Who does what: A novel tool to rapidly assess intra-household participation in agriculture and food-related tasks
There are many steps needed to get food on plates— all of which take resources and time. Yet we do not know how different household members are contributing their time. Neither do we have simple tools to measure their contributions to household tasks in household surveys. The aim of the current stud...
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International Food Policy Research Institute
2023
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| description | There are many steps needed to get food on plates— all of which take resources and time. Yet we do not know how different household members are contributing their time. Neither do we have simple tools to measure their contributions to household tasks in household surveys. The aim of the current study is to develop and test a tool to understand how household tasks—ranging from agricultural to food preparation and care activities—are allocated across household members. Using data from about 5,000 households in five districts across India, Bangladesh and Nepal, we explore how task allocation varies with the sex and age of the household members and identify gender gaps in task sharing within the household. We find that, across the three countries, agricultural tasks are shared among household members, with men engaged in a large number of tasks and women supporting in a few tasks. For tasks related to food preparation, we observe that men are primarily involved in purchasing foods and everything else is done by women (and girls). Unlike standard time-allocation modules that typically interview one or two members of a household, our approach enables us to map what each household member is contributing. The findings will deepen our understanding of how food is prepared and consumed, which is essential to develop feasible and sustainable solutions for healthy diets in South Asia. |
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| spelling | CGSpace1370592025-11-06T07:00:08Z Who does what: A novel tool to rapidly assess intra-household participation in agriculture and food-related tasks Kumar, Neha gender agriculture research gender relations There are many steps needed to get food on plates— all of which take resources and time. Yet we do not know how different household members are contributing their time. Neither do we have simple tools to measure their contributions to household tasks in household surveys. The aim of the current study is to develop and test a tool to understand how household tasks—ranging from agricultural to food preparation and care activities—are allocated across household members. Using data from about 5,000 households in five districts across India, Bangladesh and Nepal, we explore how task allocation varies with the sex and age of the household members and identify gender gaps in task sharing within the household. We find that, across the three countries, agricultural tasks are shared among household members, with men engaged in a large number of tasks and women supporting in a few tasks. For tasks related to food preparation, we observe that men are primarily involved in purchasing foods and everything else is done by women (and girls). Unlike standard time-allocation modules that typically interview one or two members of a household, our approach enables us to map what each household member is contributing. The findings will deepen our understanding of how food is prepared and consumed, which is essential to develop feasible and sustainable solutions for healthy diets in South Asia. 2023-10-12 2024-01-04T12:47:07Z 2024-01-04T12:47:07Z Presentation https://hdl.handle.net/10568/137059 en Open Access application/pdf International Food Policy Research Institute Kumar, Neha. 2023. Who does what: A novel tool to rapidly assess intra-household participation in agriculture and food-related tasks. Presentation. Presented at the CGIAR GENDER Conference 'From Research to Impact: Towards just and resilient agri-food systems', New Delhi, India, 9-12 October 2023. International Food Policy Research Institute. https://hdl.handle.net/10568/137059 |
| spellingShingle | gender agriculture research gender relations Kumar, Neha Who does what: A novel tool to rapidly assess intra-household participation in agriculture and food-related tasks |
| title | Who does what: A novel tool to rapidly assess intra-household participation in agriculture and food-related tasks |
| title_full | Who does what: A novel tool to rapidly assess intra-household participation in agriculture and food-related tasks |
| title_fullStr | Who does what: A novel tool to rapidly assess intra-household participation in agriculture and food-related tasks |
| title_full_unstemmed | Who does what: A novel tool to rapidly assess intra-household participation in agriculture and food-related tasks |
| title_short | Who does what: A novel tool to rapidly assess intra-household participation in agriculture and food-related tasks |
| title_sort | who does what a novel tool to rapidly assess intra household participation in agriculture and food related tasks |
| topic | gender agriculture research gender relations |
| url | https://hdl.handle.net/10568/137059 |
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