Women and Development: A Profile of Active Agricultural Producers

Sethi, Raj Mohini

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“…During this period, India became an agriculturally surplus economy. Consequently, there was a large-scale withdrawal of female labour from agriculture (Singh, 2001;Sethi, 2003;Kala, 2003;Ghosh, 2009). From the early 1990s, new economic reforms have changed the face of the Indian economy.…”

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“…Modernisation and mechanisation of agriculture favoured men over women. In most parts of India, homestead agriculture is replaced by capitalistic large-scale farming, which came under the control of men (Sethi, 2003;Kala, 2003;Sircar, 2010). With the event of mechanised farming, a large number of women who participated in homestead agriculture in the past; having shifting of fields away from home, made women to withdraw from agricultural work (Ghosh, 1999(Ghosh, , 2009Sarkar, 2007).…”

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“Landholding-patriarchy hypothesis” and women's autonomy in rural India

Goli

Pou

2014

International Journal of Social Economics

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Purpose – The paper aims to find out how far the size of household landholding directs patriarchal traits and thus influence women's autonomy. Design/methodology/approach – The study used a two-part methodology. The first part provides theoretical background based on existing literature on women's autonomy and related information in formulating the “landholding-patriarchy hypotheses”. The second part of this study evaluates the empirical evidences of the association between the size of household landholding and women's autonomy. Findings – Results indicate considerable variation in women's autonomy with the size of their household landholding: women's autonomy decreases with increasing size of household landholding. Evidence suggests that landholding directs patriarchal traits, as manifested in a reasonable influence on women's autonomy in rural India. Originality/value – The paper innovates a means to understand the contributing factors to lowering women's autonomy, thus explore the relevance of “landholding-patriarchy hypothesis”.

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Section: Economic Structure Mode Of Production and Landholding-patriarchy Hypothesismentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Economic Structure Mode Of Production and Landholding-patriarchy Hypothesismentioning

confidence: 99%