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2. Farming question, the: intergenerational linkages, gender and youth aspirations in rural zambia
- Collection:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
- Contributers:
- Oluwafemi Ogunjimi, Thomas Daum (author) and Kariuki, Juliet (author)
- Format:
- Journal article
- Publication Date:
- 2022-11-28
- Published:
- United States: Wiley Online
- Location:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 205 Document Number: D12768
- Journal Title:
- Rural Sociology
- Journal Title Details:
- Online
- Notes:
- 37pgs, With agriculture considered key to generating jobs for Africa's growing population, several studies have explored youth aspirations toward farming. While many factors explaining aspirations have been well studied, little is known about the actors' shaping aspirations. We developed a novel framework that focuses on the factors and actors shaping the formation and actual aspirations of rural youth and applied a unique “whole-family” approach based on mixed-methods data collection from adolescents (boys and girls) and corresponding adults. We applied this approach in rural Zambia, collecting data from 348 adolescents and adults in 87 households. The study finds that parents strongly shape youth aspirations—they are much more influential than siblings, peers, church, and media. Male youth are more likely to envision farming (full or part-time) than female youth. The male preference for farming reflects their parent's aspirations and is reinforced by the patriarchal system of land inheritance. Parents' farm characteristics, such as degree of mechanization, are also associated with aspirations. We recommend a “whole- family” approach, which acknowledges the influential role of parents, for policies and programs for rural youth and a stronger focus on gender aspects.
3. What characteristics do farmers' daughters share?
- Collection:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
- Contributers:
- Todd, Sarah (author)
- Format:
- Online article
- Publication Date:
- 2008-03-28
- Published:
- United Kingdom
- Location:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 165 Document Number: C27480
- Journal Title:
- Farmer's Weekly Interactive
4. Women's work, women's lives: a comparative economic perspective
- Collection:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
- Contributers:
- Blau, Francine D. (author) and Ferber, Marianne A. (author)
- Format:
- Working paper
- Publication Date:
- 1990-09
- Published:
- International
- Location:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 114 Document Number: D11014
- Notes:
- 32 pages., National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) Working Paper No. 3447., Broad overview of women's economic status in countries around the world. It examined specifically such important issues as labor force participation, occupational segregation, earnings, education, and the amount of time spent on housework.