Gendered time, seasonality and nutrition: Insights from two Indian districts

Rao, Nitya ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6318-0147 and Raju, S. (2020) Gendered time, seasonality and nutrition: Insights from two Indian districts. Feminist Economics, 26 (2). pp. 95-125. ISSN 1354-5701

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Abstract

Some of the key pathways linking agriculture and nutrition run through women’s work, yet the evidence on these links are weak. Using time-use data from two Indian districts, this paper seeks to fill this gap. In principle, women’s agricultural work could have positive and negative implications for nutrition, through increased control over incomes or intensifying work burdens. The emerging evidence points to the nuanced ways in which social identity, seasonality, and context mediate women’s work in agriculture and consequently food intakes and feeding practices. Overall, women’s work in agriculture seems to have a negative effect on household nutrition through two pathways: lack of adequate time for care work in peak agricultural seasons, and seasonal energy deficits that adversely affect their own health. Recognition of women’s physical contributions to both agricultural production and domestic reproduction, and supporting them adequately, is central to improving nutritional outcomes.

Item Type: Article
Uncontrolled Keywords: gender,time,seasonality,nutrition,energy,india,nutrition,time,seasonality,energy,economics and econometrics,arts and humanities (miscellaneous),gender studies,business, management and accounting(all),sdg 2 - zero hunger ,/dk/atira/pure/subjectarea/asjc/2000/2002
Faculty \ School: Faculty of Social Sciences > School of International Development
University of East Anglia Research Groups/Centres > Theme - ClimateUEA
UEA Research Groups: Faculty of Social Sciences > Research Groups > Literacy and Development Group
Faculty of Social Sciences > Research Groups > Gender and Development
Faculty of Social Sciences > Research Groups > Health and Disease
Faculty of Social Sciences > Research Groups > Life Course, Migration and Wellbeing
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
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Date Deposited: 05 Nov 2018 11:30
Last Modified: 14 Jun 2023 13:33
URI: https://ueaeprints.uea.ac.uk/id/eprint/68765
DOI: 10.1080/13545701.2019.1632470

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