Reshaping agrarian reform and gender relations in a commercial banana plantation in Davao Province, Philippines | |
| Author | Menguita-Feranil, Mary Luz |
| Call Number | AIT Thesis no.GD-05-13 |
| Subject(s) | Land reform--Philippines--Davao Province Banana trade--Philippines--Davao Province Women agricultural laborers--Philippines--Davao Province |
| Note | A thesis submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Science, School of Environment, Resources and Development |
| Publisher | Asian Institute of Technology |
| Series Statement | Thesis ; no. GD-05-13 |
| Abstract | This thesis studies the linkages between export agriculture, land reform and gender relations at the local level. It focuses on agrarian reform beneficiaries (ARBs) that were former wage workers and office employees at the banana-producing multinational DoleStanfilco in the Philippines. It examines how export-oriented agriculture influences redistributive land reform, and subsequently, gender relations at the local level. The impacts of global fanning on the gender division of labor are studied, comparing between the old and new production regimes as a result of land reform. The study argues that while land reform in export-oriented plantations tends to provide male and female beneficiaries better access to land, previous arrangements and production relations are reproduced in reformed plantations. The reproduction of unequal relations in old production regimes are influenced by export agriculture that demand scale farm operations in order to respond to the demands of the global market. Hence, while old production and labor relations appear to be eliminated through land reform, old inequalities are reproduced under the new order. The emergence of a new "middle" class and "underclass" in reformed plantations surfaces to provide concrete evidence of this phenomenon |
| Year | 2005 |
| Corresponding Series Added Entry | Asian Institute of Technology. Thesis ; no. GD-05-13 |
| Type | Thesis |
| School | School of Environment, Resources, and Development (SERD) |
| Department | Department of Development and Sustainability (DDS) |
| Academic Program/FoS | Gender and Development Studies (GD) |
| Chairperson(s) | Resurreccion, Bernadette P.; |
| Examination Committee(s) | Earth, Barbara ;Ahmad, Mokbul Morshed; |
| Scholarship Donor(s) | Government of Japan; |
| Degree | Thesis (M.Sc.) - Asian Institute of Technology, 2005 |