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A feminist political ecology of agricultural innovations in smallholder farming systems: Experiences from wheat production in Morocco and Uzbekistan

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Title A feminist political ecology of agricultural innovations in smallholder farming systems: Experiences from wheat production in Morocco and Uzbekistan
 
Creator Najjar, Dina
Nyantakyi-Frimpong, Hanson
Devkota, Rachana
Abderrahim, Bentaibi
 
Subject wheat
technology adoption
Wheat
innovations
feminist political ecology
 
Description A clear consensus has emerged that innovations are important for adapting to drought and overcoming other biophysical limitations in smallholder farming systems; however, women are notably marginalized from agricultural innovations. We examine whether and how gendered roles and responsibilities shape the adoption and usage of improved wheat varieties and simultaneously uncover opportunities to address and lessen gender-based differences in agricultural innovations. The field data were collected using snowball sampling from seven communities (three in Morocco and four in Uzbekistan) among 574 farmers (half men and half women) of different generations, genders, social statuses, and social classes. Our findings demonstrate how the complex interactions of biophysical constraints, intra-household (spousal and kinship) relations, and the broader macro-level political economy of agriculture converge to influence different identities of women and men farmers’ wheat production and processing practices. We argue that without focusing on the socio-cultural factors affecting agriculture, new seed varieties alone cannot address the multifaceted problems confronting farmers in all parts of the world.
 
Date 2023-11-01
2023-09-27T16:24:02Z
2023-09-27T16:24:02Z
 
Type Journal Article
 
Identifier Dina Najjar, Hanson Nyantakyi-Frimpong, Rachana Devkota, Bentaibi Abderrahim. (1/11/2023). A feminist political ecology of agricultural innovations in smallholder farming systems: Experiences from wheat production in Morocco and Uzbekistan. Geoforum, 146.
0016-7185
https://hdl.handle.net/10568/132038
https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.geoforum.2023.103865
 
Language en
 
Rights CC-BY-4.0
Open Access
 
Format application/pdf
 
Publisher Elsevier
 
Source Geoforum