Part 4. Farming People and Identities 24. Gender and Livelihood Strategies: A Global Perspective 25. Gender and Precarious Workers in Agriculture 26. Indigenous Women in Agriculture in Latin America 27. Queer farmers: Sexuality on the Farm 28. Women Farmers and Farm Women’s Identities 29. Health and Farm Households 30. Embodied work in agriculture 31. Migration 32. Rematriating Towards the Wombs of the World: Toward Black Feminist Agrarian Ideologies 33. Farming, Gender and Mental Health Epilogue: Gender, Agriculture, Food and the Coronavirus