Gendered intra‐household decision‐making dynamics in agricultural innovation processes: assets, norms and bargaining power

Shibata, R. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7236-3818, Cardey, S. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8504-8027 and Dorward, P. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2831-3693 (2020) Gendered intra‐household decision‐making dynamics in agricultural innovation processes: assets, norms and bargaining power. Journal of International Development, 32 (7). pp. 1101-1125. ISSN 1099-1328 doi: 10.1002/jid.3497

Abstract/Summary

This article explores intra‐household decision‐making in smallholder farmers' innovation uptake and use of outputs within a bargaining framework. Research was conducted in selected locations representing contrasting economic, social and agroclimatic environments in Uganda using a combination of qualitative and quantitative methods (including a survey of 531 farmers). Decision‐making in innovation processes was highly gendered and shaped by intra‐household allocation of production assets as well as social norms. The findings highlight the male capture of decision‐making regarding innovation uptake and use of outputs, especially for income‐generating crops, and that this can both reflect and reinforce gender inequalities in asset ownership.

Item Type	Article
URI	https://reading-clone.eprints-hosting.org/id/eprint/91580
Identification Number/DOI	10.1002/jid.3497
Refereed	Yes
Divisions	Life Sciences > School of Agriculture, Policy and Development > Department of International Development
Publisher	Wiley
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