Technology for whom? Solar irrigation pumps, women, and smallholders in Nepal

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cg.contributor.affiliationInternational Water Management Instituteen
cg.contributor.affiliationCGIAR System Organizationen
cg.contributor.donorSwiss Agency for Development and Cooperationen
cg.coverage.countryNepal
cg.coverage.iso3166-alpha2NP
cg.coverage.regionSouthern Asia
cg.coverage.subregionSaptari
cg.creator.identifierGitta Shrestha: 0000-0002-2428-0954en
cg.creator.identifierLabisha Uprety: 0000-0002-5248-4698en
cg.creator.identifierAditi Mukherji: 0000-0002-8061-4349en
cg.creator.identifierManohara Khadka: 0000-0002-7490-645Xen
cg.identifier.doihttps://doi.org/10.3389/fsufs.2023.1143546en
cg.identifier.iwmilibraryH052316en
cg.isijournalISI Journalen
cg.issn2571-581Xen
cg.journalFrontiers in Sustainable Food Systemsen
cg.reviewStatusPeer Reviewen
cg.subject.actionAreaSystems Transformation
cg.subject.impactAreaClimate adaptation and mitigation
cg.subject.impactPlatformClimate Change
cg.volume7en
dc.contributor.authorShrestha, Gittaen
dc.contributor.authorUprety, Labishaen
dc.contributor.authorKhadka, Manoharaen
dc.contributor.authorMukherji, Aditien
dc.date.accessioned2023-10-16T06:35:11Zen
dc.date.available2023-10-16T06:35:11Zen
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10568/132263
dc.titleTechnology for whom? Solar irrigation pumps, women, and smallholders in Nepalen
dcterms.abstractAgricultural technologies are often promoted as a medium for women’s economic empowerment, which can transform unequal gender relations in rural agrarian societies. This paper investigates three solar irrigation pump (SIP) schemes implemented by state and non-state actors and examines their impacts on women and marginal farmers. We utilize a theory of change framework intended to evaluate the effectiveness of livelihood interventions and guide the design of gender transformative interventions. Our analysis relies on 63 qualitative interviews, 9 key informant interviews and 4 telephonic interviews with social mobilisers from the Saptari District in Nepal. The findings shed light on the unequal social and gender relations that have skewed the adoption and benefits of SIP technology. Gender and social inequalities persist, with limited adoption and benefit of SIP among women and smallholders. Women’s involvement in strategic decisions related to SIP adoptions, installations and usages is limited. This study underscores the importance of strategic interventions that foster meaningful women’s empowerment and ensure equitable distribution and benefits from SIP technology. Assessing the effectiveness of SIPs in empowering women, it is crucial to consider whether the resulting access, ownership, or decision-making opportunities challenge, reinforce, or reproduce unequal gender and social relations.en
dcterms.accessRightsOpen Access
dcterms.available2023-10-03en
dcterms.bibliographicCitationShrestha, G., Uprety, L., Khadka, M., & Mukherji, A. (2023). Technology for whom? Solar irrigation pumps, women, and smallholders in Nepal. In Frontiers in Sustainable Food Systems (Vol. 7). Frontiers Media SA. https://doi.org/10.3389/fsufs.2023.1143546en
dcterms.extent7:1143546.en
dcterms.issued2023-10-03en
dcterms.languageen
dcterms.licenseCC-BY-4.0
dcterms.publisherFrontiers Mediaen
dcterms.replaceshttps://hdl.handle.net/10568/138499en
dcterms.subjectgender relationsen
dcterms.subjectsolar powered irrigation systemsen
dcterms.subjectpumpsen
dcterms.subjectwomen's empowermenten
dcterms.subjectsmallholdersen
dcterms.subjectwomen farmersen
dcterms.subjectirrigation technologyen
dcterms.subjectirrigation schemesen
dcterms.subjectsubsidiesen
dcterms.subjectlivelihoodsen
dcterms.subjectsocial inclusionen
dcterms.subjectdecision makingen
dcterms.subjecthouseholdsen
dcterms.subjectincomeen
dcterms.typeJournal Article

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