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 Consulting
cg.contributor.affiliationGlasgow Caledonian University
cg.contributor.affiliationInternational Maize and Wheat Improvement Center
cg.contributor.crpMaize
cg.contributor.crpWheat
cg.contributor.donorBill & Melinda Gates Foundation
cg.coverage.countryIndia
cg.coverage.iso3166-alpha2IN
cg.coverage.regionSouthern Asia
cg.creator.identifierFarnworth, C.R.: 0000-0002-2263-865X
cg.creator.identifierLone Badstue: 0000-0001-8848-7498
cg.howPublishedFormally Published
cg.identifier.doihttps://doi.org/10.1057/s41287-020-00281-0
cg.isijournalISI Journal
cg.issn0957-8811
cg.issn1743-9728
cg.issue3
cg.journalEuropean Journal of Development Research
cg.volume33
dc.contributor.authorFarnworth, Cathy Rozel
dc.contributor.authorJafry, Tahseen
dc.contributor.authorBharati, Preeti
dc.contributor.authorBadstue, Lone B.
dc.contributor.authorYadav, Ashok
dc.date.accessioned2022-08-31T15:56:07Zen
dc.date.available2022-08-31T15:56:07Zen
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10568/121040
dc.titleFrom Working in the Fields to Taking Control: Towards a Typology of Women's Decision-Making in Wheat in Indiaen
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
dcterms.accessRightsOpen Access
dcterms.audienceScientists
dcterms.available2020-06-05
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
dcterms.extentp. 526-552
dcterms.issued2021-06
dcterms.languageen
dcterms.licenseCC-BY-4.0
dcterms.publisherSpringer
dcterms.subjectgenderen
dcterms.subjectwomenen
dcterms.subjectagricultureen
dcterms.subjectdevelopmenten
dcterms.typeJournal Article

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