From Working in the Fields to Taking Control: Towards a Typology of Women's Decision-Making in Wheat in India

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cg.contributor.affiliationPandia Consultingen_US
cg.contributor.affiliationGlasgow Caledonian Universityen_US
cg.contributor.affiliationInternational Maize and Wheat Improvement Centeren_US
cg.contributor.crpMaizeen_US
cg.contributor.crpWheaten_US
cg.contributor.donorBill & Melinda Gates Foundationen_US
cg.coverage.countryIndiaen_US
cg.coverage.iso3166-alpha2INen_US
cg.coverage.regionSouthern Asiaen_US
cg.creator.identifierFarnworth, C.R.: 0000-0002-2263-865Xen_US
cg.creator.identifierLone Badstue: 0000-0001-8848-7498en_US
cg.howPublishedFormally Publisheden_US
cg.identifier.doihttps://doi.org/10.1057/s41287-020-00281-0en_US
cg.isijournalISI Journalen_US
cg.issn0957-8811en_US
cg.issn1743-9728en_US
cg.issue3en_US
cg.journalEuropean Journal of Development Researchen_US
cg.volume33en_US
dc.contributor.authorFarnworth, Cathy Rozelen_US
dc.contributor.authorJafry, Tahseenen_US
dc.contributor.authorBharati, Preetien_US
dc.contributor.authorBadstue, Lone B.en_US
dc.contributor.authorYadav, Ashoken_US
dc.date.accessioned2022-08-31T15:56:07Zen_US
dc.date.available2022-08-31T15:56:07Zen_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10568/121040en_US
dc.titleFrom Working in the Fields to Taking Control: Towards a Typology of Women's Decision-Making in Wheat in Indiaen_US
dcterms.abstractWomen in India perform a range of roles in wheat-based agricultural systems. However, data remain sparse. Cultural norms which construct men as farmers serve to conceal women’s contributions from researchers and rural advisory services. We use data from communities in four Indian states, selected to exemplify high and low gender gaps, to provide insights into how women are challenging norms which privilege male decision-making in order to participate in innovation processes. We hypothesized the transitioning of women from labourers in wheat to innovators and managers of wheat is likely to be far from straightforward. We further hypothesized that women are actively managing the processes unleashed by various sources of change. We use the concept of doxa—ideas and actions in a society that are taken for granted and are beyond questioning—as an analytic lens to help us understand the ways in which women deploy their agency to secure their goals. Our analysis allows us to develop a ‘A typology of women’s strategies to strengthen their managerial decision-making power in wheat’.en_US
dcterms.accessRightsOpen Accessen_US
dcterms.audienceScientistsen_US
dcterms.available2020-06-05en_US
dcterms.bibliographicCitationFarnworth, C.R., Jafry, T., Bharati, P. et al. 2021. From Working in the Fields to Taking Control. Towards a Typology of Women's Decision-Making in Wheat in India. Eur J Dev Res 33, 526-552.en_US
dcterms.extentp. 526-552en_US
dcterms.issued2021-06en_US
dcterms.languageenen_US
dcterms.licenseCC-BY-4.0en_US
dcterms.publisherSpringeren_US
dcterms.subjectgenderen_US
dcterms.subjectwomenen_US
dcterms.subjectagricultureen_US
dcterms.subjectdevelopmenten_US
dcterms.typeJournal Articleen_US

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