Realist Methodology and the Articulation of Modes of Production (ص 278)

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Realist Methodology and the Articulation of Modes of Production (ص 278)

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used as both a subsistence crop and a cash crop. The increase
in the production of secondary crops has led to an increase
in women's subsistence production.
As well as increased subsistence labour activity related to
the production and processing of secondary crops, women are
again producing more preserves, pickles and dried foodstuffs,
which even if not produced on the farm, are purchased in the
market when prices are at their lowest and manufactured and
processed in the household. However, the main point to bear
in mind is that the extent of women's household production
varies over time and should ultimately be conceptualised as
linked to changing agricultural fortunes. If profits go down
then women are more likely to be engaged in more intensive
subsistence production than they would be in more profitable
seasons, particularly if this decline in income is not just a
marginal seasonal variation but follows a marked longer term
trend. Thus women's subsistence production of foodstuffs
should be seen as linked to, and susceptible to changes in,
the peasant household economy as a whole, which includes both
subsistence production and commodity production.
The conclusion to be drawn from this section is that the
subsistence sector, after an initial period of stagnation
caused by corresponding economic growth in the commodity
production sector, is once again in the process of being
intensely utilised as stagnation and crisis have hit’ the
commodity production sector. Through this period the level of
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women's work activity has increased in both spheres and women
are bearing a greater share of the burden of this increased
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Realist Methodology and the Articulation of Modes of Production

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Alex Pollock

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