The Influence of Farm Size on Gendered Involvement in Crop Cultivation and Decision-making Responsibility of Moldovan Farmers

• Authors: Mary Grigsby , Eloi Español , David J. O’Brien
• Languages of publication: EN

Abstracts

EN

This research describes the influence that farm size has on gendered involvement in crop cultivation and decision making about what crops to grow where, irrigation and marketing among small and medium-sized farmers in Moldova. Findings reveal that overall crop cultivation is characterized by gendered patterns that vary according to farm size. Overall men have much more input into decision making than do women but women on small farms have more input in decisions than do the women on medium-sized farms. However, women on medium-sized farms are more involved in the diverse range of cultivation activities in terms of labour.

Keywords

EN

Moldova; gendered division of labour; post-socialist economies

• Publisher: Sciendo
• Journal: Eastern European Countryside
• Year: 2012
• Volume: 18
• Pages: 27-48

Dates

published

2012-01-01

online

2013-03-09

Contributors

author

Mary Grigsby

author

Eloi Español

author

David J. O’Brien

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DOI

10.2478/v10130-012-0002-y