Is Scale-Appropriate Farm Mechanization Gendered? Learning from the Nepal Hills
Scale-appropriate farm mechanization could be an important pathway to the UN’s sustainable development goals (SDGs) of attaining gender equality (SDG5) in agriculture. Gender and farm mechanization is getting attention in the academic and public policy domain as a solution to labor scarcity in the s...
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| author | Gartaula, Hom Nath Singh, Madhulika Paudel, Gokul Prasad |
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| description | Scale-appropriate farm mechanization could be an important pathway to the UN’s sustainable development goals (SDGs) of attaining gender equality (SDG5) in agriculture. Gender and farm mechanization is getting attention in the academic and public policy domain as a solution to labor scarcity in the smallholder farming systems, which in recent years, is facing challenges of labor shortage due to male labor outmigration. Taking a case study from a maize-based farming system in Nepal hill, this paper illustrates how the promotion of scale-appropriate farm mechanization can be gendered. Using the household survey data collected from the mid-hills of Nepal from 179 mini-tiller adopter farmers, this paper reports that only 4% of the owners were women, and only 1% of women were involved in mini-tiller operations. We find that mini-tiller adopting male and female household head’s maize productivity, profitability, and production costs are similar. The paper concludes by identifying social perception against women, rugged topography, women’s low level of knowledge in operating machines, spare parts maintenance, and added responsibilities resulting in women’s lower participation in mini-tiller adoption decisions. This chapter suggests measures like awareness raising, increasing access, and training built around tailoring women’s needs to reduce the gender gap in farm mechanization. |
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| spelling | CGSpace1315762025-07-23T18:05:32Z Is Scale-Appropriate Farm Mechanization Gendered? Learning from the Nepal Hills Gartaula, Hom Nath Singh, Madhulika Paudel, Gokul Prasad mechanization gender equality labour Scale-appropriate farm mechanization could be an important pathway to the UN’s sustainable development goals (SDGs) of attaining gender equality (SDG5) in agriculture. Gender and farm mechanization is getting attention in the academic and public policy domain as a solution to labor scarcity in the smallholder farming systems, which in recent years, is facing challenges of labor shortage due to male labor outmigration. Taking a case study from a maize-based farming system in Nepal hill, this paper illustrates how the promotion of scale-appropriate farm mechanization can be gendered. Using the household survey data collected from the mid-hills of Nepal from 179 mini-tiller adopter farmers, this paper reports that only 4% of the owners were women, and only 1% of women were involved in mini-tiller operations. We find that mini-tiller adopting male and female household head’s maize productivity, profitability, and production costs are similar. The paper concludes by identifying social perception against women, rugged topography, women’s low level of knowledge in operating machines, spare parts maintenance, and added responsibilities resulting in women’s lower participation in mini-tiller adoption decisions. This chapter suggests measures like awareness raising, increasing access, and training built around tailoring women’s needs to reduce the gender gap in farm mechanization. 2023-06-12 2023-08-17T08:40:50Z 2023-08-17T08:40:50Z Book Chapter https://hdl.handle.net/10568/131576 en Limited Access Springer Gartaula, Hom N., Singh, Madhulika and Paudel, Gokul P. Is Scale-Appropriate Farm Mechanization Gendered? Learning from the Nepal Hills. In Women Farmers: Unheard Being Heard, pp. 97-111. Singapore: Springer Nature Singapore, 2023. |
| spellingShingle | mechanization gender equality labour Gartaula, Hom Nath Singh, Madhulika Paudel, Gokul Prasad Is Scale-Appropriate Farm Mechanization Gendered? Learning from the Nepal Hills |
| title | Is Scale-Appropriate Farm Mechanization Gendered? Learning from the Nepal Hills |
| title_full | Is Scale-Appropriate Farm Mechanization Gendered? Learning from the Nepal Hills |
| title_fullStr | Is Scale-Appropriate Farm Mechanization Gendered? Learning from the Nepal Hills |
| title_full_unstemmed | Is Scale-Appropriate Farm Mechanization Gendered? Learning from the Nepal Hills |
| title_short | Is Scale-Appropriate Farm Mechanization Gendered? Learning from the Nepal Hills |
| title_sort | is scale appropriate farm mechanization gendered learning from the nepal hills |
| topic | mechanization gender equality labour |
| url | https://hdl.handle.net/10568/131576 |
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