Productive farmers and vulnerable food securers

Contradictions of Gender Expertise in International Food Security Discourse

Bibliographic Data

ID2157684
AuthorsElisabeth Prügl (0000-0002-4363-3540, Gender Centre, Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies, Geneva, Switzerland, corresponding author), Joshi (0000-0003-0281-0130, University of York)
Year2021
Volume48
Issue7
Pages1439-1458
Publication date2021-11-10
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueThe Journal of Peasant Studies (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0306-6150 • E-ISSN: 1743-9361
PublisherInforma UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/03066150.2021.1964475
OpenAlexW3197855891
LanguageEN
Citations received11
References cited47

With gender equality becoming a key feature of the global food security agenda, international organizations have produced a rich body of knowledge on gender. This paper argues that such gender expertise generates political effects through identity constructions, problem definitions and rationalities. We critically analyse 59 documents relating to gender and food security in the South written in international organizations between 2000 and 2018. Our analysis reveals two gendered constructions articulated in these documents - the productive female farmer and the caring woman food securer. We demonstrate that problem definitions, solutions, and rationalities associated with these identity constructions are contradictory. Their juxtaposition reveals that gender expertise in international food security discourse is not only governed by neoliberal orthodoxy but also surfaces ambivalences and alternatives

Agriculture · Food security · Gender analysis · Identity (music · Orthodoxy · Political economy · Political science · Politics · Sociology · Agriculture, Land Use, Rural Development · Gender Studies · Law · Sex work and related issues · Tourism, Volunteerism, and Development

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