Women�s Land Title Ownership and Empowerment

Valera, Harold Glenn A.; Yamano, Takashi; Puskur, Ranjitha; Veettil, Prakashan Chellattan; Gupta, Ishika; Ricarte, Phoebe; Mohan, Rohini Ram

doi:10.22617/wps189556-2

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“…At the same time, the facilitation environment such as machinery, supply systems, and support programmes need to be female friendly. For example, land titles are skewed towards male (Valera et al 2018) and if support programmes attached are to land titles, female access would suffer; most machinery is not female-friendly and is difficult for them to operate; and extension functionaries are mostly men. Adequate representation of females in the extension system would facilitate gender-sensitive agriculture services.…”

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Gender differences in rice value chain participation and career preferences of rural youth in India

Veettil¹,

Raghu

Mohapatra

et al. 2020

Development in Practice

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Ageing farming communities and youth abandoning agriculture are serious issues, with attracting and retaining youth in agriculture a key challenge. This article reports on a gender-sensitive study of rural youth conducted in eastern India. The willingness to be involved in agriculture varies across region and gender, with the high readiness of female youths signalling a feminisation in agriculture. Involvement in value chain activities has a significant and positive impact on career choice. Youth policy needs to address the different preferences and facilitation requirements of male and female youth, in order to change youth's aspiration and be inclusive of both genders.

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Gender differences in rice value chain participation and career preferences of rural youth in India

Veettil¹,

Raghu

Mohapatra

et al. 2020

Development in Practice

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“…In that regard, several aspects of the study area need to be highlighted. First, women's ownership of agricultural land in West Bengal stands at about 5 per cent, while they make up almost half of the agricultural labour force (Valera et al., 2018). This is important because water rights are attached to land ownership in India, and ownership of the overlying land brings with it the right to access groundwater, provided the farmer can secure a pumping device.…”

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Insights into preferences for irrigation pumps in West Bengal: An application of best‐worst‐scaling

Lountain,

Cooper,

Crase

et al. 2024

Aus J Agri & Res Econ

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This paper presents an analysis of the heterogeneous preferences of farmers towards groundwater pump technologies. The research uses primary field data drawn from West Bengal, India, where the progressive feminisation of agriculture has been well‐documented. We employ a paired comparison technique to explore how gender impacts the preferences towards different attributes of pumping technology. Our findings illustrate that preferences for irrigation pump attributes vary significantly between farmer groups, and policies that put technologies in the hands of some groups versus others could have significantly different impacts on how pumps are ultimately used.

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“…Moreover, with India being a predominantly agrarian society, land ownership is an important property right (Agarwal 1994; Government of India and UNDP 2008; Valera et al. 2018). Landholding households might prefer sons over daughters either to protect the land or to ensure inheritance of the land to sons.…”

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Factors Influencing the Sex Ratio at Birth in India: A New Analysis based on Births Occurring between 2005 and 2016

Singh

Kumar

Yadav

et al. 2021

Studies in Family Planning

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Previous research on sex ratio at birth (SRB) in India has largely relied on macro-analysis of census data that do not contain the breadth of factors needed to explain patterns in SRB. Additionally, no previous research has examined the differentiation of factors associated with SRB across birth orders, a key determinant in societies affected by son preference. This study aims to fill these gaps using micro-data related to , births occurring between  and  collected as part of the - National Family Health Survey. Analyses used multivariable logistic regressions stratified by birth order to examine associations with SRB at the national level. The SRB at birth order  was outside the biological normal limit, and generally increased with birth order. First births in households with wealth in the middle and richest quintiles, with mothers who desired a higher ideal number of sons than daughters, and in lower fertility communities had a higher probability of being male. Most SRB correlates were visible at birth orders  or higher. Programs and policies designed to address India's male-skewed SRB must consider the diverse factors that influence SRB, particularly for higher order births.

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Women�s Land Title Ownership and Empowerment

Cited by 8 publications

References 25 publications

Gender differences in rice value chain participation and career preferences of rural youth in India

Gender differences in rice value chain participation and career preferences of rural youth in India

Insights into preferences for irrigation pumps in West Bengal: An application of best‐worst‐scaling

Factors Influencing the Sex Ratio at Birth in India: A New Analysis based on Births Occurring between 2005 and 2016

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