Patriarchal bargains in protected spaces: a new strategy for agricultural and rural development innovation in the western hills of Nepal

Bhattarai, Kiran Kumari; Pant, Laxmi Prasad

doi:10.1080/02255189.2013.830967

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“…A methodological limitation, however, is that the current analysis of agricultural mechanization policy is based on an ex-post assessment of the farm mechanization policy as many authors of this paper remained as external observers to how this policy unfolded. Nepal has also faced volatility in the agricultural sector in response to lack of labor due to the outmigration of rural youth and men leading to labor shortages and what is referred to as the "feminization" of the division of labor in agriculture [35]. Ideally, social science researchers could be involved in participatory action research during the policy process (agenda setting, policy formulation, decision making, policy implementation, and policy review) [36], but that was not the case in this study of farm mechanization innovation.…”

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Responsible Agricultural Mechanization Innovation for the Sustainable Development of Nepal’s Hillside Farming System

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Agricultural mechanization in developing countries has taken at least two contested innovation pathways—the “incumbent trajectory” that promotes industrial agriculture, and an “alternative pathway” that supports small-scale mechanization for sustainable development of hillside farming systems. Although both pathways can potentially reduce human and animal drudgery, the body of literature that assesses the sustainability impacts of these mechanization pathways in the local ecological, socio-economic, cultural, and historical contexts of hillside farms is either nonexistent or under-theorized. This paper addresses this missing literature by examining the case of Nepal’s first Agricultural Mechanization Promotion Policy 2014 (AMPP) using a conceptual framework of what will be defined as “responsible innovation”. The historical context of this assessment involves the incumbent trajectory of mechanization in the country since the late 1960s that neglected smallholder farms located in the hills and mountains and biased mechanization policy for flat areas only. Findings from this study suggest that the AMPP addressed issues for smallholder production, including gender inequality, exclusion of smallholder farmers, and biophysical challenges associated with hillside farming systems, but it remains unclear whether and how the policy promotes small-scale agricultural mechanization for sustainable development of agriculture in the hills and mountains of Nepal.

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“…Many understandings of empowerment are individualistic because they focus on facilitating the expansion of an individual's capabilities to achieve empowerment on her own, and on her own terms (Bhattarai and Pant, 2013; Fernea, 2003; Ibrahim and Alkire, 2007; Nussbaum and Sen, 1993; Riger, 2002). However, women's empowerment can equally be understood as a multi-dimensional process that perforce entails social relations among individuals, groups of people, and institutions (Acharya et al, 2010; Bayissa et al, 2018; Belcher et al, 2011; Doss, 2013; Kabeer, 2011; Mokomane, 2012).…”

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Power through: A new concept in the empowerment discourse

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Farnworth²

2019

Global Food Security

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Highlights Current empowerment efforts fail to capture a critical component of empowerment - its relational nature. Individual's empowerment is constituted through the empowerment of others in significant relationship to them. The ability of women to empower themselves is mediated through the deliberative support of others. Community judgment of individual alignment with gender norms determines empowerment outcomes in daily realities. Public adherence to local gender norms creates a safe façade to deviate from the norms.

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“…They address different stages of the food chain. Some papers address other topics such as gender mainstreaming in rural areas (Bhattarai and Pant 2013) or biofuels (Raman and Mohr 2014). Both affiliations and study areas are dominated by the UK (Table 8).…”

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“…Strategic niche management approach was used to investigate different types of niches and protected innovation spaces. Bhattarai and Pant (2013) integrated SNM with patriarchal bargains theory to highlight the importance of creating protected niches for gender mainstreaming in securing the rights of rural women in western Nepal. Hermans et al (2013) used SNM to explain network dynamics of the environmental cooperatives of the Northern Frisian Woodlands (The Netherlands).…”

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“…Case study Country Bhattarai and Pant (2013) Gender mainstreaming in rural areas Nepal Hermans et al (2013) Environmental cooperatives The Netherlands Kirwan et al (2013) Big Lottery Local Food programme UK (England) Maye (2018) Permaculture community UK (England) Raman and Mohr (2014) Biofuels Undefined Rossi (2017) Grassroots food innovations Italy Smith (2006) Organic food UK analysed how networks, visions and learning about biofuels have been shaped over time.…”

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Transition heuristic frameworks in research on agro-food sustainability transitions

Bilali

2018

Environ Dev Sustain

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The agro-food system needs a genuine sustainability transition to achieve sustainable food and nutrition security in the face of climate change, population growth, ecosystem degradation and increasing resource scarcity. Agro-food sustainability transitions refer to transformation processes needed to move towards sustainable agriculture and food systems. There is a broad range of theoretical and conceptual frameworks that have been used to understand and promote transition towards sustainability. These include the multi-level perspective (MLP) on socio-technical transitions, transition management (TM), strategic niche management (SNM), technological innovation system (TIS) and social practice approach (SPA). The paper analyses the use of these heuristic frameworks in research on agro-food sustainability transitions. A search carried out in March 2018 on Scopus yielded 791 documents, and 127 research articles underwent a systematic review. Results show that more than three-fifths of research papers dealing with sustainability transitions in agriculture, food processing, distribution and consumption use at least one of the five heuristic frameworks (MLP, TM, SNM, TIS and SPA). The MLP is the most prominent framework in research on agro-food sustainability transitions, followed by TM, SPA, SNM and then TIS. Nevertheless, MLP is increasingly complemented with frameworks that focus on humanrelated and social factors (SPA), management and governance (TM, SNM) or agency and interactions between actors (TIS) in sustainability transitions processes. Therefore, the paper makes the case for more integration of transition frameworks in order to better nurture and foster transitions towards sustainable agro-food systems.

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Patriarchal bargains in protected spaces: a new strategy for agricultural and rural development innovation in the western hills of Nepal

Cited by 11 publications

References 32 publications

Responsible Agricultural Mechanization Innovation for the Sustainable Development of Nepal’s Hillside Farming System

Responsible Agricultural Mechanization Innovation for the Sustainable Development of Nepal’s Hillside Farming System

Power through: A new concept in the empowerment discourse

Transition heuristic frameworks in research on agro-food sustainability transitions

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