New and improved varieties for everyone? Gendered patterns of wheat varietal turnover among social groups in the Indian state of Bihar

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cg.authorship.typesCGIAR multi-centreen
cg.contributor.affiliationInternational Maize and Wheat Improvement Centeren
cg.contributor.affiliationInternational Rice Research Instituteen
cg.contributor.donorBill & Melinda Gates Foundationen
cg.contributor.donorFoundation for Food and Agricultural Researchen
cg.contributor.donorUK Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Officeen
cg.contributor.donorUnited States Agency for International Developmenten
cg.coverage.countryIndiaen
cg.coverage.iso3166-alpha2INen
cg.coverage.regionSouthern Asiaen
cg.creator.identifierHom Nath Gartaula: 0000-0002-9851-6421en
cg.howPublishedFormally Publisheden
cg.identifier.doihttps://doi.org/10.1080/09718524.2025.2455324en
cg.isijournalISI Journalen
cg.issn0971-8524en
cg.journalGender, Technology and Developmenten
cg.reviewStatusPeer Reviewen
cg.volume2025en
dc.contributor.authorHerforth, Nicoen
dc.contributor.authorGartaula, Hom Nathen
dc.date.accessioned2025-02-21T07:43:52Zen
dc.date.available2025-02-21T07:43:52Zen
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10568/173326
dc.titleNew and improved varieties for everyone? Gendered patterns of wheat varietal turnover among social groups in the Indian state of Biharen
dcterms.abstractFor smallholder farmers in the Global South, rapid varietal turnover is an important means of coping with the risks arising from the spread of pests or diseases and for increasing crop yields. Varietal turnover in wheat systems in many states of India, however, is inadequately slow. At the same time, the Indian wheat sector is characterized by deep-rooted social inequalities, pronounced by the social differentiation of wheat farmers, such as gender, caste or ethnicity, wealth, and their intersectionalities. This article asks whether these social groups are excluded from the adoption of new and improved wheat varieties. The study builds on household survey data collected from 759 wheat farmers in Bihar, one of the poorest states in India. Our findings demonstrate only small differences of varietal turnover across heterogeneous social groups of farmers. In particular, we find only small differences in varietal turnover between female-headed and male-headed households (albeit their already low levels of varietal turnover) and their intersecting social identities. However, marginalized caste farmers appear to be more disadvantaged, as they tend to cultivate older wheat varieties, which deserves closer attention from policymakers. We discuss important directions for future research on the gendered analysis of wheat-based cropping systems.en
dcterms.accessRightsLimited Accessen
dcterms.audienceCGIARen
dcterms.audienceDonorsen
dcterms.audienceExtensionen
dcterms.audienceFarmersen
dcterms.audiencePolicy Makersen
dcterms.audienceScientistsen
dcterms.bibliographicCitationHerforth, Nico, and Hom Nath Gartaula. New and improved varieties for everyone? Gendered patterns of wheat varietal turnover among social groups in the Indian state of Bihar. Gender, Technology and Development (2025): 1-20.en
dcterms.extent20 p.en
dcterms.issued2025-01-15en
dcterms.languageenen
dcterms.licenseCopyrighted; all rights reserveden
dcterms.publisherInforma UK Limiteden
dcterms.subjectsmallholdersen
dcterms.subjectagricultural policiesen
dcterms.subjecttechnology adoptionen
dcterms.subjectwheaten
dcterms.subjectcrop yielden
dcterms.subjectseed systemsen
dcterms.subjectrural developmenten
dcterms.subjectagricultural extensionen
dcterms.subjectsocial groupsen
dcterms.subjectfarmersen
dcterms.subjectIndiaen
dcterms.typeJournal Articleen

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