Gender in family farming: an analysis of women's participation in the district of Angónia/ Género na agricultura familiar: uma análise da participação da mulher no distrito de Angónia
Family farming is fundamental to guaranteeing food security throughout the world and the practitioners of this activity are the target of many obstacles to their own development, especially women. Most women do not have legal ownership of the land they use for agriculture, and generally, the land is...
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| Tipo de recurso: | artículo |
| Estado: | Versión publicada |
| Fecha de publicación: | 2022 |
| País: | Brasil |
| Institución: | Instituto Superior de Educação Vera Cruz (VeraCruz) |
| Repositorio: | Revista Veras |
| Idioma: | inglés |
| OAI Identifier: | oai:ojs2.ojs.brazilianjournals.com.br:article/46515 |
| Acceso en línea: | https://ojs.brazilianjournals.com.br/ojs/index.php/BRJD/article/view/46515 |
| Access Level: | acceso abierto |
| Palabra clave: | family farming Women's Participation decision-making. |
| Sumario: | Family farming is fundamental to guaranteeing food security throughout the world and the practitioners of this activity are the target of many obstacles to their own development, especially women. Most women do not have legal ownership of the land they use for agriculture, and generally, the land is owned by their husbands with the advantage that husbands often have more schooling than women, and more. In recognition of the sector's challenges, the Mozambican government has prepared and enacted legal instruments that proclaim and defend women's human rights, particularly, and value peasants, in general, regarding the right of access to land. This text analyzes the participation of women in family farming in the district of Angónia. The district is characterized by a total population of 472,164 inhabitants of which 228,441 inhabitants are male. Family farming is the main agricultural activity practiced by smallholder farmers mostly organized in agricultural associations and clubs (strata that make up the association). A focus group discussion and 33 surveys were carried out with the aim of understanding the decision-making power of smallholders in family farming, especially women. The surveys were aimed at members of the Kabango and Chipindu clubs, which are members, respectively, of the Chigwirizano and Canhanja farmers' associations. The focal discussion groups were conducted at the district headquarters and involved smallholder farmers and producers from different associations. The data lead us to conclude that women have little participation in decisions about the activities of the family farming sector, from the definition of the means of production to be used, to the use of the income obtained from the sale of crops. Due to factors such as schooling, social conceptions and jealousy, women are limited to making decisions and, therefore, men's decisions are the most accepted and respected. |
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