Women in Agriculture – Women & Work

Women in Agriculture

Female labour force participation in rural India has declined from
49% in 1999 to 28% in 2017. Has structural transformation in agriculture played a role?

Collaborator:
Kanika Mahajan (Ashoka University)

Published/Working Papers

T h e G e n d e r e d E f f e c t s o f D r o u g h t s : P r o d u c t i o n S h o c k s a n d L a b o r R e s p o n s e i n A g r i c u l t u r e – F a r z a n a A f r i d i , K a n i k a M a h a j a n , a n d N i k i t a S a n g w a n ; October 2022

Gender and Mechanization: Evidence from Indian Agriculture – Fazana Afridi, Monisankar Bishnu, and Kanika Mahajan; April 2022

Back to the Plough: Women Managers and Farm Productivity in India – Kanika Mahajan; 2019

Policy Briefs

Female Employment in Agriculture: Women as Farm Managers (2019)

Female Employment and Agriculture: Women as Farm Managers (2018)

Women in Agriculture: Gendered Impact of Mechanisation on Labour Demand