Gendering the Political Economy of Smallholder Agriculture: A Scoping Review
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Methods
2.1. Identifying a Research Question
2.2. Search Strategy
2.3. Study Selection
2.4. Data Extraction
2.5. Results Collation
3. Results
3.1. Descriptive Results
3.2. Definition of Political Economy
3.3. Why Gender Is Not Included in PE Literature/Frameworks
3.4. How Gender Is Discussed and Analyzed
4. Discussion
4.1. Discussion of Results
4.2. Limitations
4.3. Implications and Future Directions
Supplementary Materials
Funding
Institutional Review Board Statement
Informed Consent Statement
Data Availability Statement
Conflicts of Interest
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Search Terms |
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AGRICULTURE: agricultur* OR horticultur* OR arable OR smallhold* OR farm? OR farmer? OR farming OR agbio* OR agrofuel* or agrarian* FEMINIST: feminist OR wom?n OR gender* OR female? OR girl? POLITICAL ECONOMY: political economy or political ecology or land policy or land policies or orati?ation OR neo-liberal OR capitalis? OR privati?ation OR economic AND reform? OR government? |
Inclusion Criteria | Exclusion Criteria |
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Must specifically reference political economy as a model or framework for the article (i.e., “We draw on New Institutional Economics, political economy and the value chain analysis framework to assess the potential role of contracting to promote gender equity among smallholder organic horticultural producers.” (Bullock et al. 2018, abstract)). Primary research subject or focus of article must be farmers or farming households operating at small scale or subsistence level. Must mention gender or related (women/girls, gender dynamics, feminism). | Does not mention political economy or only mentions political economy briefly or in passing (“i.e., It is not clear whether child mortality or maternal mortality is the key to the political economy of Indian demography” (Harriss 1989, abstract)). primary research subject is not smallholder farmers/farming households. Does not mention gender or related subject. |
Descriptives | |
Data type, n | |
Primary data | 7 |
Secondary data | 4 |
Combination | 3 |
Year of publication n | |
1985–1999 | 3 |
2000–2014 | 2 |
2015–2021 | 9 |
Location, n | |
LMICs | 12 |
Sub-Saharan Africa | 9 |
East Asia and the Pacific | 2 |
The Caribbean | 1 |
HICs (Australia and Greece) | 2 |
Categories | Articles | Focus | Goal of Work |
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Empirical gender (n = 7) | (Allison 1985; Bullock et al. 2018; Sifaki 2019; Ankrah et al. 2020; Fonjong and Gyapong 2021) | Differences between experiences of men and women, compared using a measurable variable. | To better understand the complex functioning of households and their individual members. |
Analytic gender (n = 5) | (Razavi 2009; Mackenzie 1993; Argent 1999; Angeles and Hill 2009; Thompson 2019; Koss 2016) | Formation, interaction, and consolidation of gender roles and dynamics as viewed by individuals, members of other genders, and power systems. | To examine the creation and existence of varying femininities and masculinities within their surrounding political, economic, social, and natural environments. |
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Clark, M.; Bandara, S.; Bialous, S.; Rice, K.; Lencucha, R. Gendering the Political Economy of Smallholder Agriculture: A Scoping Review. Soc. Sci. 2023, 12, 306. https://doi.org/10.3390/socsci12050306
Clark M, Bandara S, Bialous S, Rice K, Lencucha R. Gendering the Political Economy of Smallholder Agriculture: A Scoping Review. Social Sciences. 2023; 12(5):306. https://doi.org/10.3390/socsci12050306
Chicago/Turabian StyleClark, Madelyn, Shashika Bandara, Stella Bialous, Kathleen Rice, and Raphael Lencucha. 2023. "Gendering the Political Economy of Smallholder Agriculture: A Scoping Review" Social Sciences 12, no. 5: 306. https://doi.org/10.3390/socsci12050306