Patterns of inequalities in innovation in agricultural sciences. Patterns of inequalities in agroforestry research: property rights / gender elations / policy context
Gender and agriculture (Meyerding and Lehberger 2018)
Agricultural sciences are interdisciplinary field. University programs aiming at preparing students for sustainable agricultural systems, should address current barriers to sustainable agriculture.
However, there barriers to sustainable agriculture seems seem to be based on a reductionist perspective focusing on technical innovations. Agricultural study courses therefore address mainly technical subject along with breeding and business management issues. Agricultural study programs have evolved to include the ecological dimensions into the programs. This has been enriching in many regards: Agricultural students assess ecosystem services and learn about biodiversity conservation. Also, agricultural sciences increasingly focus on the global south, aiming for rural development there. However, agroecological systems seem to be regarded as complex systems with cultural local context in development research. When focusing on the global north, agricultural science is rather technical innovation driven, which is surprising, as there are severe social inequalities in Germany, that constitute barriers to sustainable agriculture. This idea, of rural development, interdisciplinarity and local context is reflected in agricultural curricula. However, the social part tends to be overlooked. Recent Research unveil several barriers to sustainable agriculture in Germany: SDG 5 (Gender equality) and SDG 8 (Decent Work) are farm from optimal. Unfortunately most farms are owned by woman, exploitation of seasonal works and decrease of farms constitute big socio-economic challenges.
In my thesis I would like to give an overview of current agricultural curricula, point out recent challenges and propose ways to integrate such issues into research.
I will argue for agricultural study programs, that strive for sustainable and fair agriculture. Therefore Awareness building for inequalities is important in agricultural study couses. I will compare the discouse for fainess in agriculture to the dicouse of environmental concerns has been successfully integrated in agricultural research and curricula.
Participatory research?: Engage students in focus groups?
Empirical basis. Modul handbooks??
In germany, all agricultural study couces ampasize the interdisciplinaty of the field. Uni Hohenheim, Uni Göttingen and Uni Bonn state, that their study cources encompass all dimensions of sustainability. But do the study cource really meet this? Is it possible to measure this? Do I want to measure this?
Seasonal work in agriculture: An intersectional approach
Intercectionality in German Agriculture
Intercectionalty describes the overlab of several forms of discrimination. In my thesis, I would like to show different kinds of
In Germany, agriculture is traditionally arganiced in a patiachal setting. Even though the law does not distunguis between sexis, most farm ae in a patriliaer tradition given to sons.
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