Land rights, gender equality and household food security: exploring the conceptual links in the case of India

Rao, Nitya (2006) Land rights, gender equality and household food security: exploring the conceptual links in the case of India. Food Policy, 31 (2). pp. 180-193.

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Abstract

This paper seeks to critically examine the conceptual linkages between the issue of land rights for women, with household food security on the one hand and gender equality on the other. After a brief analysis of shifts in both international and national policy discourse and practice in terms of control over land as vital for food security, it seeks to analyse the implications of this for gender relations. The paper argues that in a context of diversified rural livelihoods, the contribution of agricultural production to household subsistence has been declining. This trend has been reinforced by a decline in public investment, stagnant growth and fluctuating prices for agricultural products. Men have been able to access the better paid, non-farm jobs, while leaving women behind to manage agricultural production. The renewed link between production and food security in agricultural policy has however meant allowing men not to have responsibility for household food security. While a right to land for women is a positive development, it appears also to be leading to an enhancement of work burdens, without much change in terms of status or decision-making authority.

Item Type:	Article
Uncontrolled Keywords:	sdg 2 - zero hunger,sdg 5 - gender equality ,/dk/atira/pure/sustainabledevelopmentgoals/zero_hunger
UEA Research Groups:	Faculty of Social Sciences > Research Groups > Literacy and Development Group Faculty of Social Sciences > Research Groups > Life Course, Migration and Wellbeing Faculty of Social Sciences > Research Groups > Health and Disease Faculty of Social Sciences > Research Groups > Gender and Development University of East Anglia Schools > Faculty of Science > Tyndall Centre for Climate Change Research Faculty of Science > Research Centres > Tyndall Centre for Climate Change Research
Depositing User:	Abigail Dalgleish
Date Deposited:	05 Apr 2011 14:21
Last Modified:	28 Mar 2025 04:05
URI:	https://ueaeprints.uea.ac.uk/id/eprint/28065
DOI:	10.1016/j.foodpol.2005.10.006

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