"From plot to people": A pilot photovoice exploration of the livelihood strategies that farmers use to benefit from the time and financial benefits zero tillage adoption in South Asia

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cg.contributor.affiliationInternational Maize and Wheat Improvement Centeren_US
cg.contributor.affiliationCommonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation, Australiaen_US
cg.contributor.donorAustralian Centre for International Agricultural Researchen_US
cg.contributor.donorCGIAR Trust Funden_US
cg.coverage.regionSouthern Asiaen_US
cg.coverage.regionAsiaen_US
cg.howPublishedGrey Literatureen_US
cg.subject.impactAreaGender equality, youth and social inclusionen_US
cg.subject.impactPlatformGenderen_US
cg.subject.sdgSDG 5 - Gender equalityen_US
dc.contributor.authorBrown, Brendanen_US
dc.contributor.authorSharma, Akritien_US
dc.contributor.authorKarki, Emmaen_US
dc.contributor.authorChaudhary, Anjanaen_US
dc.date.accessioned2024-01-25T17:55:46Zen_US
dc.date.available2024-01-25T17:55:46Zen_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10568/138524en_US
dc.title"From plot to people": A pilot photovoice exploration of the livelihood strategies that farmers use to benefit from the time and financial benefits zero tillage adoption in South Asiaen_US
dcterms.abstractOver the last decade in India, farmer producer organizations (FPOs) have emerged as a means of collectivizing smallholder farmers and providing them access to extension, innovation, and market services. FPOs that center women farmers, traditionally at a disadvantage vis-a-vis their male counterparts in access to resources and extension, can serve to enhance women's agency and collective action in agricultural value chains. We used 59 key informant interviews and nine focus group discussions to examine the constraints to, and facilitators of, women's and men's participation in three women-only FPOs in Jharkhand, an eastern Indian state. The FPO intervention we evaluated provided members with both agricultural and gender-based inputs to improve agronomic practices, market linkages, agricultural yields and profits, and the role of women both within the FPO and within their households and communities. We provided contextual insights on 'what works' to empower women in this context. Women's perceptions of the benefits from FPO membership were heterogeneous. Our qualitative analysis suggests a nuanced picture of women's autonomy and decision-making within and outside their household, further shaped by women's and men's perception of shifts in women's access to resources and services. The emerging lessons provide inputs for development implementers and policymakers to recognize diverse contextual barriers in designing FPO interventions to enable and enhance women empowerment outcomes. The research also contributes to the body of knowledge on local gender norms and understanding of empowerment.en_US
dcterms.accessRightsLimited Accessen_US
dcterms.audienceScientistsen_US
dcterms.bibliographicCitationBrown, Brendan; Sharma, Akriti; Karki, Emma; Chaudhary, Anjana. 2023. "From plot to people": A pilot photovoice exploration of the livelihood strategies that farmers use to benefit from the time and financial benefits zero tillage adoption in South Asia. Poster. Presented at the CGIAR GENDER Conference 'From Research to Impact: Towards just and resilient agri-food systems', New Delhi, India, 9-12 October 2023. International Maize and Wheat Improvement Centeren_US
dcterms.issued2023-10-10en_US
dcterms.languageenen_US
dcterms.licenseOtheren_US
dcterms.publisherInternational Maize and Wheat Improvement Centeren_US
dcterms.subjectgenderen_US
dcterms.subjectagricultureen_US
dcterms.subjectresearchen_US
dcterms.subjectgender relationsen_US
dcterms.typePosteren_US

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