Women in Agriculture : The Impact of Male Out-Migration on Women’s Agency, Household Welfare, and Agricultural Productivity
Migration is transforming rural economies, landscapes, and potentially, gender relations. Migration is one of the drivers of the so-called feminization of agriculture in Latin America. This feminization has relevance for everyone given agriculture’...
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okr-10986-223862021-06-14T10:18:45Z Women in Agriculture : The Impact of Male Out-Migration on Women’s Agency, Household Welfare, and Agricultural Productivity World Bank COMMUNITIES BEEF FOOD SECURITY PRODUCTION HOUSEHOLD FOOD SECURITY HOUSEHOLD TYPES AUTONOMY PARTICIPATION EXTENSION SERVICES DESCRIPTION FAMILY POWER AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION GENDER RURAL WOMEN PROPERTY RIGHTS AGRICULTURAL DEVELOPMENT INFORMATION SERVICES WORLD FOOD PROGRAMME HOUSEHOLD FOOD POLICY INCOMES AGRICULTURE SOCIAL SCIENCE PROPERTY AGRICULTURAL EXTENSION HEALTH IFPRI PROJECT NUTRITION MARKET EGGS ANIMAL HUSBANDRY REPRESENTATION FOOD PORK LAND TENURE ECONOMICS CULTURAL NORMS RURAL ECONOMIES AGRICULTURAL OUTPUT MANAGEMENT INTERNATIONAL FOOD POLICY RESEARCH INSTITUTE LITERACY FOOD INSECURITY KNOWLEDGE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AGRICULTURAL EXTENSION SERVICES LAND EDUCATION TRAINING FOOD EXPORTS FOOD POLICY RESEARCH HOUSEHOLDS EQUALITY RURAL AREAS PARTNERS FARMS MEAT FOOD PREPARATION COMMUNITY GROUPS PRODUCTS MARITAL STATUS MIGRATION NGOS FRUITS VEGETABLES NORMS COMMUNITY LAND OWNERSHIP FAMILIES WOMEN RESEARCH AGRICULTURAL HOUSEHOLD FOOD INSECURITY EXTENSION HISTORY DOWRY FARMERS RURAL DEVELOPMENT FOODS WOMEN IN DEVELOPING COUNTRIES MIGRANTS FEMALE CROPS GENDER EQUALITY DESIGN Migration is transforming rural economies, landscapes, and potentially, gender relations. Migration is one of the drivers of the so-called feminization of agriculture in Latin America. This feminization has relevance for everyone given agriculture’s role in regional food security, national shared prosperity, and household resilience to shocks. The objective of this study is to investigate the feminization of agriculture as well as its implications for women’s agency, household welfare, and agricultural productivity. This report provides some introduction to women in agriculture, lays out the study methodology, and provides background information on migration, women, and agriculture in Guatemala. Women’s role in agriculture is even more crucial in Guatemala, which suffers from the double burden of chronic malnutrition and obesity. This analysis seeks to investigate the impact of male migration on agriculture, but also its implications for women’s agency and agricultural productivity, as mediated by factors such as land tenure and access to agricultural extension services. This analysis seeks to better understand how male out-migration is influencing women’s agency in agriculture; to understand if, when women are in control of their farms, it changes the types of decisions they make and thus the results that they obtain; and finally, to get a better sense of how these differences in agency (if any) lead to better or worse livelihood outcomes for the farm household. This study is based on a quantitative field survey conducted in August 2014, as well as qualitative focus groups and interviews conducted in May 2014 to test the questionnaire. 2015-08-13T16:44:55Z 2015-08-13T16:44:55Z 2015-05 Report http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2015/05/24569954/central-america-migration-women’s-agency-agriculture-women-agriculture-impact-male-out-migration-women’s-agency-household-welfare-agricultural-productivity http://hdl.handle.net/10986/22386 English en_US CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/ World Bank Washington, DC Economic & Sector Work Economic & Sector Work :: Women in Development and Gender Study Latin America & Caribbean Central America Guatemala |
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COMMUNITIES BEEF FOOD SECURITY PRODUCTION HOUSEHOLD FOOD SECURITY HOUSEHOLD TYPES AUTONOMY PARTICIPATION EXTENSION SERVICES DESCRIPTION FAMILY POWER AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION GENDER RURAL WOMEN PROPERTY RIGHTS AGRICULTURAL DEVELOPMENT INFORMATION SERVICES WORLD FOOD PROGRAMME HOUSEHOLD FOOD POLICY INCOMES AGRICULTURE SOCIAL SCIENCE PROPERTY AGRICULTURAL EXTENSION HEALTH IFPRI PROJECT NUTRITION MARKET EGGS ANIMAL HUSBANDRY REPRESENTATION FOOD PORK LAND TENURE ECONOMICS CULTURAL NORMS RURAL ECONOMIES AGRICULTURAL OUTPUT MANAGEMENT INTERNATIONAL FOOD POLICY RESEARCH INSTITUTE LITERACY FOOD INSECURITY KNOWLEDGE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AGRICULTURAL EXTENSION SERVICES LAND EDUCATION TRAINING FOOD EXPORTS FOOD POLICY RESEARCH HOUSEHOLDS EQUALITY RURAL AREAS PARTNERS FARMS MEAT FOOD PREPARATION COMMUNITY GROUPS PRODUCTS MARITAL STATUS MIGRATION NGOS FRUITS VEGETABLES NORMS COMMUNITY LAND OWNERSHIP FAMILIES WOMEN RESEARCH AGRICULTURAL HOUSEHOLD FOOD INSECURITY EXTENSION HISTORY DOWRY FARMERS RURAL DEVELOPMENT FOODS WOMEN IN DEVELOPING COUNTRIES MIGRANTS FEMALE CROPS GENDER EQUALITY DESIGN |
