Towards a Gendered Agro-Commodity Approach

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ID12433338
AuthorsPrimrose Nakazibwe (Mbarara University of Science and Technology, corresponding author), Wim Pelupessy (Tilburg University)
Year2014
Pages229-256
Publication date2014-09-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueJournal of World-Systems Research (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1076-156X • E-ISSN: 1076-156X
PublisherUniversity Library System, University of Pittsburgh (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.5195/jwsr.2014.553
OpenAlexW2192781384
LanguageEN
Citations received4
References cited35

Commodity or value chains are the dominant means to channel agro-food products from cultivators to consumers. Direct open markets are either non-existent or insignificant . These chains are also the main mechanisms for integrating underprivileged groups into the world economy. Why do global value chains generate sorrow for many and joy for a few, and why are these outcomes heavily gender biased? To look for answers this article critically reviews the post-2000 and earlier gender literature by proponents and opponents of the mainstream value chain approach. The purpose is to provide a methodological contribution on the integration of gender into the commodity chain approach. Most studies have fo cused on the economic effects of chain dynamics on women in agricultural product and labor markets. Some have extended this reasoning with social and cultural effects. Despite these advances, analytical gaps still exist as most existing research has concentrated on the agricultural nodes of modern, high value chains and lacks a gendered conceptual foundation. Scarce attention has been given to traditional staple crops, non-agricultural nodes, and feed back effects of gender relations on the chain. Our results indicate that an appropriate GCC approach should also consider the gendered impacts of the interaction between the governance structure and the institutiona l embeddedness, as well as the consequences of intra-household division of resources and labor in all stages of the chain. These two conceptual complements will be needed to explain the opportunities and constraints to improve gender equity in traditional and modern agro-commodity chains

Agriculture · Business · Causal chain · Commodity · Commodity chain · Economics · Embeddedness · Geography · Mainstream · Market economy · Microeconomics · Political science · Product (mathematics · Production (economics · Social science · Sociology · Value (mathematics · Agriculture, Land Use, Rural Development · Global trade, sustainability, and social impact · Innovation and Socioeconomic Development

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