State, Civil Society, and Women’s Labour Use in the Millet Ecosystem: Gender Transformative or Exploitative?
India’s National Food Security Mission, guided by the National Food Security Act, initiated a submission on nutri-cereals focusing on millet crops. In the wake of contestations surrounding different frames of food security and food sovereignty, millet has emerged as a critisector pcal link between w...
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| author | Bedamatta, Rajshree Talukdar, Tulika Rani |
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| description | India’s National Food Security Mission, guided by the National Food Security Act, initiated a submission on nutri-cereals focusing on millet crops. In the wake of contestations surrounding different frames of food security and food sovereignty, millet has emerged as a critisector pcal link between women’s labor and local food systems. In Nagaland, the North East Network is leading the revival of millet crops involving local communities, particularly women. In Odisha, a state-supported mission, the Odisha Millet Mission is creating new markets through an institutional process. In both these states, women are at the core of the process as producers and processors. We studied the millet ecosystem in Nagaland (Phek District) and Odisha (Koraput District) to understand the successes, constraints and challenges within this dynamic milieu of increased state and civil society attention to millet. We analyse whether such interventions have transformed women’s lives or relegated them to the background as disempowered and voiceless producers. We used a qualitative research framework comprising 25 in-depth interviews, 25 FGDs and 21 key informant interviews among women farmers, self-help groups (SHGs), and other actors leading the millet programs in both states. In Nagaland, women’s bargaining power within a household has sway over the family’s decision to cultivate millet. In Odisha, the state has directly intervened through an institutional process to intensify the process of women’s participation in millet production and processing. However, the drudgery of work is disproportionately shouldered by women without commensurate financial gains. |
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| spelling | CGSpace1370152025-05-27T08:13:01Z State, Civil Society, and Women’s Labour Use in the Millet Ecosystem: Gender Transformative or Exploitative? Bedamatta, Rajshree Talukdar, Tulika Rani gender agriculture research gender relations millets India’s National Food Security Mission, guided by the National Food Security Act, initiated a submission on nutri-cereals focusing on millet crops. In the wake of contestations surrounding different frames of food security and food sovereignty, millet has emerged as a critisector pcal link between women’s labor and local food systems. In Nagaland, the North East Network is leading the revival of millet crops involving local communities, particularly women. In Odisha, a state-supported mission, the Odisha Millet Mission is creating new markets through an institutional process. In both these states, women are at the core of the process as producers and processors. We studied the millet ecosystem in Nagaland (Phek District) and Odisha (Koraput District) to understand the successes, constraints and challenges within this dynamic milieu of increased state and civil society attention to millet. We analyse whether such interventions have transformed women’s lives or relegated them to the background as disempowered and voiceless producers. We used a qualitative research framework comprising 25 in-depth interviews, 25 FGDs and 21 key informant interviews among women farmers, self-help groups (SHGs), and other actors leading the millet programs in both states. In Nagaland, women’s bargaining power within a household has sway over the family’s decision to cultivate millet. In Odisha, the state has directly intervened through an institutional process to intensify the process of women’s participation in millet production and processing. However, the drudgery of work is disproportionately shouldered by women without commensurate financial gains. 2023-10-10 2024-01-04T12:46:49Z 2024-01-04T12:46:49Z Poster https://hdl.handle.net/10568/137015 en Open Access application/pdf Indian Institute of Technology Bedamatta, Rajshree; Talukdar, Tulika Rani. 2023. State, Civil Society, and Women’s Labour Use in the Millet Ecosystem: Gender Transformative or Exploitative?. Poster. Presented at the CGIAR GENDER Conference 'From Research to Impact: Towards just and resilient agri-food systems', New Delhi, India, 9-12 October 2023. Indian Institute of Technology |
| spellingShingle | gender agriculture research gender relations millets Bedamatta, Rajshree Talukdar, Tulika Rani State, Civil Society, and Women’s Labour Use in the Millet Ecosystem: Gender Transformative or Exploitative? |
| title | State, Civil Society, and Women’s Labour Use in the Millet Ecosystem: Gender Transformative or Exploitative? |
| title_full | State, Civil Society, and Women’s Labour Use in the Millet Ecosystem: Gender Transformative or Exploitative? |
| title_fullStr | State, Civil Society, and Women’s Labour Use in the Millet Ecosystem: Gender Transformative or Exploitative? |
| title_full_unstemmed | State, Civil Society, and Women’s Labour Use in the Millet Ecosystem: Gender Transformative or Exploitative? |
| title_short | State, Civil Society, and Women’s Labour Use in the Millet Ecosystem: Gender Transformative or Exploitative? |
| title_sort | state civil society and women s labour use in the millet ecosystem gender transformative or exploitative |
| topic | gender agriculture research gender relations millets |
| url | https://hdl.handle.net/10568/137015 |
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