Gender Dynamics in Single and Integrated Farming in the Municipality of Irosin, Sorsogon, Philippines

The study examined gendered and intersectional trends in agricultural involvement in Irosin, Sorsogon, in the hope that it serves the purpose of informing Gender and Development (GAD) planning. A descriptive-analytical approach was used to analyse sex-disaggregated survey data (N 1, 203) of 19 barangays summarized using frequencies, percentages and sectoral averages, their mean strengths. The involvement was also male dominated (about 75 percent male) with females taking a higher percentage in single farming (27.2 percent) than in the integrated farming (20.7 percent), which indicates the factor could be limiting women participation in the diversified agricultural systems. Intersection of sectors  showed that women were always more prone to the indicators of vulnerability than men, such as 4ps beneficiary rates (rice: 33.78% vs 24.60%), and solo parent rates (rice: 19.73% vs 8.77%). Men were also more often observed to be the heads of the homes and in the sectors (more or less about 87 percent-94 percent in men and 45 percent-51 percent in women). The patterns of income differed across sectors: rice incomes matched (₱53,247 among women; ₱54,938 among men), but in HVC, coconut, and inland fishing, the difference was greater. Such results suggest that GAD-responsive agricultural interventions should be sector-specific and subgroup-responsive by prioritizing women who are overlapping poverty, solo parents, and inadequate household decision-makers especially in subsectors where income inequalities are high.