TY  - JOUR
T1  - Gender Roles in Response to Water Scarcity for Coffee Production:
A Case Study of an Ethnic Group in the Central Highlands of Vietnam
AU - Le, Nguyen Phuong 
JO  - The Social Sciences
VL  - 13
IS  - 4
SP  - 898
EP  - 907
PY  - 2018
DA  - 2001/08/19
SN  - 1818-5800
DO  - sscience.2018.898.907
UR  - https://makhillpublications.co/view-article.php?doi=sscience.2018.898.907
KW  - Water scarcity
KW  -coffee farmers
KW  -gender roles
KW  -coping strategies
KW  -Central Highlands
KW  -Vietnam
AB  - In the central highlands, a key coffee growing area of Vietnam, water for coffee production is
becoming increasingly scarce. Although, central and local governments have implemented several mitigation
strategies, only 19% of areas under coffee cultivation in the Central Highlands have access to state-constructed
irrigation schemes. As a result, coffee producers have had to develop alternative strategies to cope with water
scarcity. Based on quantitative and qualitative data collected from an ethic minority group of Ede in the Central
Highlands, this research has indicated that farmers develop coping strategies for water scarcity based on their
local skills, knowledge and gender division of labor. Although, differentiation of gender roles has been
discussed in the literature for agricultural production, few studies have specifically focused on gender roles
in construction and implemention of coping strategies in response to water scarcity. It was found that men
played more significant roles in responding to water scarcity. However, women’s roles have significantly
changed in coffee production in general and in cpoing with water scarcity in particular. To supplement the
coping strategies of farmers to water scarcity, it is recommended that central and local governments provide
more technical and financial support to male and female farmers.
ER  -