Rearing of livestock appeared from the interviews as another principal coping strategy for building resilience to shocks. Generally, both the female and male respondents noted that they keep livestock and poultry such as fowls, sheep, and goats mainly as insurance cover against hard times. One of the female farmers explained that her husband sells her fowls during the stress periods [April-August] of the year. Sale of livestock to obtain cash for household needs was a coping strategy for the few participants (12%) who had livestock. However, the marketing of livestock was considered a ‘man job’. The justification given for allowing men to market the livestock was that men were better at controlling animal than women. One of the female farmers in Dorimon, for example, explained that ruminants such as goats and sheep were difficult to handle particularly in public spaces. She added that if permitted by the husband, she could manage the fowls but indeed not the goats.
Our findings revealed that women produce charcoal as a principal coping strategy. However, men never did this. During field observations, women were seen trading in charcoal (Figure 1).
Rearing of livestock appeared from the interviews as another principal coping strategy for building resilience to shocks. Generally, both the female and male respondents noted that they keep livestock and poultry such as fowls, sheep, and goats mainly as insurance cover against hard times. One of the female farmers explained that her husband sells her fowls during the stress periods [April-August] of the year. Sale of livestock to obtain cash for household needs was a coping strategy for the few participants (12%) who had livestock. However, the marketing of livestock was considered a ‘man job’. The justification given for allowing men to market the livestock was that men were better at controlling animal than women. One of the female farmers in Dorimon, for example, explained that ruminants such as goats and sheep were difficult to handle particularly in public spaces. She added that if permitted by the husband, she could manage the fowls but indeed not the goats.<br>我們的調查結果顯示,婦女生產木炭作為主要的應對策略。然而,男人從來沒有這麼做過。在實地觀察,婦女出現在木炭交易(圖1)。
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