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Women in family farming: Evidence from a qualitative study in two Portuguese inner regions

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dc.contributor.authorGomes, Diana
dc.contributor.authorJesus, Miguel
dc.contributor.authorRosa, Rosário
dc.contributor.authorBandeira, Cristina
dc.contributor.authorCosta, Cristina Amaro Da
dc.date.accessioned2023-01-04T11:49:17Z
dc.date.available2023-01-04T11:49:17Z
dc.date.issued2022
dc.description.abstractThe importance of family farming in food systems worldwide is recognized by dierent international bodies, as well as the leading role played by women and the inequalities they face in this sector of activity. The most recent data from Portugal highlight the importance of this type of agriculture in this Southern European country. In 2019, 68% of the total agricultural workforce in the country was concentrated in family farming, with almost half of them being women. This high permanence of women in agriculture is the result of a long process of feminization on this sector that is similar to other contexts. Despite this strong feminization of family farming, there are few studies that portrait agricultural activity from the women’s viewpoint, since the voice of men is always predominant in all references. Based on the exploratory qualitative data from two focus groups, carried out in two Portuguese inner regions, we intend to address the perceptions and meanings of a small group of women farmers regarding their activity, the role taken by them in agriculture and the di culties they experience. Issues such as changes in agriculture and the sexual division of labor will also be addressed in this article. Within these groups, women work in agriculture is perceived as long, solitary and uncertain. Also, the public/private dichotomy is evident, with decision-making and public places dominated by men. A prevalence of the discourse of “masculinization” still exists with certain tasks being attributed to men (e.g., operations with machinery). Younger women (34 and 40 years old) tend to overcome these gender dierences choosing agriculture as a profession and healthy and sustainable life for their familiespt_PT
dc.description.versioninfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersionpt_PT
dc.identifier.doi10.3389/fsoc.2022.939590pt_PT
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10400.19/7483
dc.language.isoengpt_PT
dc.peerreviewedyespt_PT
dc.subjectwomen farmerspt_PT
dc.subjectgender equalitypt_PT
dc.subjectfeminizationpt_PT
dc.subjectfamily farmingpt_PT
dc.subjectgender division of laborpt_PT
dc.titleWomen in family farming: Evidence from a qualitative study in two Portuguese inner regionspt_PT
dc.typejournal article
dspace.entity.typePublication
oaire.citation.titleFrontiers in Sociologypt_PT
oaire.citation.volume7pt_PT
person.familyNameGomes
person.familyNameAmaro da Costa
person.givenNameDiana
person.givenNameCristina Isabel
person.identifier.ciencia-idCA13-CCE7-2D92
person.identifier.ciencia-id4B16-176A-223A
person.identifier.orcid0000-0001-8625-2206
rcaap.rightsopenAccesspt_PT
rcaap.typearticlept_PT
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