Work type and work load of female farmers in various kinds of agriculture.
10.2185/jjrm.34.193
- VernacularTitle:農家主婦の農業労働における役割と労働負担に関する研究
- Author:
Makoto FUTATSUKA
;
Shigeru OHYAMA
;
Naoko YASUTAKE
;
Shigeru NOMURA
;
Atsushi UEDA
;
Tadako UEDA
- Publication Type:Journal Article
- From:Journal of the Japanese Association of Rural Medicine
1985;34(2):193-208
- CountryJapan
- Language:Japanese
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Abstract:
In order to observe the actual work types and the work load of female farmers in various kinds of agriculture that have gradually become a large part of agriculture in Japan as a result of changes in the structure of agricultural production, the authors performed a questionnaire and interview with a large number of female farmers (2, 113) and women in non-agricultural households.
Greenhouse farming was the most common work type for female farmers, followed by tobacco cultivation. The jobs conventionally undertaken by men, that have required a large dynamic work load, have been progressively mechanized, while auxiliary work before and after machinary work remain as manual labor by women. Some clear differences in the work type between full-time farming and part-time farming of female farmers were observed. On the other hand, it does not seem to be easy to estimate the work strain due to the work loads as mentioned above.
