Gendered farming organizations

Shortall, Sally; Adesugba, Margaret

doi:10.4324/9780429199752-26

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“…New Generation had the second highest level of agreement. Shortall (2014) argued that women socialized into farming are less likely to perceive the barriers because they have normalized them. In this present study, the process of becoming a successor or needing to establish a separate holding appears to have made many women raised on farms particularly aware of the obstacles they face.…”

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“…Early research into gender relations in agriculture demonstrated how men's identity as landowners is tied to their land ownership. As owners of the means of production, they occupy the position of "farmer" and are seen to do the productive agricultural work (Shortall 2016). Increases in women's educational achievement and employment in Western countries could reasonably be expected to have led to renegotiation of traditional on-farm gender roles, but evidence has demonstrated this did not automatically occur (Brandth 2002;Kelly and Shortall 2002).…”

Section: Conceptualizing the Role Of Land Inheritance In Farming Care...mentioning

confidence: 99%

“…through shared values, social networks). There has long been recognition in the academic literature of the power dynamics associated with entering farming through marriage (see Shortall 1999). As a family profession, people who marry farmers often find themselves embroiled in a family business with which they may have limited familiarity.…”

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“…As far back as 1990, Symes (1990) argued that UK farming was a "closed profession": owing to the high capital investment and economies of scale required to operate a financially viable farm in contemporary markets, only those who inherited the resources of a farm could afford to enter the industry. However, these inheritance practices are strongly gendered, reinforcing the pattern of patrilinear inheritance (Shortall 2010).…”

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confidence: 99%

“…Although multiple inheritance has become more recognized (Burton and Walford 2005), it remains common for farms in Europe to be inherited by a single male relative, typically a son (Shortall 2010). Other potential successors, particularly daughters, thus lose access to this valuable resource and have fewer options for pursing farming as a career.…”

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In this paper we assess the relationship between how women access the land they farm, and their farming identities, roles, and future succession plans. Utilizing a Bourdieusian approach, we conceptualize inheritance of farmland as a long‐term process of symbolic and economic investment. We conducted a cohort analysis of women living or working on farms in Scotland, UK who (a) were or were not raised on farms; and (b) bought into or inherited agricultural land (directly or through their spouses). Data comprised on‐line survey responses, qualitative interviews and focus groups. Analysis demonstrated that women who were raised on farms and either inherited farms or established new farms, were more likely to identify themselves as farmers, engage in machinery work and identify female successors. Women who accessed farmland through marriage tended to engage in more home‐making tasks, to identify themselves as farmers' wives, and to occupy larger farms. These largest, potentially most viable farms thus continue to be inherited by men. However, when women inherit farms, a step change occurs, where daughters are much more likely to be identified as future successors. Enabling women raised on farms to inherit and/or establish new farms is thus critical to altering patriarchal succession cycles.

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Section: Conceptualizing the Role Of Land Inheritance In Farming Care...mentioning

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Institutional erosion and new strategies: Changing contexts for learning in agriculture in Northern Sweden

Waldenström

2022

Sociologia Ruralis

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This article describes the erosion of institutions that support farmers' learning and the construction of knowledge in agriculture in an area of agricultural decline.It is based on a qualitative study in northern Sweden, exploring farmers' learning to farm, their peer networks, contacts with advisory services and their sales relationships. As farming is increasingly differentiated, with an intensification of production in some areas and increasing farmland abandonment in others, so are the institutions that support farmers' learning.Farmers handle this in different ways, and the article indicates that resourceful farmers, dependent on farm income, seek out and create contexts for learning. Others seem increasingly decoupled from advisory institutions and upstream industries, selling their produce in local networks. The article illustrates that the widening gap in agrarian production is related to a differentiation of social and institutional preconditions for the construction of knowledge in farming.

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Power and culture: Understanding EU policies on agriculture and gender equality

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Marangudakis

2024

Sociologia Ruralis

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In this article, we examine how the European Union (EU) acts as an international organisation, developing policies to be implemented by national governments. We focus on agriculture and gender equality. We examine the relationship between the EU and Member States regarding the construction and delivery of policies. It is a complex process, with differential levels of power and other actors in the process, notably lobby groups. We examine how agricultural policies and gender equality policies are developed. We examine the 2014–2020 Rural Development Regulation and carried out research in four member states. Interviews were undertaken with people who have experience of implementing the Common Agricultural Policy measures at a national level. We find the power of key players to be very strong in the agricultural context and weak in the gender context. When the two fields are ‘married’, we find there is little scope or interest to advance gender equality measures in agricultural policy.

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Gendered farming organizations

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Breaking Patriarchal Succession Cycles: How Land Relations Influence Women's Roles in Farming^☆

Breaking Patriarchal Succession Cycles: How Land Relations Influence Women's Roles in Farming^☆

Institutional erosion and new strategies: Changing contexts for learning in agriculture in Northern Sweden

Power and culture: Understanding EU policies on agriculture and gender equality

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Breaking Patriarchal Succession Cycles: How Land Relations Influence Women's Roles in Farming☆

Breaking Patriarchal Succession Cycles: How Land Relations Influence Women's Roles in Farming☆

Institutional erosion and new strategies: Changing contexts for learning in agriculture in Northern Sweden

Power and culture: Understanding EU policies on agriculture and gender equality

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Breaking Patriarchal Succession Cycles: How Land Relations Influence Women's Roles in Farming^☆

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