Improving Productivity and Market Success (IPMS) Analysis of priority commodities– Gender and technology perspectives Ranjitha Puskur 20 March 2006 ILRI

IPMS

Crops and livestock Generally both – magnitude varies, women indirectly in many cases Women in case of livestock -control of benefits? Benefits from technology Available -consider farming system as a whole -ability to hire -Availability of skilled labour Additional labour and labour peaks Generally both, but magnitude varies Only women if it is women dominated crop More on women in case of livestock -labour saving technologies in operations done by women and other chores taken up by them -reversal/adjustment of roles Impact on workloads

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