The men who feed the world? Putting masculinities on the agenda for crop breeding research for development

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cg.contributor.affiliationCornell Universityen_US
cg.contributor.donorBill & Melinda Gates Foundationen_US
cg.contributor.donorCGIAR Trust Funden_US
cg.howPublishedFormally Publisheden_US
cg.identifier.doihttps://doi.org/10.3389/fsufs.2023.1243217en_US
cg.isijournalISI Journalen_US
cg.issn2571-581Xen_US
cg.journalFrontiers in Sustainable Food Systemsen_US
cg.reviewStatusPeer Reviewen_US
cg.subject.actionAreaSystems Transformationen_US
cg.subject.impactAreaGender equality, youth and social inclusionen_US
cg.subject.impactPlatformGenderen_US
cg.subject.sdgSDG 5 - Gender equalityen_US
cg.volume7-2023en_US
dc.contributor.authorArff Tarjem, Idaen_US
dc.contributor.authorTufan, Hale Annen_US
dc.date.accessioned2024-01-26T15:20:30Zen_US
dc.date.available2024-01-26T15:20:30Zen_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10568/138615en_US
dc.titleThe men who feed the world? Putting masculinities on the agenda for crop breeding research for developmenten_US
dcterms.abstractScience, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) fields that are dominated by men and masculine have historically been shown to lead to poor representation and discrimination of women and gender diverse scientists, managers, and leaders. This in turn negatively impacts inclusive innovation processes and outcomes. We claim that crop breeding is one such field that is undeniably dominated by men, and even masculine, and could therefore harbor the very same dynamics of exclusion. Yet there is a dearth of research systematically investigating how masculinities are performed in the institutions, organizations, cultures, discourses, and practices of crop breeding. In this Perspective piece, we present a theoretically informed hypothesis of crop breeding organizations as representing spaces where masculinities associated with rurality, management, and science and technology come together in ways that may marginalize women and gender diverse individuals, including in intersection with sexuality, race, ethnicity, and disability. In developing this hypothesis, we draw upon theoretical and empirical insights from masculinity studies in rural sociology, management and organization studies, and feminist technoscience studies. We demonstrate how critical men and masculinities studies can help expose masculinities in crop breeding to investigation, discussion, criticism, and change. As we seek to advance equality in and through crop breeding organizations, this framing helps to guide future research with potential to positively impact the culture of crop breeding research.en_US
dcterms.accessRightsOpen Accessen_US
dcterms.audienceScientistsen_US
dcterms.available2023-09-01en_US
dcterms.bibliographicCitationTarjem IA and Tufan HA (2023) The men who feed the world? Putting masculinities on the agenda for crop breeding research for development. Front. Sustain. Food Syst. 7:1243217. doi: 10.3389/fsufs.2023.1243217en_US
dcterms.issued2023-09-01en_US
dcterms.languageenen_US
dcterms.licenseCC-BY-4.0en_US
dcterms.publisherFrontiers Mediaen_US
dcterms.subjectgenderen_US
dcterms.subjectplant breedingen_US
dcterms.subjecttrait preferencesen_US
dcterms.typeJournal Articleen_US

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