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| Article Title | Land use change and shifts in gender roles in central Sumatra, Indonesia | | Author | Grace B.Villamor, Ratna Akiefnawati, Meine van Noordwijk, Febrina Desrianti and Ujjwal Pradhan | | Year | 2015 | | Journal Title | International Forestry Review | | Volume | 17 | | Issue | S4 | | Pages | 61-74 | | Call Number | JA0632-15 | | Keywords | elevation, gender equality, matrilineal kinship, rubber agroforestry, transition intensity |
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| While Indonesia is experiencing a rapid land use transition due to export-oriented growth in agricultural products such as palm oil and naturalrubber, there is no clear understanding of how shifts in farming practices influence gender-specific roles and preferences. In a partially matrilinealsociety on Sumatra where rice production for subsistence purposes, in an agroforestry landscape, is traditionally considered the women’sdomain and responsibility, 202 households were surveyed about their perceptions of gender-specific agricultural roles. Over time, rice fieldshave been converted to oil palm. Lowland women have increasingly significant roles in rubber agroforestry in addition to collecting firewood,medicinal plants and wild fruit for household consumption, whereas men are typically occupied in monoculture oil palm or rubber production.As land use patterns rapidly change, particularly in the lowlands, the responsibility of rubber agroforestry systems is shifting from men towomen with consequences for gender division of labour and decision making. |
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