Economic empowerment of tribal women farmers through gender-inclusive mechanized seeding based technology in Odisha, India
This study is evidence of action research with eight women tribal smallholder farmers of the Mayurbhanj district of Odisha, India and its impact on enhancement of crop productivity and profitability through technology and varietal adoption, and crop diversification. Because of agricultural R4D innov...
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2023
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| author | Mohapatra, Bidhan Kumar Iftikar, Wasim |
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| description | This study is evidence of action research with eight women tribal smallholder farmers of the Mayurbhanj district of Odisha, India and its impact on enhancement of crop productivity and profitability through technology and varietal adoption, and crop diversification. Because of agricultural R4D innovations of a genderinclusive DSR-Odisha project, the women farmers are trained in mechanized direct-seeded rice (DSR) based advanced rice production practice. These eight women farmers were imparted with season-long, hands-on training on advanced practice during the execution of demonstrations in their fields during kharif 2022. As ‘seeing is believing’, they attended various extension events. In the same season, these farmers had also their own traditional/farmer practice, that is puddled transplanted rice (PTR). We kept a record of the costs of cultivation, crop-cutting experiments based grain yields, and income earned through both practices. We estimated the average cost of cultivation in mechanized DSR-based practice (US$530/ha) was 8% lower than the PTR-based farmers’ practice (US$578/ha). The benefit–cost ratio increased from 2.01 (traditional practice) to 3.22 (advanced practice) due to the innovations the women farmers adopted. Moreover, there was a yield advantage of 1.86 ton/ha (42% higher) in advanced practice (6.31 ton/ha) over the farmers’ practice (4.45 ton/ha). Overall, there was crop intensification with an increase in profit of US$593/ ha due to the advanced practice of rice cultivation. Moreover, due to the adoption of mechanized seeding– based innovations, the scope for cultivating rabi crops opened for these women farmers, further resulting in crop diversification for income, food and nutritional security. |
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| spelling | CGSpace1371182024-01-05T02:05:37Z Economic empowerment of tribal women farmers through gender-inclusive mechanized seeding based technology in Odisha, India Mohapatra, Bidhan Kumar Iftikar, Wasim gender agriculture research women's empowerment This study is evidence of action research with eight women tribal smallholder farmers of the Mayurbhanj district of Odisha, India and its impact on enhancement of crop productivity and profitability through technology and varietal adoption, and crop diversification. Because of agricultural R4D innovations of a genderinclusive DSR-Odisha project, the women farmers are trained in mechanized direct-seeded rice (DSR) based advanced rice production practice. These eight women farmers were imparted with season-long, hands-on training on advanced practice during the execution of demonstrations in their fields during kharif 2022. As ‘seeing is believing’, they attended various extension events. In the same season, these farmers had also their own traditional/farmer practice, that is puddled transplanted rice (PTR). We kept a record of the costs of cultivation, crop-cutting experiments based grain yields, and income earned through both practices. We estimated the average cost of cultivation in mechanized DSR-based practice (US$530/ha) was 8% lower than the PTR-based farmers’ practice (US$578/ha). The benefit–cost ratio increased from 2.01 (traditional practice) to 3.22 (advanced practice) due to the innovations the women farmers adopted. Moreover, there was a yield advantage of 1.86 ton/ha (42% higher) in advanced practice (6.31 ton/ha) over the farmers’ practice (4.45 ton/ha). Overall, there was crop intensification with an increase in profit of US$593/ ha due to the advanced practice of rice cultivation. Moreover, due to the adoption of mechanized seeding– based innovations, the scope for cultivating rabi crops opened for these women farmers, further resulting in crop diversification for income, food and nutritional security. 2023-10-10 2024-01-04T12:47:33Z 2024-01-04T12:47:33Z Poster https://hdl.handle.net/10568/137118 en Open Access application/pdf International Rice Research Institute Mohapatra, Bidhan Kumar; Iftikar, Wasim. 2023. Economic empowerment of tribal women farmers through gender-inclusive mechanized seeding based technology in Odisha, India. 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. International Rice Research Institute |
| spellingShingle | gender agriculture research women's empowerment Mohapatra, Bidhan Kumar Iftikar, Wasim Economic empowerment of tribal women farmers through gender-inclusive mechanized seeding based technology in Odisha, India |
| title | Economic empowerment of tribal women farmers through gender-inclusive mechanized seeding based technology in Odisha, India |
| title_full | Economic empowerment of tribal women farmers through gender-inclusive mechanized seeding based technology in Odisha, India |
| title_fullStr | Economic empowerment of tribal women farmers through gender-inclusive mechanized seeding based technology in Odisha, India |
| title_full_unstemmed | Economic empowerment of tribal women farmers through gender-inclusive mechanized seeding based technology in Odisha, India |
| title_short | Economic empowerment of tribal women farmers through gender-inclusive mechanized seeding based technology in Odisha, India |
| title_sort | economic empowerment of tribal women farmers through gender inclusive mechanized seeding based technology in odisha india |
| topic | gender agriculture research women's empowerment |
| url | https://hdl.handle.net/10568/137118 |
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