Transformation of the Role of Women Farmers in the Informal Sector: Dynamics of Gender Change and Social Structure in Farming Communities in Konda Sub-district, South Konawe Regency
Keywords:
Gender Dynamics, Informal Sector, Role Transformation, Social Structure, Women FarmersAbstract
The main objective of the study was to determine the dynamics of gender change and changes in social structure in the transformation of the role of women farmers in the informal sector, especially in the Farmer Community in Konda District, South Konawe Regency. This type of research is descriptive qualitative using a case study approach. The subjects in this study were farmer households. The research informants consisted of all elements involved in wet-rice farming activities and the informal sector. Farm women and farmers as the main informants; village heads/farmer group leaders as key informants and agricultural extension workers were selected as supporting informants. The informant selection technique was carried out using the snow ball sampling method, i.e. researchers first looked for key informants who had in-depth knowledge on the focus of this research. Data collection techniques through in-depth interviews and participatory observation. The collected data were analyzed using category analysis and theme analysis models. Data validity techniques, researchers used source triangulation and technique triangulation. The results showed that women farmers face the dynamics of gender and social structure changes that affect their roles and contributions in agricultural activities and encourage them to transform in the informal sector. The transformation has also caused changes in productive and reproductive roles. In addition, the transformation of peasant women in the informal sector has led to changes in status and power in peasant households, shifts in interaction patterns among peasant women from the agricultural sector to the informal and community sectors, and changes in social layers in the peasant community due to changes in the size of agricultural land ownership and structural changes due to agricultural modernization.
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