From working in the wheat field to managing wheat: Women innovators in Nepal
This article presents research conducted in Nepal’s Terai plains in 2014-15 showing that women are innovating in wheat to the extent that wheat farming is experiencing a shift from feminization of agricultural labor towards women taking control over decision making. Processes accounting for this inc...
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| author | Farnworth, Cathy Rozel Jafry, Tahseen Lama, Kanchan Chatterjee, Sushila Badstue, Lone B. |
| author_browse | Badstue, Lone B. Chatterjee, Sushila Farnworth, Cathy Rozel Jafry, Tahseen Lama, Kanchan |
| author_facet | Farnworth, Cathy Rozel Jafry, Tahseen Lama, Kanchan Chatterjee, Sushila Badstue, Lone B. |
| author_sort | Farnworth, Cathy Rozel |
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| description | This article presents research conducted in Nepal’s Terai plains in 2014-15 showing that women are innovating in wheat to the extent that wheat farming is experiencing a shift from feminization of agricultural labor towards women taking control over decision making. Processes accounting for this include male out-migration, non-governmental organizations working on promoting women’s equality that has developed women’s confidence, individual support from extension agents, and strong cooperation between women to foster each other’s “innovation journeys.” |
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| spelling | CGSpace1067432024-01-09T09:04:44Z From working in the wheat field to managing wheat: Women innovators in Nepal Farnworth, Cathy Rozel Jafry, Tahseen Lama, Kanchan Chatterjee, Sushila Badstue, Lone B. gender women agriculture This article presents research conducted in Nepal’s Terai plains in 2014-15 showing that women are innovating in wheat to the extent that wheat farming is experiencing a shift from feminization of agricultural labor towards women taking control over decision making. Processes accounting for this include male out-migration, non-governmental organizations working on promoting women’s equality that has developed women’s confidence, individual support from extension agents, and strong cooperation between women to foster each other’s “innovation journeys.” 2019-04-10 2020-01-28T05:32:38Z 2020-01-28T05:32:38Z Journal Article https://hdl.handle.net/10568/106743 en Open Access Springer Farnworth, C.R., Jafry, T., Lama, K. et al. (2019) From working in the wheat field to managing wheat: Women innovators in Nepal. Eur J Dev Res 31(2): 293–313. |
| spellingShingle | gender women agriculture Farnworth, Cathy Rozel Jafry, Tahseen Lama, Kanchan Chatterjee, Sushila Badstue, Lone B. From working in the wheat field to managing wheat: Women innovators in Nepal |
| title | From working in the wheat field to managing wheat: Women innovators in Nepal |
| title_full | From working in the wheat field to managing wheat: Women innovators in Nepal |
| title_fullStr | From working in the wheat field to managing wheat: Women innovators in Nepal |
| title_full_unstemmed | From working in the wheat field to managing wheat: Women innovators in Nepal |
| title_short | From working in the wheat field to managing wheat: Women innovators in Nepal |
| title_sort | from working in the wheat field to managing wheat women innovators in nepal |
| topic | gender women agriculture |
| url | https://hdl.handle.net/10568/106743 |
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