Understanding men’s and women’s access to and control of assets and the implications for agricultural development projects: A case study in rice-farming households in eastern Uttar Pradesh, India

Valerien Pede (), Joyce Luis, Raman Sharma, Abha Singh, Jeffrey Stipular, Donald Villanueva and Thelma R. Paris

No 1437, IFPRI discussion papers from International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)

Abstract: This research was undertaken to understand gender issues on the distribution of, access to, and control over major assets of rice-farming households as well as the effects of technologies promoted by an Agricultural Research for Development (AR4D) project in selected villages in eastern Uttar Pradesh (EUP), India.

Keywords: gender; households; agricultural research; technology; rice; farm equipment; assets; livelihoods; agricultural development; decision making; mechanization; women; India; Southern Asia; Asia (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2015
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