La situación de las mujeres rurales en España: el caso de las artesanas alimentarias a pequeña escala

Veronica Escurriol Martinez; Rosa Binimelis; Marta G. Rivera-Ferre

doi:10.5565/rev/athenea.1186

The situation of rural women in Spain: the case of small-scale artisan food producers

Authors

Veronica Escurriol Martinez Autonomous University of Barcelona, Veterinary faculty, Building V, Bellaterra (Cerdanyola del Valles), Barcelona.
Rosa Binimelis Center for Agro-food Economy and Development-CREDA-UPC-IRTA, ESAB Building, 08860, Castelldefels (Barcelona). Current address: Genok - Centre for Biosafety, Forskningsparken in Breivika, P.O. Box 6418, 9294 Tromsø (Norway).
Marta G. Rivera-Ferre Autonomous University of Barcelona, Veterinary faculty, Building V, Bellaterra (Cerdanyola del Valles), Barcelona. University of Vic, Polytechnic School, Food and Environment Department, C/ de la Laura, 13, 08500, Vic (Barcelona).

PDF

Abstract

Rural women's discrimination and the lack of effective implementation of the legislation on gender equality is a phenomenon found around the world. Women have been traditionally the responsible of family care and feeding, thus they have developed productive tasks that allow combining productive and reproductive activities in the farm. Food processing is one of these activities and it allows women to have a paid work or to complement agrarian rents in a context where most of agricultural works are vetoed to them. Nevertheless, women are usually linked to small-scale agricultural projects which prioritize quality and local food production, and the expansion of industrial food systems has worsened the situation of artisan women. In the present research we aimed, through the use of qualitative methodologies, at conducting a diagnosis of the situation of women leading small-scale food transformation projects in Spain while eliciting their main difficulties, needs and claims.

Keywords

Rural Women, Food Crafts, Food Safety Standards, Small-Scale Projects

Author Biographies

Veronica Escurriol Martinez, Autonomous University of Barcelona, Veterinary faculty, Building V, Bellaterra (Cerdanyola del Valles), Barcelona.

Verónica Escurriol Martínez is biologist by Pompeu Fabra University. She took her PhD degree in Barcelona University with a project about nutrition, vegetarian diet and health. Her current research focuses in food sovereignty, food security and gender.

Rosa Binimelis, Center for Agro-food Economy and Development-CREDA-UPC-IRTA, ESAB Building, 08860, Castelldefels (Barcelona). Current address: Genok - Centre for Biosafety, Forskningsparken in Breivika, P.O. Box 6418, 9294 Tromsø (Norway).

Rosa Binimelis has a PhD in Environmental Sciences (Ecological Economics) at the Autonomous University of Barcelona. Her research fields include food sovereignty and gender, and alternative food systems. Her present research is about how to integrate socio-economic considerations in the decision-making process related to GMOs, focusing on the relationship between beekeeping and GMOs as a case study.

Marta G. Rivera-Ferre, Autonomous University of Barcelona, Veterinary faculty, Building V, Bellaterra (Cerdanyola del Valles), Barcelona. University of Vic, Polytechnic School, Food and Environment Department, C/ de la Laura, 13, 08500, Vic (Barcelona).

Marta G. Rivera-Ferre carries out her research on food systems (understood as complex socioecological systems) and sustainability. She is particularly interested in food sovereignty from a sociological perspective, including the institutional analysis. She is also performing research on autonomous adaptation to climate change in rural areas.