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“Breaking Even” under Intensification? Gendered Trade‐Offs for Women Milk Marketers in Kenya

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Title “Breaking Even” under Intensification? Gendered Trade‐Offs for Women Milk Marketers in Kenya
 
Creator Tavenner, Katie
Crane, Todd A.
Saxena, Tarangini
 
Subject climate change
food security
agriculture
livestock
gender
 
Description Despite the commonly vaunted “win‐win” prospect of combining intensified livestock production with greater gender equality, the benefits of formal marketization of livestock products are generally skewed toward men. In response to this global trend, there is a growing impetus to better understand the gender dynamics underlying women's market participation to curtail the risk of worsening gender inequalities in agricultural systems transitioning to intensified production. This study analyzes the spectrum of women's informal milk market practices in two Kenyan Counties undergoing dairy system intensification. Qualitative data were gathered from dairy stakeholders and market traders to explore the localized system of gender relations mediating women's engagement with milk markets and current practices. Results indicate that increased dairy intensification and informal market use is challenging existing gender norms and disrupting the boundaries between hegemonic (socially acceptable) and pariah (socially disruptive) gender relations. While women are generally better able to control the proceeds from their dairy labor in informal markets, they also face high social culpability and danger from engaging in illicit activities that transgress local norms. These contradictory “win‐lose” dynamics and trade‐offs highlight the contested nature of gender market relations under agricultural intensification and commercialization currently being pursued under low emissions dairy development (LEDD) in Kenya. The risk of exacerbating existing gender inequalities has profound implications for LEDD and agricultural intensification more broadly.
 
Date 2021-03
2020-12-09T13:17:25Z
2020-12-09T13:17:25Z
 
Type Journal Article
 
Identifier Tavenner K, Crane TA, Saxena T. 2021. “Breaking Even” under Intensification? Gendered Trade‐Offs for Women Milk Marketers in Kenya. Rural Sociology 86(1):110-138.
0036-0112
https://hdl.handle.net/10568/110442
FP3_EALivestockLED
FP3_LEDScaling
https://doi.org/10.1111/ruso.12345
 
Language en
 
Rights CC-BY-NC-ND-4.0
Open Access
 
Source Rural Sociology