Perspective of women involvement in agricultural sector

Some agricultural research confirm that women's involvement in agriculture is based on necessity and not on the equity. There is also a remark that fairness is more important equality. In fact, research on women's role in agriculture are often entangled in physical participation although t...

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Published inForum Penelitian Agro Ekonomi (Indonesia) Vol. 6; no. 2
Main Author Suradisastra, K. (Pusat Penelitian Sosial Ekonomi Pertanian, Bogor (Indonesia))
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published 1998
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Summary:Some agricultural research confirm that women's involvement in agriculture is based on necessity and not on the equity. There is also a remark that fairness is more important equality. In fact, research on women's role in agriculture are often entangled in physical participation although their problems in agriculture include labor force participation and equilibrium, authority in the household, socialization process and access to information, and technological bias. Socially, the limiting factors in their productivity are social status, job opportunity and status, and their simultaneous role as compared to man's sequential role. This review concludes that: (a) role of woman in agriculture is a result of the process of social construction, (b) there is a tendency of gender exclusivity to pay attention to the same gender, (c) the writers tend to start from lack of information and, therefore, strive to expose the information they gathered, and (d) there is a precarious understanding of the concept of gender, woman, and feminist attitude among researcher so an effort to improve gender awareness is considered important Beberapa peneliti sektor pertanian mengungkapkan bahwa keterlibatan kaum wanita pada hakekatnya disesuaikan dengan kebutuhan (necessity) kegiatan tersebut dan bukan semata-mata dengan pertimbangan kesetaraan (equity). Namun terdapat pula antithesis yang mengungkapkan bahwa yang terpenting adalah perasaan keadilan (fairness), dan bukan persamaan (equality). Dalam kenyataanya penelitian keseimbangan peran wanita dalam pertanian lebih sering terperangkap dalam pengertian kegiatan fisik materi pengamatan, sedangkan masalah yang dihadapi kaum wanita di sektor pertanian antara lain adalah keseimbangan peran sebagai tenaga kerja, otoritas dalam keluarga, proses sosialisasi, dan akses terhadap informasi serta bias teknologi. Faktor pembatas produktivitas yang berkaitan dengan gender wanita antara lain adalah starus sosial, hambatan memperoleh pekerjaan, status pekerjaan dan beban simultan wanita dibandingkan dengan peran sekuential pada kaum pria. Kesimpulan yang dapat ditarik dari review ini adalah: (a) posisi dan peran gender wanita dalam kegiatan sektor pertanian merupakan hasil konstruksi sosial, (b) terdapat kecenderungan eksklusifikasi gender untuk membahas gender yang sama, (c) para penulis cenderung bertolak dari kekurangan informasi gender tertentu dalam pertanian dan cenderung mengeksposenya setinggi mungkin, dan (d) terdapat kerancuan pemahaman gender dengan peran wanita dan sikap feminis serta metode pendekatannya sehingga upaya penyadaran gender patut dipikirkan
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ISSN:0216-4361