Farmers of the future: Challenges of a feminised agriculture in India (Old ID 21412)
Role
Principal Investigator
Description
Neoliberal economic policies are fundamentally transforming the social landscapes of rural India, causing a deep agrarian crisis. The agrarian changes accentuate the unequal consequences for poor women and women in relation to: production (labour, tenure); livelihood and food security; access to and ownership of assets such as land and water and access to agriculture innovations and institutions. This multiscalar project investigates the causes and consequences of feminisation of agriculture in India's transitioning economy in order to understand how gender roles and relations are being re-shaped in communities and households in diverse socioeconomic and cultural contexts and agro-ecological areas.
Date
05 Jun 2014 - 04 Jun 2017
Project Type
GRANT
Keywords
India;Food Security;feminisation;Women;neoliberal economic policy
Funding Body
Australian Research Council
Amount
5910
Project Team
N/A