The laborers of Zacatecas in protected agriculture
Protected agriculture in Mexico emerged from the enhancement of productive reconversion and the promotion of the development of capitalist. Its focus is on economic and technical benefits but it has left aside the social impact related to women day laborers in the market. This research is aimed at f...
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| Tipo de recurso: | artículo |
| Estado: | Versión publicada |
| Fecha de publicación: | 2012 |
| País: | México |
| Institución: | UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA CHAPINGO |
| Repositorio: | Revista de Geografía Agrícola |
| Idioma: | español |
| OAI Identifier: | oai:ojs2.revistas.chapingo.mx:article/341 |
| Acceso en línea: | https://revistas.chapingo.mx/geografia/article/view/r.rga.2012.48-49.06 |
| Access Level: | acceso abierto |
| Palabra clave: | Jornaleras mercado de trabajo agricultura protegida desarrollo rural Zacatecas laborers labor market protected agriculture rural development |
| Sumario: | Protected agriculture in Mexico emerged from the enhancement of productive reconversion and the promotion of the development of capitalist. Its focus is on economic and technical benefits but it has left aside the social impact related to women day laborers in the market. This research is aimed at featuring the participation of women day laborers in the vegetable market based on protected agriculture and evaluating the impact of such market in relation to social and economic benefits.The study was set out in the framework of the neoliberal development model, which is responsible for the present precarious situation of laborers. The work tackled the theory of the institutional labor market through the analysis of customs and family roles that explain the inclusion of women into a segmented rural labor market. The focus was on the strategies of reproduction of Medina (1991), with contributions from Acosta (2007). The results showed an age range from 14 to 67; the family position of daughters (51%), mothers (33%) and wives (16%); as well as women with no education level (10%), and some with technical studies (3%).On the other hand, 20 per cent of the workers reported three or more economic dependents, 38 per cent were family heads and in 10 per cent of the cases they were considered the only contributors to the family income. Twenty-eight per cent reported some social benefit. As a conclusion, women in the work force employed in protected agriculture does not follow a specific profile, rather a specific family situation which forces them to enter in this labor market, thus representing a reproduction strategy under economic pressures. This strategy, however, offers minimal benefits and deprives women from rewarding reproduction. |
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