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Gender roles in agricultural knowledge in a land resettlement context: the case of Mupfurudzi, Zimbabwe

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  • Netsayi N Mudege

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The present paper discusses the social construction and reconstruction of gender roles in relation to agricultural knowledge claims in a land resettlement area. Many women were politically active in the war of liberation where the land question dominated the agenda. However, at independence this question was framed in terms of race, and gender issues were sidelined. Despite the fact that women were not resettled in their own right, they are not simply victims of the system but manoeuvre within the system to gain advantages. This paper discusses strategies that women use to challenge the males in their families and the resultant conflicts and contradictions. It also discusses decision-making, investments and poverty as concepts and practices that can illuminate the gendering and gendered nature of knowledge in resettlement schemes. Claims of knowledge by both men and women are in the final analysis claims to the ownership of household and family resources.

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  • Netsayi N Mudege, 2008. "Gender roles in agricultural knowledge in a land resettlement context: the case of Mupfurudzi, Zimbabwe," Development Southern Africa, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 25(4), pages 455-468.
    • Handle: RePEc:taf:deveza:v:25:y:2008:i:4:p:455-468
    DOI: 10.1080/03768350802318597
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    1. Netsayi N. Mudege & Sarah Mayanja & Tawanda Muzhingi, 2017. "Women and men farmer perceptions of economic and health benefits of orange fleshed sweet potato (OFSP) in Phalombe and Chikwawa districts in Malawi," Food Security: The Science, Sociology and Economics of Food Production and Access to Food, Springer;The International Society for Plant Pathology, vol. 9(2), pages 387-400, April.
    2. Jennifer A. Ball, 2020. "Women farmers in developed countries: a literature review," Agriculture and Human Values, Springer;The Agriculture, Food, & Human Values Society (AFHVS), vol. 37(1), pages 147-160, March.

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