This study tries to examine gender roles as both domestic activities and productive water users and how these roles help women improve their socioeconomic status. The specific objectives of the paper are: to examine gender roles and responsibilities of multiple water users with an estimationof actual water use for domestic and livestock purposes and to analyze the operational income and expenditure associated with water-based home enterprises.
This study tries to examine gender roles as both domestic activities and productive water users and how these roles help women improve their socioeconomic status. The specific objectives of the paper are: to examine gender roles and responsibilities of multiple water users with an estimationof actual water use for domestic and livestock purposes and to analyze the operational income and expenditure associated with water-based home enterprises.
This report analyzes the economics of alternative microirrigation technologies ranging from low-cost drip and sprinkler systems to the capital-intensive systems, the determinants of adoption of microirrigation technology, the poverty outreach of the different microirrigation systems, and the sustainability implications of microirrigation adoption.
This paper attempts to understand gender issues in micro-irrigation technology by exploring the dynamics of gender, water and rural livelihoods. Based on an empirical study in the rural areas ofWest Nepal undertaken in 2003, the paper assesses the socioeconomic impact of drip-irrigation systems on men and womens lives. A combination of participatory research tools, participant observationand secondary sources were used to generate data. The study revealed that women extensively contributed to vegetable farming under the drip-irrigation systems. The total time (mean hours) spent by women in vegetable production is significantly higher than those spent by their male counterparts. The benefit cost analysis of vegetable farming has shown overall viability in terms of net present value, benefit cost ratio, internal rate of return and payback period. Based on the study findings, thepaper suggests that similar technological interventions could be considered in places of similar socioeconomic and biophysical characteristics to help empower rural women. Finally, the paper raisessome significant questions in relation to rural livelihoods and womens entitlements.
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