Joshi, Saba orcid.org/0000-0003-0281-0130 and Pruegl, Elisabeth (2021) Productive farmers and vulnerable food securers: contradictions of gender expertise in international food security discourse. Journal of peasant studies. pp. 1439-1458. ISSN 0306-6150
Abstract
With gender equality becoming a key feature of the global food security agenda, international organizations have produced a rich body of knowledge on gender. This paper argues that such gender expertise generates political effects through identity constructions, problem definitions and rationalities. We critically analyse 59 documents relating to gender and food security in the South written in international organizations between 2000 and 2018. Our analysis reveals two gendered constructions articulated in these documents – the productive female farmer and the caring woman food securer. We demonstrate that problem definitions, solutions, and rationalities associated with these identity constructions are contradictory. Their juxtaposition reveals that gender expertise in international food security discourse is not only governed by neoliberal orthodoxy but also surfaces ambivalences and alternatives.
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Item Type: | Article |
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Copyright, Publisher and Additional Information: | © 2021 The Author(s). |
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Institution: | The University of York |
Academic Units: | The University of York > Faculty of Social Sciences (York) > Politics (York) |
Depositing User: | Pure (York) |
Date Deposited: | 03 Oct 2023 08:20 |
Last Modified: | 08 Feb 2025 00:51 |
Published Version: | https://doi.org/10.1080/03066150.2021.1964475 |
Status: | Published |
Refereed: | Yes |
Identification Number: | 10.1080/03066150.2021.1964475 |
Open Archives Initiative ID (OAI ID): | oai:eprints.whiterose.ac.uk:203892 |
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