This research was undertaken as part of the Women Improving Nutrition through Group-based Strategies (WINGS) study, and was aimed at understanding ways to improve agricultural practices among women farmers in India. Effective agricultural extension is key to improving productivity, increasing farmers’ access to information, and promoting more diverse sets of crops and improved methods of cultivation. In India, however, the coverage of agricultural extension workers and the relevance of extension advice is poor. We investigate whether a women’s self-help group platform could be an effective way of improving access to information, women’s empowerment in agriculture, agricultural practices, and production diversity. We use cross-sectional data...
Most woman participants sampled in Katwa Block- I of Burdwan district, India, were young in the age ...
Despite improvements over the last decade or more, India still accounts for a large proportion of th...
Abstract Historically, the situation of women in India is worsened by the patriarchal form of India...
This research was undertaken as part of the Women Improving Nutrition through Group-based Strategies...
Effective agricultural extension is key to improving productivity, increasing farmers’ access to inf...
Women’s groups are important rural social and financial institutions in South Asia. In India, a larg...
Though women act as the backbone of world agricultural workforce most of them are economically backw...
Market Oriented Advisory Services through Women Advisory Service Providers in Punjab, India: The Cas...
India is a country of great tradition, where social customs and norms exert a firm grip over the beh...
Self-help groups for women living in the Terai of Eastern Uttar Pradesh have been used not only as a...
Governments and development organizations worldwide are considering group-based platforms as alterna...
Agriculture sector as a whole has developed and emerged immensely with the infusion of science and t...
Agriculture sector as a whole has developed and emerged immensely with the infusion of science and t...
Inclusion of women in scientific and technological endeavors and realizing women’s intellectual pote...
Women's empowerment and varietal replacement of crops are often unconnected domains in agricultural ...
Most woman participants sampled in Katwa Block- I of Burdwan district, India, were young in the age ...
Despite improvements over the last decade or more, India still accounts for a large proportion of th...
Abstract Historically, the situation of women in India is worsened by the patriarchal form of India...
This research was undertaken as part of the Women Improving Nutrition through Group-based Strategies...
Effective agricultural extension is key to improving productivity, increasing farmers’ access to inf...
Women’s groups are important rural social and financial institutions in South Asia. In India, a larg...
Though women act as the backbone of world agricultural workforce most of them are economically backw...
Market Oriented Advisory Services through Women Advisory Service Providers in Punjab, India: The Cas...
India is a country of great tradition, where social customs and norms exert a firm grip over the beh...
Self-help groups for women living in the Terai of Eastern Uttar Pradesh have been used not only as a...
Governments and development organizations worldwide are considering group-based platforms as alterna...
Agriculture sector as a whole has developed and emerged immensely with the infusion of science and t...
Agriculture sector as a whole has developed and emerged immensely with the infusion of science and t...
Inclusion of women in scientific and technological endeavors and realizing women’s intellectual pote...
Women's empowerment and varietal replacement of crops are often unconnected domains in agricultural ...
Most woman participants sampled in Katwa Block- I of Burdwan district, India, were young in the age ...
Despite improvements over the last decade or more, India still accounts for a large proportion of th...
Abstract Historically, the situation of women in India is worsened by the patriarchal form of India...