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

The gendered effects of climate change: Production shocks and labour response in agriculture – Farzana Afridi, Kanika Mahajan, and Nikita Sangwan; September 2021

Gendering technological change: Evidence from agricultural mechanization – Fazana Afridi, Monisankar Bishnu, and Kanika Mahajan; May 2021

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