The obstacles faced by women as independent small-scale food producers are distinct, of
course, from the obstacles women face as farmworkers in having access to decent employment.
Despite these differences however, both channels through which agriculture is "feminized"
present the feminist agenda with similar dilemmas. On the one hand, it is tempting to see the
existing obstacles as having to be removed. Removing these obstacles means to ensure access
to land to women farmers through titling schemes that identify them as the owners; to improve
their ability to have access to credit; to take gender into account in the design of agricultural
research and development; and to remove the various forms of discrimination that women face
as members of the waged agricultural workforce. It means, in other terms : allowing women to
succeed, or fail, just like men may succeed or fail.
The obstacles faced by women as independent small-scale food producers are distinct, ofcourse, from the obstacles women face as farmworkers in having access to decent employment.Despite these differences however, both channels through which agriculture is "feminized"present the feminist agenda with similar dilemmas. On the one hand, it is tempting to see theexisting obstacles as having to be removed. Removing these obstacles means to ensure accessto land to women farmers through titling schemes that identify them as the owners; to improvetheir ability to have access to credit; to take gender into account in the design of agriculturalresearch and development; and to remove the various forms of discrimination that women faceas members of the waged agricultural workforce. It means, in other terms : allowing women tosucceed, or fail, just like men may succeed or fail.
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