Bundling socio-technical innovations to strengthen climate resilience of women farmers: Insights from India

Women often lack access to and control over productive resources and services due to unfavorable gender and social norms. This renders them invisible in the traditional and/or formal extension systems, depriving them from participation in exploring and designing solutions for climate change and tech...

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Autores principales: Gartaula, Hom N., Mukhopadhy, Prama, Chadha, Deepali, Banerjee, Monika, Goel, Kritika, Puskur, Ranjitha
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Publicado: International Rice Research Institute 2024
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Acceso en línea:https://hdl.handle.net/10568/151917
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author Gartaula, Hom N.
Mukhopadhy, Prama
Chadha, Deepali
Banerjee, Monika
Goel, Kritika
Puskur, Ranjitha
author_browse Banerjee, Monika
Chadha, Deepali
Gartaula, Hom N.
Goel, Kritika
Mukhopadhy, Prama
Puskur, Ranjitha
author_facet Gartaula, Hom N.
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Chadha, Deepali
Banerjee, Monika
Goel, Kritika
Puskur, Ranjitha
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description Women often lack access to and control over productive resources and services due to unfavorable gender and social norms. This renders them invisible in the traditional and/or formal extension systems, depriving them from participation in exploring and designing solutions for climate change and technology development. The opportunity for skill training, accessing information, and participation in the feedback loop are often plagued with inherent structural biases. Consequently, many technologies that are promoted as climate solutions are either not reachable or not usable by women. While there is a growing emphasis on the importance of engaging multiple stakeholders and bundling various technical and social innovations, evidence on methodologies for enabling such integrations are lacking. Drawing from different regions and livelihood systems of India, this paper synthesizes four case studies where the projects and programs have bundled social, technical, and technological innovations as intervention packages. The findings reveal that the interventions were designed to facilitate a shift in agricultural practices by mitigating the impacts of climate change, while also challenging gender norms and structural constraints, especially to improve women's economic conditions. However, the spontaneous and ad-hoc bundling also brought to light notable gaps and challenges. The study underscores the need for intentional bundling tailored on contextual requirements to ensure sustainable impact, empowerment, and resilience at scale.
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spelling CGSpace1519172024-11-07T09:43:07Z Bundling socio-technical innovations to strengthen climate resilience of women farmers: Insights from India Gartaula, Hom N. Mukhopadhy, Prama Chadha, Deepali Banerjee, Monika Goel, Kritika Puskur, Ranjitha women farmers climate resilience empowerment social innovation technology Women often lack access to and control over productive resources and services due to unfavorable gender and social norms. This renders them invisible in the traditional and/or formal extension systems, depriving them from participation in exploring and designing solutions for climate change and technology development. The opportunity for skill training, accessing information, and participation in the feedback loop are often plagued with inherent structural biases. Consequently, many technologies that are promoted as climate solutions are either not reachable or not usable by women. While there is a growing emphasis on the importance of engaging multiple stakeholders and bundling various technical and social innovations, evidence on methodologies for enabling such integrations are lacking. Drawing from different regions and livelihood systems of India, this paper synthesizes four case studies where the projects and programs have bundled social, technical, and technological innovations as intervention packages. The findings reveal that the interventions were designed to facilitate a shift in agricultural practices by mitigating the impacts of climate change, while also challenging gender norms and structural constraints, especially to improve women's economic conditions. However, the spontaneous and ad-hoc bundling also brought to light notable gaps and challenges. The study underscores the need for intentional bundling tailored on contextual requirements to ensure sustainable impact, empowerment, and resilience at scale. 2024-08 2024-08-29T19:21:44Z 2024-08-29T19:21:44Z Brief https://hdl.handle.net/10568/151917 en Open Access application/pdf International Rice Research Institute Gartaula, H.N.; Mukhopadhy, P.; Chadha, D.; Banerjee, M.; Goel, K.; Puskur, R. (2024). Bundling socio technical innovations to strengthen climate resilience of women farmers: Insights from India. New Delhi: CGIAR Initiative on Gender Equality, CGIAR Gender Impact Platform and International Rice Research Institute.
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climate resilience
empowerment
social innovation
technology
Gartaula, Hom N.
Mukhopadhy, Prama
Chadha, Deepali
Banerjee, Monika
Goel, Kritika
Puskur, Ranjitha
Bundling socio-technical innovations to strengthen climate resilience of women farmers: Insights from India
title Bundling socio-technical innovations to strengthen climate resilience of women farmers: Insights from India
title_full Bundling socio-technical innovations to strengthen climate resilience of women farmers: Insights from India
title_fullStr Bundling socio-technical innovations to strengthen climate resilience of women farmers: Insights from India
title_full_unstemmed Bundling socio-technical innovations to strengthen climate resilience of women farmers: Insights from India
title_short Bundling socio-technical innovations to strengthen climate resilience of women farmers: Insights from India
title_sort bundling socio technical innovations to strengthen climate resilience of women farmers insights from india
topic women farmers
climate resilience
empowerment
social innovation
technology
url https://hdl.handle.net/10568/151917
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