Women and smallholder farming: Addressing global inequities in agriculture / edited by Carolyn Sachs, Paige Castellanos.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Sachs, Carolyn.

Series:

Burleigh Dodds Series in Agricultural Science, 2059-6944 ; 163

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Agriculture--Economic aspects.

Agriculture.

Agricultural Economics.

Local Subjects:

Agricultural Economics.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (593 pages)

Edition:

1st ed. 2025.

Place of Publication:

Cambridge, UK : Burleigh Dodds Science Publishing Limited : Imprint: Burleigh Dodds Science Publishing, 2025.

System Details:

Mode of access: World Wide Web.

Summary:

There are an estimated 500 million smallholder farmers across the world, of which a considerable percentage of women. Despite their large numbers and important roles, women smallholders remain largely unsupported and their contribution to agriculture is often devalued because of their sex. Women and smallholder farming: Addressing global inequities in agriculture provides a comprehensive overview of the main obstacles and challenges women smallholders continue to face, such as restricted access to markets and education, as well as a lack of control over assets and property rights. The book also assesses the impact of sociocultural factors on women smallholder farmers in different regions around the world, including Africa, Asia, Latin America and the Middle East. In highlighting these issues, the book considers how key stakeholders across the agri-food supply chain can support, empower and sufficiently compensate women smallholder farmers for their contribution to agriculture.

Contents:

Women and smallholder farming : addressing global inequities in agriculture

Contents

Series list

Introduction

Part 1. Women smallholders and global agricultural production

Chapter 1. Women smallholders and global agricultural production

Chapter 2. Women smallholder farmers and the achievement of the UN Sustainable Development Goals

Chapter 3. The adoption of climate change mitigation strategies by women smallholder farmers

Part 2. Sociocultural factors and their effects on women smallholder farmers

Chapter 4. Socio-cultural factors and women smallholder farmers’ empowerment in Uganda

Chapter 5. Sociocultural factors affecting women smallholders: the case of ethnic minority women in the highlands of Southeast Asia

Chapter 6. Women smallholder farmers in South America, Central America and the Caribbean

Chapter 7. The impact of sociocultural factors on women smallholder farmers: Middle East and North Africa

Part 3. Gender negotiations for women smallholders

Chapter 8. Rebranding and reconstructing masculinity in agriculture: an overview

Chapter 9. Sexuality and small-scale farmers

Chapter 10. Negotiating the intersection of gender and race in agriculture

Chapter 11. Agriculture, power and gender-based violence in the Dedza and Salima districts of Malawi

Chapter 12. The impact of migration on women smallholders in Ghana

Part 4. Facilitating access to resources and technology

Chapter 13. Addressing gender inequities in accessing agricultural extension and advisory services

Chapter 14. Women smallholders and technology: facilitating access to improve farm productivity and profitability

Chapter 15. Advancing a feminist intersectional lens in gender transformative work with women smallholder farmers

Chapter 16. Financial support for women smallholders: experience in Bangladesh

Chapter 17. Approaches to strengthen women’s land rights and tenure security through agricultural programming

Chapter 18. Supporting women smallholder farmers: the role of the public and private sector

Part 5. Case studies

Chapter 19. Women smallholder farmers and water resource management

Chapter 20. Women smallholder farmers growing horticultural crops

Chapter 21. Women smallholder farmers growing beverage crops

Chapter 22. Enhancing gender equality in agroforestry systems

Chapter 23. Women in smallholder pig farming: negotiating inequalities in Uganda’s pig value chains

Chapter 24. Supporting women smallholders involved in small-scale chicken production

Index.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.

ISBN:

1-80146-807-9

1-80146-806-0

9781801468060

OCLC:

1543178414