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| Padmaja, Ravula; Bantilan, Ma Cynthia S.. |
| This paper explores how and to what extent women and men have benefited from the build-up of social capital in technology uptake, and the role of women in this process. Using a case study on Groundnut Production Technology (GPT) in Maharashtra, India, a systematic documentation of the process by which farmers – both men and women - as well as the whole community became empowered through the build-up of social capital is presented. The focus of the paper is on collective action as a mechanism to stimulate gender-equitable change processes. Our evidence suggests that the technology uptake process was enhanced with the build up of social capital, whereby men and women from all class and caste groups came together for improving their livelihoods. Collective... |
| Tipo: Report |
Palavras-chave: Social capital build-up; Gender; Impact; Social networks; Empowerment. |
| Ano: 2007 |
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/47666 |
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