Researchers use storytelling to evaluate women's agency in agricultural production
A study in India highlights who does what in wheat farming to support the design of gender-responsive interventions in the region.
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A study in India highlights who does what in wheat farming to support the design of gender-responsive interventions in the region.
December 22, 2020 Surender Prasad stands next to his Happy Seeder-mounted tractor in Uttar Pradesh, India. (Photo: Ajay K Pundir/CIMMYT) The agricultural sector is possibly the largest livelihood provider in India, with the smallholder farming community in the vast Indo-Gangetic Plains making the bulk of it. They are the community responsible for growing the food available on our table. In celebration of India’s National Farmer’s Day on December 23 — known in Hindi as Kisan Diwas — we share the story of a farmer-turned-entrepreneur from eastern Uttar Pradesh, where the International ...