Can women's self-help groups improve access to information, decision-making, and agricultural practices? The Indian case
Effective agricultural extension is key to improving productivity, increasing farmers’ access to information, and promoting more diverse sets of crops and improved methods of cultivation. In India, however, the coverage of agricultural extension workers and the relevance of extension advice is poor....
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| author | Raghunathan, Kalyani Kannan, Samyuktha Quisumbing, Agnes R. |
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| description | Effective agricultural extension is key to improving productivity, increasing farmers’ access to information, and promoting more diverse sets of crops and improved methods of cultivation. In India, however, the coverage of agricultural extension workers and the relevance of extension advice is poor. We investigate whether a women's self‐help group (SHG) platform could be an effective way of improving access to information, women's empowerment in agriculture, agricultural practices, and production diversity. We use cross‐sectional data on close to 1,000 women from five states in India and employ nearest‐neighbor matching models to match SHG and non‐SHG women along a range of observed characteristics. We find that participation in an SHG increases women's access to information and their participation in some agricultural decisions, but has limited impact on agricultural practices or outcomes, possibly due to financial constraints, social norms, and women's domestic responsibilities. SHGs need to go beyond provision of information to changing the dynamics around women's participation in agriculture to effectively translate knowledge into practice. |
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| spelling | CGSpace1465482025-02-24T06:46:54Z Can women's self-help groups improve access to information, decision-making, and agricultural practices? The Indian case Raghunathan, Kalyani Kannan, Samyuktha Quisumbing, Agnes R. gender agricultural extension empowerment self-help groups access to information information women Effective agricultural extension is key to improving productivity, increasing farmers’ access to information, and promoting more diverse sets of crops and improved methods of cultivation. In India, however, the coverage of agricultural extension workers and the relevance of extension advice is poor. We investigate whether a women's self‐help group (SHG) platform could be an effective way of improving access to information, women's empowerment in agriculture, agricultural practices, and production diversity. We use cross‐sectional data on close to 1,000 women from five states in India and employ nearest‐neighbor matching models to match SHG and non‐SHG women along a range of observed characteristics. We find that participation in an SHG increases women's access to information and their participation in some agricultural decisions, but has limited impact on agricultural practices or outcomes, possibly due to financial constraints, social norms, and women's domestic responsibilities. SHGs need to go beyond provision of information to changing the dynamics around women's participation in agriculture to effectively translate knowledge into practice. 2019-08-20 2024-06-21T09:07:28Z 2024-06-21T09:07:28Z Journal Article https://hdl.handle.net/10568/146548 en https://doi.org/10.2499/1046080777 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.worlddev.2021.105579 Open Access Wiley Raghunathan, Kalyani; Kannan, Samyuktha; and Quisumbing, Agnes R. 2019. Can women's self‐help groups improve access to information, decision‐making, and agricultural practices? The Indian case. Agricultural Economics 50(5): 567-580. https://doi.org/10.1111/agec.12510 |
| spellingShingle | gender agricultural extension empowerment self-help groups access to information information women Raghunathan, Kalyani Kannan, Samyuktha Quisumbing, Agnes R. Can women's self-help groups improve access to information, decision-making, and agricultural practices? The Indian case |
| title | Can women's self-help groups improve access to information, decision-making, and agricultural practices? The Indian case |
| title_full | Can women's self-help groups improve access to information, decision-making, and agricultural practices? The Indian case |
| title_fullStr | Can women's self-help groups improve access to information, decision-making, and agricultural practices? The Indian case |
| title_full_unstemmed | Can women's self-help groups improve access to information, decision-making, and agricultural practices? The Indian case |
| title_short | Can women's self-help groups improve access to information, decision-making, and agricultural practices? The Indian case |
| title_sort | can women s self help groups improve access to information decision making and agricultural practices the indian case |
| topic | gender agricultural extension empowerment self-help groups access to information information women |
| url | https://hdl.handle.net/10568/146548 |
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