Sociocultural factors affecting women smallholders: the case of ethnic minority women in the highlands of Southeast Asia
摘要
Women smallholder farmers in Asia are highly diverse in culture, religions, languages, and agricultural landscapes, especially among ethnic minority people who are concentrated in the highlands of Southeast Asia, northeastern India, and southwest China (e.g. Michaud, 2009, 2017; Scott, 2009). This upland region is distinguished from low-land areas in terms of agricultural, cultural, and political landscapes, forming unique research agendas in area studies. Farming conditions and gendered experience of these minority men and women farmers, including the young generation, are very different from those of the rice-based lowland region.