Gender and local soil knowledge: Linking farmers' perceptions with soil fertility in two villages in the Philippines
| Autor: | Maria Elisa Christie, Mary Harman Parks, Michael J. Mulvaney |
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| Rok vydání: | 2016 |
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Soil test
media_common.quotation_subject 05 social sciences Geography Planning and Development 0507 social and economic geography Fertility Qualitative property 04 agricultural and veterinary sciences Focus group Soil management Geography Soil water 040103 agronomy & agriculture 0401 agriculture forestry and fisheries Soil fertility Sociocultural evolution Socioeconomics 050703 geography Earth-Surface Processes media_common |
| Zdroj: | Singapore Journal of Tropical Geography. 37:6-24 |
| ISSN: | 0129-7619 |
| DOI: | 10.1111/sjtg.12134 |
| Popis: | Scientists often turn to farmers to understand soil management. This process reveals differences and overlaps between local and scientific soil knowledge but rarely considers women and gender issues. This paper examines men's and women's local knowledge of soils in upland, smallholder farms in two villages in Mindanao, the Philippines, using focus group discussions, semi-structured household interviews, field visits, GIS and soil testing. Farmers' field areas were calculated and delineated based on their perceptions of the different types of soils on their land. Men and women chose the same plots for what they considered their best soil but differed on what they felt were their worst. The fertility of the soils that women considered to be the best and worst was not significantly different from that of the men's respective choices. There was a difference in fertility, however, between the best and worst soils regardless of gender. Although soil fertility analyses showed that the women's chosen soils were similar to men's, analyses of qualitative data showed that their knowledge of soils was different and was based in part on a gendered division of labour. A multidisciplinary approach helped bridge the gap between sociocultural and physical research. |
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