Role of Matrilineal System, Gender and Education in Traditional Farming Systems and Food Culture in West Sumatra Indonesia (original) (raw)

The objective of this paper is to describe and detect the role of matrilineal system, gender and education in Traditional Farming System (TFS) and food culture in West Sumatra, Indonesia. The contribution of these parameters for a sustainable rural development was investigated, too. The methods include the following steps: (a) field description gender (household activities) and education (female in TFS and food culture), (b) a survey on activities based on matrilineal, gender and education. A participatory approach was used in four different sites in West Sumatra; every field technique was carried out together with local stakeholders. The data was coded and classified into several groups and clustered by using MAXQDA 10. The results suggest that the matrilineal system is still controlling farm to fork activities. Farming itself is considered as men's job but farming decisions and cooking are considered as women's job. Education of women directly is related to passing the knowledge of the food culture to the daughters but not for traditional farming.