The Influence of Farm Size on Gendered Involvement in Crop Cultivation and Decision-making Responsibility of Moldovan Farmers

Grigsby Mary, Español Eloi and O’Brien David J.

Eastern European Countryside, 2012, vol. 18, issue 2012, 27-48

Abstract: This research describes the influence that farm size has on gendered involvement in crop cultivation and decision making about what crops to grow where, irrigation and marketing among small and medium-sized farmers in Moldova. Findings reveal that overall crop cultivation is characterized by gendered patterns that vary according to farm size. Overall men have much more input into decision making than do women but women on small farms have more input in decisions than do the women on medium-sized farms. However, women on medium-sized farms are more involved in the diverse range of cultivation activities in terms of labour.

Keywords: Moldova; gendered division of labour; post-socialist economies (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2012
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DOI: 10.2478/v10130-012-0002-y

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