• ISBN13: 9780367190019
• Binding: Hardcover
• Subject: Bio-Science and AgricultureSociology and Anthropology
• Publisher: T&F
• Publisher Imprint: Routledge
• Publication Date: January 1, 2021
• Pages: 486
• Original Price: GBP 220.0
• Language: English
• Edition: N/A
• Item Weight: 971 grams
• BISAC Subject(s): Ecology, Public Policy / Environmental Policy, and Women's Studies

The Routledge Handbook of Gender and Agriculture covers major theoretical issues as well as critical empirical shifts in gender and agriculture.

Gender relations in agriculture are shifting in most regions of the world with changes in the structure of agriculture, the organization of production, international restructuring of value chains, climate change, the global pandemic, and national and multinational policy changes. This book provides a cutting-edge assessment of the field of gender and agriculture, with contributions from both leading scholars and up-and-coming academics as well as policymakers and practitioners.

The handbook is organized into four parts: part 1, institutions, markets, and policies; part 2, land, labor, and agrarian transformations; part 3, knowledge, methods, and access to information; and part 4, farming people and identities. The last chapter is an epilogue from many of the contributors focusing on gender, agriculture, and shifting food systems during the coronavirus pandemic. The chapters address both historical subjects as well as ground-breaking work on gender and agriculture, which will help to chart the future of the field. The handbook has an international focus with contributions examining issues at both the global and local levels with contributors from across the world.

With contributions from leading academics, policymakers, and practitioners, and with a global outlook, the Routledge Handbook of Gender and Agriculture is an essential reference volume for scholars, students, and practitioners interested in gender and agriculture.

Chapter 13 of this book is freely available as a downloadable Open Access PDF at http: //www.taylorfrancis.com under a Creative Commons Attribution-Non Commercial-No Derivatives (CC-BY-NC-ND) 4.0 license.

Carolyn E. Sachs is Professor Emerita of Rural Sociology and Women's, Gender, and Sexuality Studies at Pennsylvania State University.

Leif Jensen is Distinguished Professor of Rural Sociology and Demography in the Department of Agricultural Economics, Sociology, and Education at Pennsylvania State University.

Paige Castellanos is currently an Assistant Research Professor at Pennsylvania State University in the College of Agricultural Sciences' International Programs and Rural Sociology.

Kathleen Sexsmith is Assistant Professor of Rural Sociology and Women's, Gender, and Sexuality Studies at Pennsylvania State University.