Sachs Carolyn E. - Routledge Handbook of Gender and Agriculture

ROUTLEDGE HANDBOOK OF GENDER AND AGRICULTURE

The Routledge Handbook of Gender and Agriculture covers major theoretical issues as well as critical empirical shifts in gender and agriculture.

Gender relations in agriculture are shifting in most regions of the world with changes in the structure of agriculture, the organization of production, international restructuring of value chains, climate change, the global pandemic, and national and multinational policy changes. 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.

The handbook is organized into four parts: , farming people and identities. The last chapter is an epilogue from many of the contributors focusing on gender, agriculture, and shifting food systems during the coronavirus pandemic. The chapters address both historical subjects as well as ground-breaking work on gender and agriculture, which will help to chart the future of the field. The handbook has an international focus with contributions examining issues at both the global and local levels with contributors from across the world.

With contributions from leading academics, policymakers, and practitioners, and with a global outlook, the Routledge Handbook of Gender and Agriculture is an essential reference volume for scholars, students, and practitioners interested in gender and agriculture.

Carolyn E. Sachs is Professor Emerita of Rural Sociology and Womens, Gender, and Sexuality Studies at Pennsylvania State University.

Leif Jensen is Distinguished Professor of Rural Sociology and Demography in the Department of Agricultural Economics, Sociology, and Education at Pennsylvania State University.

Paige Castellanos is currently an Assistant Research Professor at Pennsylvania State University in the College of Agricultural Sciences International Programs and Rural Sociology.

Kathleen Sexsmith is Assistant Professor of Rural Sociology and Womens, Gender, and Sexuality Studies at Pennsylvania State University.

ROUTLEDGE HANDBOOK OF GENDER AND AGRICULTURE

Edited by
Carolyn E. Sachs, Leif Jensen,
Paige Castellanos, and Kathleen Sexsmith

First published 2021
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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Names: Sachs, Carolyn E., 1950- editor. | Jensen, Leif, editor. | Castellanos, Paige, editor.
Title: Routledge handbook of gender and agriculture/edited by Carolyn E. Sachs, Leif Jensen, Paige Castellanos and Kathleen Sexsmith.
Identifiers: LCCN 2020020062 (print) | LCCN 2020020063 (ebook) | ISBN 9780367190019 (hardback) | ISBN 9780429199752 (ebook)
Subjects: LCSH: AgricultureEconomic aspectsCase studies. | Land usePlanningCase studies. | Women in agricultureCase studies.
Classification: LCC HD1415 .R68 2020 (print) | LCC HD1415 (ebook) | DDC 338.1082dc23
LC record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2020020062
LC ebook record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2020020063

ISBN: 978-0-367-19001-9 (hbk)
ISBN: 978-0-429-19975-2 (ebk)

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CONTENTS

Carolyn E. Sachs, Leif Jensen, Paige Castellanos, and Kathleen Sexsmith

PART 1
Institutions, markets, and policies for gender and agriculture

Seema Arora-Jonsson and Stephanie Leder

Rhiannon Pyburn and Froukje Kruijssen

Carmen Bain

Anne Portman

Margreet van der Burg

Julie Newton

PART 2
Land, labor, and agrarian transformation

Peggy Petrzelka

Youjin B. Chung

Elizabeth Ransom and Forrest Stagner

Margaret Alston

Cornelia Flora

Surabhi Mittal

Surendran Rajaratnam, Molly Ahern, and Cynthia McDougall

Amanda Shaw

Mamta Mehar

Hannah Whitley

PART 3
Knowledge, methods, and access to information

Mary Barbercheck

Ann R. Tickamyer

Afrina Choudhury and Paige Castellanos

Patricia Allen and Whitney Shervey

Angie Carter

Sally Shortall and Margaret Adesugba

Elena M. Martinez, Emily C. Myers, and Audrey Pereira

PART 4
Farming people and identities

Margaret Adesugba, Elizabeth Oughton, and Sally Shortall

Kathleen Sexsmith and Megan A. M. Griffin

Diana Gabriela Lope-Alzina

Michaela Hoffelmeyer

Hannah Whitley and Kathryn Brasier

Nari Senanayake and Celia Ritter

Berit Brandth

Emily M.L. Southard and Leif Jensen

Shakara Tyler

Lia Bryant

We would like to thank Deanna Behring, Assistant Dean and Director of International Programs at Penn State College of Agricultural Sciences. She and her office staff have provided tremendous support for this project, with a special acknowledgment to Ty Butler and his work in organizing the workshop for the book. We would also like to thank CGIAR for their support of the Gender Research Intensive Training for gender post-doctoral scholars at Penn State and their support for the workshop for the book. Jacqueline Ashby spawned the original idea for this training, which has enabled us to bring together a dynamic group of interdisciplinary scholars at Penn State. Since that time, we have formed Gender Equity in Agricultural Research and Education (GEARE). This dynamic and growing network supports new research on innovative and sustainable gender-integrated development practices and works to build gender-focused capacity among scholars, practitioners, and producers. We also acknowledge the support of the Strategic Networks and Initiatives Program and Gary Thompson in the Office of Research and Graduate Education at Penn States College of Agriculture. We would also like to deeply thank all of the women and men (or people) across the world who work hard, often under trying circumstances, to produce food for us all.

Margaret Adesugba is a Commonwealth Scholar and Ph.D. candidate at the Centre for Rural Economy, Newcastle University. She also holds an MSc. in Agricultural Development Economics with distinction from the University of Reading, UK, as a Diageo Foundation Scholar and a BSc. (Agriculture) with first-class honors from Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria, Nigeria. Her research focuses on gender and agriculture in the Global South and North, specifically, gender inequality, agricultural and rural development policies and programs, sustainable livelihoods in rural geographies, rural institutions, and institutional arrangements, the influence of community-based cooperatives, collective action, vulnerabilities, and resilience.