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Women in Agriculture: The Impact of Male Out-Migration on Women’s Agency, Household Welfare, and Agricultural Productivity

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dc.contributor.authorWorld Bank
dc.date.accessioned2015-08-13T16:44:55Z
dc.date.available2015-08-13T16:44:55Z
dc.date.issued2015-05
dc.description.abstractMigration is transforming rural economies, landscapes, and potentially, gender relations. Migration is one of the drivers of the so-called feminization of agriculture in Latin America. This feminization has relevance for everyone given agriculture’s role in regional food security, national shared prosperity, and household resilience to shocks. The objective of this study is to investigate the feminization of agriculture as well as its implications for women’s agency, household welfare, and agricultural productivity. This report provides some introduction to women in agriculture, lays out the study methodology, and provides background information on migration, women, and agriculture in Guatemala. Women’s role in agriculture is even more crucial in Guatemala, which suffers from the double burden of chronic malnutrition and obesity. This analysis seeks to investigate the impact of male migration on agriculture, but also its implications for women’s agency and agricultural productivity, as mediated by factors such as land tenure and access to agricultural extension services. This analysis seeks to better understand how male out-migration is influencing women’s agency in agriculture; to understand if, when women are in control of their farms, it changes the types of decisions they make and thus the results that they obtain; and finally, to get a better sense of how these differences in agency (if any) lead to better or worse livelihood outcomes for the farm household. This study is based on a quantitative field survey conducted in August 2014, as well as qualitative focus groups and interviews conducted in May 2014 to test the questionnaire.en
dc.identifierhttp://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2015/05/24569954/central-america-migration-women’s-agency-agriculture-women-agriculture-impact-male-out-migration-women’s-agency-household-welfare-agricultural-productivity
dc.identifier.doi10.1596/22386
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10986/22386
dc.languageEnglish
dc.language.isoen_US
dc.publisherWashington, DC
dc.rightsCC BY 3.0 IGO
dc.rights.holderWorld Bank
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/
dc.subjectCOMMUNITIES
dc.subjectBEEF
dc.subjectFOOD SECURITY
dc.subjectPRODUCTION
dc.subjectHOUSEHOLD FOOD SECURITY
dc.subjectHOUSEHOLD TYPES
dc.subjectAUTONOMY
dc.subjectPARTICIPATION
dc.subjectEXTENSION SERVICES
dc.subjectDESCRIPTION
dc.subjectFAMILY
dc.subjectPOWER
dc.subjectAGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION
dc.subjectGENDER
dc.subjectRURAL WOMEN
dc.subjectPROPERTY RIGHTS
dc.subjectAGRICULTURAL DEVELOPMENT
dc.subjectINFORMATION
dc.subjectSERVICES
dc.subjectWORLD FOOD PROGRAMME
dc.subjectHOUSEHOLD
dc.subjectFOOD POLICY
dc.subjectINCOMES
dc.subjectAGRICULTURE
dc.subjectSOCIAL SCIENCE
dc.subjectPROPERTY
dc.subjectAGRICULTURAL EXTENSION
dc.subjectHEALTH
dc.subjectIFPRI
dc.subjectPROJECT
dc.subjectNUTRITION
dc.subjectMARKET
dc.subjectEGGS
dc.subjectANIMAL HUSBANDRY
dc.subjectREPRESENTATION
dc.subjectFOOD
dc.subjectPORK
dc.subjectLAND TENURE
dc.subjectECONOMICS
dc.subjectCULTURAL NORMS
dc.subjectRURAL ECONOMIES
dc.subjectAGRICULTURAL OUTPUT
dc.subjectMANAGEMENT
dc.subjectINTERNATIONAL FOOD POLICY RESEARCH INSTITUTE
dc.subjectLITERACY
dc.subjectFOOD INSECURITY
dc.subjectKNOWLEDGE
dc.subjectECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
dc.subjectAGRICULTURAL EXTENSION SERVICES
dc.subjectLAND
dc.subjectEDUCATION
dc.subjectTRAINING
dc.subjectFOOD EXPORTS
dc.subjectFOOD POLICY RESEARCH
dc.subjectHOUSEHOLDS
dc.subjectEQUALITY
dc.subjectRURAL AREAS
dc.subjectPARTNERS
dc.subjectFARMS
dc.subjectMEAT
dc.subjectFOOD PREPARATION
dc.subjectCOMMUNITY GROUPS
dc.subjectPRODUCTS
dc.subjectMARITAL STATUS
dc.subjectMIGRATION
dc.subjectNGOS
dc.subjectFRUITS
dc.subjectVEGETABLES
dc.subjectNORMS
dc.subjectCOMMUNITY
dc.subjectLAND OWNERSHIP
dc.subjectFAMILIES
dc.subjectWOMEN
dc.subjectRESEARCH
dc.subjectAGRICULTURAL
dc.subjectHOUSEHOLD FOOD INSECURITY
dc.subjectEXTENSION
dc.subjectHISTORY
dc.subjectDOWRY
dc.subjectFARMERS
dc.subjectRURAL DEVELOPMENT
dc.subjectFOODS
dc.subjectWOMEN IN DEVELOPING COUNTRIES
dc.subjectMIGRANTS
dc.subjectFEMALE
dc.subjectCROPS
dc.subjectGENDER EQUALITY
dc.subjectDESIGN
dc.titleWomen in Agricultureen
dc.title.subtitleThe Impact of Male Out-Migration on Women’s Agency, Household Welfare, and Agricultural Productivityen
dc.typeReporten
dc.typeRapportfr
dc.typeInformees
dspace.entity.typePublication
okr.crosscuttingsolutionareaGender
okr.crossref.titleWomen in Agriculture
okr.date.disclosure2015-07-07
okr.date.doiregistration2025-05-07T10:19:36.424234Z
okr.doctypeEconomic & Sector Work
okr.doctypeEconomic & Sector Work::Women in Development and Gender Study
okr.docurlhttp://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2015/05/24569954/central-america-migration-women’s-agency-agriculture-women-agriculture-impact-male-out-migration-women’s-agency-household-welfare-agricultural-productivity
okr.globalpracticeAgriculture
okr.guid162161468017454186
okr.guid769201468179661671
okr.identifier.externaldocumentum090224b0842b00db_2_0
okr.identifier.internaldocumentum24569954
okr.identifier.reportAUS9147
okr.language.supporteden
okr.pdfurlhttp://www-wds.worldbank.org/external/default/WDSContentServer/WDSP/LCR/2015/05/29/090224b082edaf7f/1_0/Rendered/PDF/final0study0paper.pdfen
okr.region.administrativeLatin America & Caribbean
okr.region.countryGuatemala
okr.region.geographicalCentral America
okr.sectorAgriculture, fishing, and forestry :: Agricultural extension and research
okr.sectorAgriculture, fishing, and forestry :: General agriculture, fishing and forestry sector
okr.themeSocial dev/gender/inclusion :: Gender
okr.themeRural development :: Rural policies and institutions
okr.themeRural development :: Rural services and infrastructure
okr.topicAgriculture::Agricultural Knowledge & Information Systems
okr.topicCommunities and Human Settlements::Human Migrations & Resettlements
okr.topicRural Development::Rural Development Knowledge & Information Systems
okr.topicGender::Gender and Poverty
okr.topicGender::Gender and Rural Development
okr.topicPoverty Reduction::Migration and Development
okr.unitAgriculture - GP (GFADR)
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