Improving Statistics and Survey Data to Highlight the Contribution of Women in Farming : An Example from the Western Balkans

Horst, Alexandra Christina ; Mauri, Silvia ; Edmeades, Svetlana ; Pape-Christiansen, Andrea ; Jungbluth, Frauke

World Bank, Washington, DC

关键词: GENDER;    SURVEY DESIGN;    RURAL WOMEN;    SOCIAL INCLUSION;    AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTIVITY;   

RP-ID  :  151880

学科分类：社会科学、人文和艺术（综合）

来源: World Bank Open Knowledge Repository

【 摘 要 】

A key constraint to meaningful genderinclusion in agriculture, forest and irrigation projects andproductive grants is the lack of data and evidence onwomen’s roles in agricultural production. Nationalstatistics and labor market studies typically do not accountfor the contribution of rural women to farming. Women arelargely invisible because their work in small family farmsis considered part of the informal sector, they are oftenlabeled as ‘inactive’ and ‘underemployed’ according toofficial employment definitions, and these omittances arethen picked up and repeated by development partners. Abroader discussion on the viability of small-scale producersin participating in value chains, in improving sectorcompetitiveness and quality food production is needed. Insectoral strategies, female producers do not receive muchattention either, as women’s role is often seen inprocessing or in the non-farm economy. This policy brief isbased on the assessment Gender inclusion in productiveinvestments in the Western Balkans, which analyzed WorldBank- supported projects in Kosovo, Albania and Montenegrothat focused on building farmer and institutional capacityfor European Union pre-accession supported productive grants.