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COMMUNITIES BEEF FOOD SECURITY PRODUCTION HOUSEHOLD FOOD SECURITY HOUSEHOLD TYPES AUTONOMY PARTICIPATION EXTENSION SERVICES DESCRIPTION FAMILY POWER AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION GENDER RURAL WOMEN PROPERTY RIGHTS AGRICULTURAL DEVELOPMENT INFORMATION SERVICES WORLD FOOD PROGRAMME HOUSEHOLD FOOD POLICY INCOMES AGRICULTURE SOCIAL SCIENCE PROPERTY AGRICULTURAL EXTENSION HEALTH IFPRI PROJECT NUTRITION MARKET EGGS ANIMAL HUSBANDRY REPRESENTATION FOOD PORK LAND TENURE ECONOMICS CULTURAL NORMS RURAL ECONOMIES AGRICULTURAL OUTPUT MANAGEMENT INTERNATIONAL FOOD POLICY RESEARCH INSTITUTE LITERACY FOOD INSECURITY KNOWLEDGE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AGRICULTURAL EXTENSION SERVICES LAND EDUCATION TRAINING FOOD EXPORTS FOOD POLICY RESEARCH HOUSEHOLDS EQUALITY RURAL AREAS PARTNERS FARMS MEAT FOOD PREPARATION COMMUNITY GROUPS PRODUCTS MARITAL STATUS MIGRATION NGOS FRUITS VEGETABLES NORMS COMMUNITY LAND OWNERSHIP FAMILIES WOMEN RESEARCH AGRICULTURAL HOUSEHOLD FOOD INSECURITY EXTENSION HISTORY DOWRY FARMERS RURAL DEVELOPMENT FOODS WOMEN IN DEVELOPING COUNTRIES MIGRANTS FEMALE CROPS GENDER EQUALITY DESIGN World Bank Women in Agriculture : The Impact of Male Out-Migration on Women’s Agency, Household Welfare, and Agricultural Productivity |
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Migration is transforming rural
economies, landscapes, and potentially, gender relations.
Migration is one of the drivers of the so-called
feminization of agriculture in Latin America. This
feminization has relevance for everyone given agriculture’s
role in regional food security, national shared prosperity,
and household resilience to shocks. The objective of this
study is to investigate the feminization of agriculture as
well as its implications for women’s agency, household
welfare, and agricultural productivity. This report provides
some introduction to women in agriculture, lays out the
study methodology, and provides background information on
migration, women, and agriculture in Guatemala. Women’s role
in agriculture is even more crucial in Guatemala, which
suffers from the double burden of chronic malnutrition and
obesity. This analysis seeks to investigate the impact of
male migration on agriculture, but also its implications for
women’s agency and agricultural productivity, as mediated by
factors such as land tenure and access to agricultural
extension services. This analysis seeks to better understand
how male out-migration is influencing women’s agency in
agriculture; to understand if, when women are in control of
their farms, it changes the types of decisions they make and
thus the results that they obtain; and finally, to get a
better sense of how these differences in agency (if any)
lead to better or worse livelihood outcomes for the farm
household. This study is based on a quantitative field
survey conducted in August 2014, as well as qualitative
focus groups and interviews conducted in May 2014 to test
the questionnaire. |
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Women in Agriculture : The Impact of Male Out-Migration on Women’s Agency, Household Welfare, and Agricultural Productivity |
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Women in Agriculture : The Impact of Male Out-Migration on Women’s Agency, Household Welfare, and Agricultural Productivity |
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Women in Agriculture : The Impact of Male Out-Migration on Women’s Agency, Household Welfare, and Agricultural Productivity |
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Women in Agriculture : The Impact of Male Out-Migration on Women’s Agency, Household Welfare, and Agricultural Productivity |
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Women in Agriculture : The Impact of Male Out-Migration on Women’s Agency, Household Welfare, and Agricultural Productivity |
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women in agriculture : the impact of male out-migration on women’s agency, household welfare, and agricultural productivity |
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Washington, DC |
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2015 |
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http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2015/05/24569954/central-america-migration-women’s-agency-agriculture-women-agriculture-impact-male-out-migration-women’s-agency-household-welfare-agricultural-productivity http://hdl.handle.net/10986/22386 |
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