Productive activities of cassava with a gender focus, San Pablo de Tarugo – Canuto – Chone

Abstract

The research was carried out in San Pablo de Tarugo, Canuto-Chone-Manabí parish, to identify productive, non-productive and community activities of cassava cultivation from a gender perspective. A non-experimental type of research was used, with bibliographic and descriptive research methods; using observation techniques, gender analysis and descriptive statistics. Their results showed that the division of labor is defined based on cultural symbolization of gender, according to roles, age, social and environmental. In the productive sectors, participation by gender represents 86.4% for men and 13.6% for women. In reproductive or domestic ones, they show a participation of 58% women and 42% men. For the community ones, a participation of 47% of men and 53% of women. A tendency to reproduce traditional social relations, of androgenic culture, affected by changes in cassava agroindustrial development processes was evident.

Keywords: Division of labor by gender, androgenic culture, gender roles.