| Author | Kyawt Kyawt Khaing |
| Call Number | AIT Thesis no.RD-00-3 |
| Subject(s) | Women in agriculture--Myanmar--Nyaung Shwe
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| Note | A thesis submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Master of
Science |
| Publisher | Asian Institute of Technology |
| Abstract | The area under study is predominantly inhabited by Kyaungshae village whose main
occupation is agriculture. The study is about how women and men do different things, has
access to different resources and benefits and has different responsibilities. To achieve
sustainable agriculture development, women who live in rural area, mostly work as
agricultural laborers. For example, the men plough and prepare land for cultivation and
women engage sowing, transplanting, seedlings, planting and weeding, and harvesting for
daily wages.
The study was conducted in Letmaungwe Village Tract Peace and Development
Council (VTPDC) in Nyaung Shwe Township, Southern Shan State of Myanmar. A total of
36 sample households was surveyed and the research studied the labor participation of women
in sustainable agriculture development. It compared on the gender roles and responsibilities in
agriculture and household activities by using gender division of labor activity profile before
and during a sustainable agriculture project.
The survey showed that women's labor participation is more than men's in agriculture
and household activities both before and during the project.
The survey also found that the women labor participation in the lowest income groups
is higher than in wealthy income group.
The gender division of labor is constantly being transformed and re-created as social
and gender relation change take place. Both past and the on going Sustainable Agriculture
project were revealed that women's labor is most imp01iant in field crop production and soil
fe1iility management. Women labor burdens are often increased by the introduction of new
technologies, new methods and new improved seeds even if these are considered as
"Sustainable" types of technologies. |
| Year | 2000 |
| Type | Thesis |
| School | School of Environment, Resources, and Development (SERD) |
| Department | Department of Development and Sustainability (DDS) |
| Academic Program/FoS | Rural Development, Gender and Resources (RD) |
| Chairperson(s) | Resurreccion, Bernadette P. ;Kelkar, Govind; |
| Examination Committee(s) | Shivakoti, Ganesh P. ;Kusakabe, Kyoko; |
| Scholarship Donor(s) | Deutscher Akademischer Austauschdienst (DAAD), Germany; |
| Degree | Thesis (M.Sc.) - Asian Institute of Technology, 2000 |