Social reproduction: the sidelined aspect in gender and agricultural research
IntroductionThis study explores women’s agribusiness by employing feminist theories to gain an understanding of the gender dimension of business beyond economic value, including non-material and non-market aspects associated with social reproduction.MethodsWe conducted fieldwork between July and Oct...
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| author | Nozomi Kawarazuka Pham Thi Hoa Le Thi Thanh Huyen Bui Trang Esther Leah Achandi |
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| description | IntroductionThis study explores women’s agribusiness by employing feminist theories to gain an understanding of the gender dimension of business beyond economic value, including non-material and non-market aspects associated with social reproduction.MethodsWe conducted fieldwork between July and October 2021 in Vietnam through in-depth interviews with 16 women entrepreneurs in towns on the border with China, who engage in livestock-trading, and in the Central Highlands, who engage in domestic and international horticultural trade.ResultsOur findings confirm that women entrepreneurs manage their business, family, and family relations together as one consolidated commitment in flexible, informal, and creative ways. Research focusing solely on economic analyses obscures not only women’s hidden labor and time in the household that enable men to dominate agribusiness, but also women’s resistance to male-privileged agribusiness.DiscussionPositioning social reproduction at the center of women’s economic activities enables researchers to have a full picture of how male-privileged agri-food systems are sustained, which is the first step towards disrupting existing inequalities in agri-food systems. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-7ad6ad5a5ab1463fbf69c274fa1b20972023-08-31T10:20:00ZengFrontiers Media S.A.Frontiers in Sustainable Food Systems2571-581X2023-08-01710.3389/fsufs.2023.12204861220486Social reproduction: the sidelined aspect in gender and agricultural researchNozomi Kawarazuka0Pham Thi Hoa1Le Thi Thanh Huyen2Bui Trang3Esther Leah Achandi4Social and Nutritional Sciences Division, International Potato Center, CGIAR, Hanoi, VietnamLam Dong Crop Production and Plant Protection Sub Department, Lam Dong, VietnamNational Institute of Animal Science, Hanoi, VietnamSocial and Nutritional Sciences Division, International Potato Center, CGIAR, Hanoi, VietnamInternational Livestock Research Institute, CGIAR, Addis Ababa, EthiopiaIntroductionThis study explores women’s agribusiness by employing feminist theories to gain an understanding of the gender dimension of business beyond economic value, including non-material and non-market aspects associated with social reproduction.MethodsWe conducted fieldwork between July and October 2021 in Vietnam through in-depth interviews with 16 women entrepreneurs in towns on the border with China, who engage in livestock-trading, and in the Central Highlands, who engage in domestic and international horticultural trade.ResultsOur findings confirm that women entrepreneurs manage their business, family, and family relations together as one consolidated commitment in flexible, informal, and creative ways. Research focusing solely on economic analyses obscures not only women’s hidden labor and time in the household that enable men to dominate agribusiness, but also women’s resistance to male-privileged agribusiness.DiscussionPositioning social reproduction at the center of women’s economic activities enables researchers to have a full picture of how male-privileged agri-food systems are sustained, which is the first step towards disrupting existing inequalities in agri-food systems.https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fsufs.2023.1220486/fullfeminist approachesentrepreneurshipCOVID-19agribusinessVietnam |
| spellingShingle | Nozomi Kawarazuka Pham Thi Hoa Le Thi Thanh Huyen Bui Trang Esther Leah Achandi Social reproduction: the sidelined aspect in gender and agricultural research Frontiers in Sustainable Food Systems feminist approaches entrepreneurship COVID-19 agribusiness Vietnam |
| title | Social reproduction: the sidelined aspect in gender and agricultural research |
| title_full | Social reproduction: the sidelined aspect in gender and agricultural research |
| title_fullStr | Social reproduction: the sidelined aspect in gender and agricultural research |
| title_full_unstemmed | Social reproduction: the sidelined aspect in gender and agricultural research |
| title_short | Social reproduction: the sidelined aspect in gender and agricultural research |
| title_sort | social reproduction the sidelined aspect in gender and agricultural research |
| topic | feminist approaches entrepreneurship COVID-19 agribusiness Vietnam |
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