Local Transformation through Global Connection: Women's Assets and Environmental Activism for Sustainable Agriculture in Ladakh, India

• Published in: Women's studies quarterly Vol. 29; no. 1/2; pp. 99 - 115
• Main Authors: Angeles, Leonora C., Tarbotton, Rebecca
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: New York Feminist Press 01.04.2001
• Subjects: Activism; Agribusiness; Agricultural Occupations; Agricultural Production; Agriculture; Buddhism; Communities; Community Relations; Conservation; Cultural Background; Cultural Capital; Developing Countries; Ecological economics; Ecological sustainability; Environment; Environmental Protection; Environmentalism; Essays; Family Income; Females; Free Enterprise System; Gender roles; Government (Administrative Body); Human Capital; India; Indigenous Knowledge; Indigenous Populations; Learning; Men; Mies, Maria; Physical Fitness; Resource Materials; Sex Fairness; Social Change; Social Networks; Socialization; Sustainable agriculture; Sustainable Development; Traditional knowledge; Volunteerism; Women; Womens Groups; Womens studies; Working the Earth: Women and Sustainable Development; Ladakh India; India

With the current pressure to modernize agriculture in underdeveloped countries, traditional agricultural systems are rapidly becoming marginalized, especially when women are involved. Local resistance to this trend is evident in attempts to maintain & rediscover cultural traditions, especially t...