The Capacity of a Household Farming System with Women’s Decision and Action-Making Power: Rural Marginal Areas in Morocco

Nowadays, women’s contribution to society through their social and human involvement at the household level in terms of education, care, and nutrition, as well as their added value to economic functioning, is increasingly recognized. However, most of the related research highlights the relative cont...

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Autores principales: Alary, Veronique, Romagny, Bruno, Najjar, Dina, Aderghal, Mohammed, Moisseron, Jean-Yves
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Acceso en línea:https://hdl.handle.net/10568/176679
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author Alary, Veronique
Romagny, Bruno
Najjar, Dina
Aderghal, Mohammed
Moisseron, Jean-Yves
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Alary, Veronique
Moisseron, Jean-Yves
Najjar, Dina
Romagny, Bruno
author_facet Alary, Veronique
Romagny, Bruno
Najjar, Dina
Aderghal, Mohammed
Moisseron, Jean-Yves
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description Nowadays, women’s contribution to society through their social and human involvement at the household level in terms of education, care, and nutrition, as well as their added value to economic functioning, is increasingly recognized. However, most of the related research highlights the relative contributions of women and men. This paper proposes to analyze the link between women’s contribution to social, economic, and financial activities and the rural livelihood of the whole household farm. Based on a household survey that included a respondent section for women from over 285 families in the least rurally developed regions of Morocco, descriptive statistics and systemic analysis successively based on multiple factorial and clustering analyses were used to analyze the links between household adaptative capacity and women’s material and immaterial contributions. The results revealed that women play a crucial role in intergenerational knowledge transfer, which constitutes a critical factor in household capacities and reproduction, especially in the least endowed households. However, the women’s farm or off-farm activities did not guarantee their autonomy. So, the contribution of women to household farm livelihood through their know-how opens alternative pathways to reconsider their contribution to the overall goal of livelihood improvement
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spelling CGSpace1766792026-01-15T02:14:00Z The Capacity of a Household Farming System with Women’s Decision and Action-Making Power: Rural Marginal Areas in Morocco Alary, Veronique Romagny, Bruno Najjar, Dina Aderghal, Mohammed Moisseron, Jean-Yves livelihoods morocco adaptive capacity rural household women empowerment Nowadays, women’s contribution to society through their social and human involvement at the household level in terms of education, care, and nutrition, as well as their added value to economic functioning, is increasingly recognized. However, most of the related research highlights the relative contributions of women and men. This paper proposes to analyze the link between women’s contribution to social, economic, and financial activities and the rural livelihood of the whole household farm. Based on a household survey that included a respondent section for women from over 285 families in the least rurally developed regions of Morocco, descriptive statistics and systemic analysis successively based on multiple factorial and clustering analyses were used to analyze the links between household adaptative capacity and women’s material and immaterial contributions. The results revealed that women play a crucial role in intergenerational knowledge transfer, which constitutes a critical factor in household capacities and reproduction, especially in the least endowed households. However, the women’s farm or off-farm activities did not guarantee their autonomy. So, the contribution of women to household farm livelihood through their know-how opens alternative pathways to reconsider their contribution to the overall goal of livelihood improvement 2025-09-25T15:29:25Z 2025-09-25T15:29:25Z Journal Article https://hdl.handle.net/10568/176679 en Open Access application/pdf MDPI Veronique Alary, Bruno Romagny, Dina Najjar, Mohammed Aderghal, Jean-Yves Moisseron. (31/1/2025). The Capacity of a Household Farming System with Women’s Decision and Action-Making Power: Rural Marginal Areas in Morocco. Agriculture, 15 (3).
spellingShingle livelihoods
morocco
adaptive capacity
rural household
women empowerment
Alary, Veronique
Romagny, Bruno
Najjar, Dina
Aderghal, Mohammed
Moisseron, Jean-Yves
The Capacity of a Household Farming System with Women’s Decision and Action-Making Power: Rural Marginal Areas in Morocco
title The Capacity of a Household Farming System with Women’s Decision and Action-Making Power: Rural Marginal Areas in Morocco
title_full The Capacity of a Household Farming System with Women’s Decision and Action-Making Power: Rural Marginal Areas in Morocco
title_fullStr The Capacity of a Household Farming System with Women’s Decision and Action-Making Power: Rural Marginal Areas in Morocco
title_full_unstemmed The Capacity of a Household Farming System with Women’s Decision and Action-Making Power: Rural Marginal Areas in Morocco
title_short The Capacity of a Household Farming System with Women’s Decision and Action-Making Power: Rural Marginal Areas in Morocco
title_sort capacity of a household farming system with women s decision and action making power rural marginal areas in morocco
topic livelihoods
morocco
adaptive capacity
rural household
women empowerment
url https://hdl.handle.net/10568/176679
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