Women's roles in household farm work and decision making: A case of two muslim villages in Pattani [Thailand]
1990
Awae Masae (Prince of Songkla Univ., Songkhla (Thailand). Faculty of Natural Resources. Dept. of Agro-Development)
Data was obtained from 122 households of Ban Mapah and ban Benae Badae of Amphoe Yarang. Although in general men and women helped each other in most of agricultural tasks, sexual division of labour occurred based on farmers' perception of the suitability of men and women for specific kind of work. In rice farming, adoption of HYVs affected womens' participation by reducing their level of participation in some tasks especially in harvesting and threshing. These changes also affected their participation in routine decision-making concerned. However, landholding differences did not show any significant effect on womens' participation in rice cultivation due to the even distribution of operated land among villagers. The participation of women in adoption decision-making related to rice cultivation was lower than that in work and routine decision-making. In crops other than rice, level of women's participation varied according to nature of tasks. Their participation in rubber production differed in relation to task, size of rubber garden and location of rubber garden. In fruit production, women dominated only in marketing. In vegetable and field crops production, women were dominant in caring for the crops where the production was mainly for household consumption but this decreased when the production was more commercially oriented. In relation to decision-making concerned with crops other than rice, the involvement of women differed according to types of decision and associated with the level of their participation in the related tasks. Regarding livestock keeping, women were dominant in caring for small livestock whereas in large livestock men were dominant
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