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Gender Roles in Southeast Asian Agriculture
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What is Gender Roles in Southeast Asian Agriculture?

Gender Roles in Southeast Asian Agriculture examines divisions in labor, decision-making, and resource access between male and female farmers in countries like Indonesia, Vietnam, and Thailand, using household surveys and gender-disaggregated data.

Studies highlight women's roles in cassava processing and food diversification amid food insecurity. Research from Indonesia shows rural women diversifying cassava-based foods to enhance household food security (Suharko and Hudayana, 2020). Over 20 papers since 2015 analyze these dynamics, with key works cited 17-163 times.

Curated Papers

Key Challenges

Why It Matters

Gender-disaggregated data reveals equity gaps in agricultural policies, essential for inclusive food security strategies in Southeast Asia. Suharko and Hudayana (2020) demonstrate rural women's cassava diversification improves household resilience in Yogyakarta. Duffy et al. (2021) link agroforestry to smallholder food security in Indonesia, where women's labor contributions are critical yet under-resourced. Kimura (2021) critiques gender politics in micronutrient interventions, informing targeted policies.

Key Research Challenges

Data Disaggregation Gaps

Household surveys often lack gender breakdowns, obscuring women's specific contributions to food security. Suharko and Hudayana (2020) note this in cassava diversification studies from Gunungkidul. Improved metrics are needed for accurate policy impacts.

Climate Impact on Women

Climate change disproportionately affects female farmers' upland rice production and coping strategies. Murniati and Mutolib (2020) document food security declines in Lampung due to these shifts. Gender-sensitive adaptation models remain underdeveloped.

Resource Access Barriers

Women face limited access to land and markets, hindering food expenditure and diversification. Zani et al. (2019) identify determinants in Southeast Sulawesi cassava villages. Interventions must address socioeconomic inequalities per Rahmanto et al. (2020).

Essential Papers

Agroforestry contributions to smallholder farmer food security in Indonesia

Colm Duffy, Gregory G. Toth, Robert P. O. Hagan et al. · 2021 · Agroforestry Systems · 163 citations

Abstract Agroforestry has potential for strengthening the climate change resilience of smallholder farmers in Southeast Asia. In Indonesia, the food security challenges faced by smallholders will l...

Forests, Trees, and Micronutrient-Rich Food Consumption in Indonesia

Amy Ickowitz, Dominic Rowland, Bronwen Powell et al. · 2016 · PLoS ONE · 148 citations

Micronutrient deficiency remains a serious problem in Indonesia with approximately 100 million people, or 40% of the population, suffering from one or more micronutrient deficiencies. In rural area...

Hidden Hunger: Gender and the Politics of Smarter Foods

Aya H. Kimura · 2021 · OAPEN (OAPEN) · 87 citations

For decades, NGOs targeting world hunger focused on ensuring that adequate quantities of food were being sent to those in need. In the 1990s, the international food policy community turned its focu...

The impact of climate change on the household food security of upland rice farmers in Sidomulyo, Lampung Province, Indonesia

Ktut Murniati, Abdul Mutolib · 2020 · Biodiversitas Journal of Biological Diversity · 48 citations

Abstract. Murniati K, Mutolib A. 2020. The impact of climate change on the household food security of upland rice farmers in Sidomulyo, Lampung Province, Indonesia. Biodiversitas 21: 3487-3493. Cli...

Determinants of Household Food Expenditure in a Cassava Growing Village in Southeast Sulawesi

Munirwan Zani, Haji Saediman, Sukmawati Abdullah et al. · 2019 · Academic Journal of Interdisciplinary Studies · 32 citations

The study aimed to analyze the factors affecting food consumption expenditure among cassava growing households in Southeast Sulawesi Province, Indonesia. The study was carried out in Lapodi village...

