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... > social science subjects > sociology > gender and sexuality > gender and society > gender and economics > female farming systems

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female farming systems  

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  • The typology of preindustrial subsistence agriculture consisting of two paradigmatic farming systems, one male and the other female, was first expounded by Ester Boserup in 1970 in her pioneering work, Woman's Role in Economic Development. Agrarian production in Europe and Asia—Eurasia for short— was dominated by men. [Source: Encyclopedia of Gender and Society; Female Farming Systems]

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http://data.loterre.fr/ark:/67375/N9J-SX235XXL-1

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