Routledge Handbook of Gender and Agriculture

ISBN-13: 9780367190019 / Angielski / Twarda / 2020 / 468 str.

Carolyn E. Sachs; Leif Jensen; Paige Castellanos

Opis

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. It covers major theoretical issues as well as critical empirical shifts in gender and agriculture.

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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