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Author:   Amber Fletcher (University of Regina, Canada) ,  Wendee Kubik (Brock University, Centre for Women’s and Gender Studies, Ontario, Canada)
Publisher:   Taylor & Francis Ltd
Imprint:   Routledge
Weight:   0.540kg
ISBN:  

9780367605315

ISBN 10:   0367605317
Pages:   276
Publication Date:   30 June 2020
Audience:   College/higher education ,  General/trade ,  Tertiary & Higher Education ,  General
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print  
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"INTRODUCTION - Context and Commonality: Women in Agriculture Worldwide - Amber J. Fletcher and Wendee Kubik PART I. Women’s Agricultural Work: Addressing Inequality and Invisibility AUSTRALIA - 1. Understanding the ""Local"" and ""Global"": Intersections Engendering Change for Women in Family Farming in Australia - Josephine Clarke and Margaret Alston CANADA - 2. Who’s Counting…. on the Farm? - June Corman and Wendee Kubik SOUTH AFRICA - 3. The Plight of Female Farm Workers on South African Farms - Maria-Stella Vettori INTERNATIONAL - 4. The System of Rice Intensification and its Impacts on Women: Reducing Pain, Discomfort, and Labor in Rice Farming While Enhancing Households’ Food Security? - Olivia Vent, Sabarmatee, and Norman Uphoff PART II. Gendering Sustainability and Food Security BANGLADESH AND LAOS - 5. Women and Food Security in South Asia - Margaret Alston and Kerri Whittenbury ZIMBABWE - 6. ""Livelihoods in a Sack:"" Gendered Dimensions of Sack Potato Farming Among Poor Households in Urban Zimbabwe - Manase Kudzai Chiweshe and Kudzai MacMillan Muzanago BURKINA FASO - 7. Diversifying the Garden: A Way to Ensure Food Security and Women’s Empowerment - Liette Vasseur INDIA - 8. Reviving and Strengthening Women’s Position and Agency in Ensuring Household Food Security: The Role of Home Gardens - Rengalakshmi Raj, E.D.I. Oliver King, B. Raghini, S. Abubaker Siddick, Venkatesan Gurumoorthy, and G. Kaleeswari PART III. Women’s Empowerment in Policy and Finance TANZANIA - 9. Improving Agricultural Land Tenure Security for Women: Assessing the FAO’s Voluntary Guidelines on Land Tenure - Andrea M. Collins TANZANIA - 10. Addressing Challenges of Rural Women: A Focus on Tanzania - Godbertha Kinyondo KENYA - 11. Can Sustainability be EnGENDERed through Informal Microfinance? A Case Study of the Kamba Merry-Go-Rounds in Ukambani, Eastern Province, Kenya - Carlyn James BRAZIL - 12. Participation of Women Farmers in Food Procurement Policies in Brazil - Andrea Moraes and Cecilia Rocha INTERNATIONAL - 13. The Rise of Institutional Food Procurement: A Tool for Empowering Women or Furthering the Status Quo? - Bryan Crawford-Garrett, Clare Mbizule, Karin Wachter, and Brian Sage PART IV. Working for Social Change MOROCCO - 14. From Empowerment to Transformative Leadership: Intersectional Analysis of Women Workers in the Strawberry Sector of Morocco - Julie Théroux-Séguin UNITED STATES OF AMERICA - 15. Building Power through Community: Women Creating and Theorizing Change - Angie Carter, Betty Wells, Ashley Hand, and Jessica Soulis CANADA - 16. Ploughing New Ground: A Feminist Interpretation of Youth Farm Internships in Ontario - Jan Kainer CONCLUSION - 17. What Works for Women in Agriculture? - Amber J. Fletcher"

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Amber J. Fletcher is Assistant Professor in the Department of Sociology and Social Studies, University of Regina, Canada. Wendee Kubik is Associate Professor, Centre for Women’s and Gender Studies, Brock University, Canada.

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