MODEL SOSIAL-EKONOMI DAN KETAHANAN PANGAN RUMAH TANGGA DI INDONESIA

Laksmi Yustika Devi, Yuni Andari, Latri Wihastuti et al. · 2020 · Jurnal Ekonomi dan Pembangunan · 25 citations

Ketahanan pangan adalah salah satu prioritas pembangunan dalam Rencana Kerja Pemerintah (RKP). Perumusan kebijakan tentang implementasi ketahanan pangan harus mampu memberikan output yang dapat men...

Coping strategies for food insecurity among adolescent girls during the lean season in East Nusa Tenggara, Indonesia: a qualitative study

Dewi Fatmaningrum, Airin Roshita, Judhiastuty Februhartanty · 2015 · British Journal Of Nutrition · 18 citations

Abstract One in eight people suffer from chronic hunger, leading to an insecure food situation. Chronic hunger mostly occurs in developing countries and includes adolescent girls. Our qualitative s...

Reading Guide

Foundational Papers

Start with Dirou (2013) for social provisioning insights into Indonesian food security, providing baseline for gender dynamics analysis.

Recent Advances

Duffy et al. (2021) for agroforestry contributions; Suharko and Hudayana (2020) for women's cassava diversification; Kimura (2021) for gender politics in nutrition.

Core Methods

Household surveys (Zani et al., 2019), qualitative lean-season studies (Fatmaningrum et al., 2015), and socioeconomic modeling (Devi et al., 2020).

How PapersFlow Helps You Research Gender Roles in Southeast Asian Agriculture

Discover & Search

Research Agent uses searchPapers and exaSearch to find gender-focused papers like 'Rural Woman and Food Security' by Suharko and Hudayana (2020), then citationGraph reveals clusters from Duffy et al. (2021) on Indonesian agroforestry.

Analyze & Verify

Analysis Agent employs readPaperContent on Suharko and Hudayana (2020) for women's cassava roles, verifyResponse with CoVe to check claims against Ickowitz et al. (2016), and runPythonAnalysis to statistically verify food security correlations using pandas on survey data; GRADE scores evidence strength.

Synthesize & Write

Synthesis Agent detects gaps in gender-climate links from Murniati and Mutolib (2020), flags contradictions in coping strategies; Writing Agent uses latexEditText, latexSyncCitations for Duffy et al., and latexCompile policy reports with exportMermaid for labor division diagrams.

Use Cases

"Analyze food expenditure gender differences in Indonesian cassava households."

Research Agent → searchPapers → Analysis Agent → runPythonAnalysis (pandas regression on Zani et al. 2019 survey data) → outputs statistical p-values and gender coefficients.

"Draft LaTeX review on women's agroforestry roles in Indonesia."

Synthesis Agent → gap detection → Writing Agent → latexEditText + latexSyncCitations (Duffy et al. 2021) + latexCompile → outputs compiled PDF with figures.

"Find code for modeling gender food security in Southeast Asia."

Research Agent → paperExtractUrls → Code Discovery → paperFindGithubRepo + githubRepoInspect → outputs repo links with survey analysis scripts.

Automated Workflows

Deep Research workflow scans 50+ papers via searchPapers for systematic gender role reviews, chaining to DeepScan's 7-step verification on Duffy et al. (2021) household data. Theorizer generates theories on women's coping strategies from Fatmaningrum et al. (2015), linking to Kimura (2021) micronutrient politics.

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Frequently Asked Questions

What defines gender roles in this subtopic?

Division of labor, decision-making, and resource access disparities between male and female farmers in Southeast Asian agriculture, analyzed via household surveys.

What methods are used?

Household surveys and gender-disaggregated data from Indonesia, as in Zani et al. (2019) on cassava villages and Suharko and Hudayana (2020) on food diversification.

What are key papers?

Duffy et al. (2021, 163 citations) on agroforestry food security; Suharko and Hudayana (2020, 17 citations) on rural women's cassava roles; Ickowitz et al. (2016, 148 citations) on forests and micronutrients.

What open problems exist?

Scaling gender-sensitive climate adaptations for upland farmers (Murniati and Mutolib, 2020) and overcoming data gaps in women's resource access (Rahmanto et al., 2020).