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Methodologies for Researching Feminization of Agriculture: What Do They Tell Us?

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Title Methodologies for Researching Feminization of Agriculture: What Do They Tell Us?
 
Creator Farnworth, C.R.
Lecoutere, E.
Galiè, A.
Van Campenhout, B.
Elias, M.
Ihalainen, M.
Roeven, L.
Bharati, P.
Paez Valencia, A.M.
Crossland, M.
Vinceti, B.
Monterroso, I.
 
Subject gender
agriculture
research
methodologies
 
Description An increasing body of literature suggests that agriculture is ‘feminizing’ in many low- and middle-income countries. Definitions of the feminization of agriculture vary, as do interpretations of what drives the expansion of women’s roles in agriculture over time. Understanding whether, how, and why the feminization of agriculture is occurring requires effective research methodologies capable of producing nuanced data. This article builds on six research projects that set out to deepen narratives of feminization of agriculture by empirically exploring the dynamics and impacts of diverse processes of feminization of agriculture. The researchers working on these projects reflect on how their methodological innovations enabled them to obtain new, or more nuanced, insights into the processes of feminization of agriculture. A first insight is that the way ‘feminization of agriculture’ is defined and operationalized plays a decisive role in the evidence we produce on the process. Second, bias in data on feminization can arise unless researchers examine well-recognized gender norms that mediate whether women are acknowledged by wider society as legitimate farmers. Third, the feminization of agriculture should be understood as a non-linear continuum. Research methodologies need to be capable of capturing dynamics, complexity, as well as multiple and diverse context- and time-specific drivers. Researchers need to exercise critical awareness of such biases when they are constructing data to measure or proxy aspects of feminization to avoid significantly underestimating women’s roles in agriculture.
 
Date 2023-07
2023-12-22T08:42:22Z
2023-12-22T08:42:22Z
 
Type Journal Article
 
Identifier Farnworth, C. R., Lecoutere, E., Galiè, A., Van Campenhout, B., Elias, M., Ihalainen, M., Roeven, L., Bharati, P., Valencia, A. M. P., Crossland, M., Vinceti, B., & Monterroso, I. (2023). Methodologies for Researching Feminization of Agriculture: What Do They Tell Us? Progress in Development Studies, 23(3), 294-316. https://doi.org/10.1177/14649934231173821
1464-9934
https://hdl.handle.net/10568/135829
https://doi.org/10.1177/14649934231173821
 
Language en
 
Rights CC-BY-NC-4.0
Open Access
 
Format 294-316
 
Source Progress in Development Studies