Author: Roshani Pradhan (Gorkhaly)
AIT Library Call Number: AIT Thesis no. HS-97-11
Year: 1997
Academic Program: Human Settlement (HS)
Type: Thesis (M.Sc.) – Asian Institute of Technology, 1997
Examination Committee: Darunee Tantiwiramanond Gopal B. Thapa, Reidar Dale (Examination Committee Members)
Abstract: Gender analysis is a recently developed concept and has been adopted as a socio economic tool to analyze the responsibility, contribution and relative benefits shared between men and women in a society. Despite women’s contribution to the family support system they are rarely recognized as individual farmers. This study is based on a combination of qualitative and quantitative data analysis of seventy-five farmers in Thimi area of Bhaktaput district. The farmers are classified into three categories depending on soil type, accessibility to water, and extent of vegetable cultivation: full-time vegetable cultivator (F), part-time vegetable cultivator (P) and non-vegetable cultivator (N). The collected data were analyzed quantitatively using frequency distribution and f-test in SPSS-pc-4.0. Harvard analytical tool was used to analyze the qualitative data. The objective is to assess relationships between access to and control over productive resources in terms of decision making at intra-household level. Which in fact is essential to pinpoint the potential and constraints of both men and women to fully participate in making agricultural development sustainable. It is apparent from the research that besides profit, gender is one of the contributing factors for selecting a particular type of farming practices. The availability of active male members in the household is responsible for changing subsistence economy to commercial economy. The findings related to socio economic factors reveal that women in general do not have equal status, education, political clout and employment as compared with men. The average household income of full-time vegetable cultivator is higher than part time vegetable cultivator and non-vegetable cultivator. Women’s contribution in terms of workload is as par with men in full-time vegetable cultivator. However increased household income does not necessarily improve women’s control over household surplus because of inherent structural inequality between men and women over
Scholarship Donor(s): United Kingdom
Note: A thesis submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Science, School of Environment, Resources and Development
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