Opening Cracks for the Transgression of Social Boundaries: An Evaluation of the Gender Impacts of Farmer Research Teams in Honduras

Sally Humphries, Lauren Classen, José Jiménez, Fredy Sierra, Omar Gallardo and Marvin Gómez

World Development, 2012, vol. 40, issue 10, 2078-2095

Abstract: Participatory agricultural platforms, such as farmer research teams and farmer field schools, offer the potential for change that goes far beyond agriculture. The paper reports on a mixed method approach to examining the gendered impacts of a long term farmer research project in Honduras. We show how collective action around food security has the potential to support gendered social change. We argue that mixed gender research teams provide a space where generative empowerment permits both women and men to challenge unequal gender roles and to open cracks for transgressing social boundaries.

Keywords: gender empowerment; participatory research; agricultural development; project evaluation; Latin America; Honduras (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2012
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DOI: 10.1016/j.worlddev.2012.05.008

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