INTERPAKS, Describes the cultural based nature of home economics that is a consequence of its particular development in the US. A male agricultural extension service, when transferred overseas, has cultural and value underpinnings that have made the content of training and technical expertise inappropriate or ineffective under conditions in developing countries. To an even greater extent home economics extension, which was aimed primarily at women, has had problems in developing countries in responding to the actual activities of women in rural settings. Home economics, both domestically and overseas, has traditionally ignored farm women's production work because it has had an implicit commitment to certain cultural norms about the proper role or women. These norms may have served some function during a time in the US when the sex ratio was heavily male-biased. In developing countries, however, where sex ratios in rural areas are often skewed toward females, male temporary migration is the rule rather than the exception, and women have traditionally been the producers of food. To be effective in providing a women-oriented extension service, must take into account both the productive and reproductive roles of women and serve to help women better integrate them in their activities.
Fortmann, L. (author / University of California Dept of Forestry and Natural Resources.) and University of California Dept of Forestry and Natural Resources.
Format:
Journal article
Publication Date:
1985
Published:
UK
Location:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 52 Document Number: C00597
Garforth, C. (author), Jones, G.E. (author), and Rolls, M.J. (author)
Format:
Conference paper
Publication Date:
1985
Published:
United Kingdom
Location:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 95 Document Number: C07438
Notes:
INTERPAKS, Mimeographed, 1985. Paper presented at the AERDC conference Investing in Rural Extension: Strategies and Goals, September 15-21, 1985, Agricultural and Rural Development Centre, University of Reading, UK. 15 p., Sets the general scene for the AERDC conference by discussing common assumptions and precepts regarding extension. Covers briefly the origins of extension, the development of extension services, the dimensions fo extension, and investments in extension.
