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

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cg.contributor.affiliationInternational Water Management Instituteen_US
cg.contributor.affiliationCGIAR System Organizationen_US
cg.contributor.donorSwiss Agency for Development and Cooperationen_US
cg.coverage.countryNepalen_US
cg.coverage.iso3166-alpha2NPen_US
cg.coverage.regionSouthern Asiaen_US
cg.coverage.subregionSaptarien_US
cg.creator.identifierGitta Shrestha: 0000-0002-2428-0954en_US
cg.creator.identifierLabisha Uprety: 0000-0002-5248-4698en_US
cg.creator.identifierAditi Mukherji: 0000-0002-8061-4349en_US
cg.creator.identifierManohara Khadka: 0000-0002-7490-645Xen_US
cg.identifier.doihttps://doi.org/10.3389/fsufs.2023.1143546en_US
cg.identifier.iwmilibraryH052316en_US
cg.isijournalISI Journalen_US
cg.issn2571-581Xen_US
cg.journalFrontiers in Sustainable Food Systemsen_US
cg.reviewStatusPeer Reviewen_US
cg.subject.actionAreaSystems Transformationen_US
cg.subject.impactAreaClimate adaptation and mitigationen_US
cg.subject.impactPlatformClimate Changeen_US
cg.volume7en_US
dc.contributor.authorShrestha, Gittaen_US
dc.contributor.authorUprety, Labishaen_US
dc.contributor.authorKhadka, Manoharaen_US
dc.contributor.authorMukherji, Aditien_US
dc.date.accessioned2023-10-16T06:35:11Zen_US
dc.date.available2023-10-16T06:35:11Zen_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10568/132263en_US
dc.titleTechnology for whom? Solar irrigation pumps, women, and smallholders in Nepalen_US
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_US
dcterms.accessRightsOpen Accessen_US
dcterms.available2023-10-03en_US
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_US
dcterms.extent7:1143546.en_US
dcterms.issued2023-10-03en_US
dcterms.languageenen_US
dcterms.licenseCC-BY-4.0en_US
dcterms.publisherFrontiers Mediaen_US
dcterms.replaceshttps://hdl.handle.net/10568/138499en_US
dcterms.subjectgender relationsen_US
dcterms.subjectsolar powered irrigation systemsen_US
dcterms.subjectpumpsen_US
dcterms.subjectwomen's empowermenten_US
dcterms.subjectsmallholdersen_US
dcterms.subjectwomen farmersen_US
dcterms.subjectirrigation technologyen_US
dcterms.subjectirrigation schemesen_US
dcterms.subjectsubsidiesen_US
dcterms.subjectlivelihoodsen_US
dcterms.subjectsocial inclusionen_US
dcterms.subjectdecision makingen_US
dcterms.subjecthouseholdsen_US
dcterms.subjectincomeen_US
dcterms.typeJournal Articleen_US

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