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| Paolisso, Michael J.; Hallman, Kelly K.; Haddad, Lawrence James; Regmi, Shibesh. |
| Using data from fieldwork conducted in Nepal, the impact of a project designed to commercialize vegetables and fruits—the Vegetable and Fruit Cash Crop Program (VFC)—on male and female time allocation is examined. Using a rigorous time collection methodology, activity patterns in households that adopt and do not adopt the new technology are profiled. Very few studies examine changing activity patterns of both men and women in response to commercialization of agriculture. Though women’s time is valuable in agriculture, it is also valuable in the production of child nutrition. The recent evolution in thinking as to the causes of child malnutrition—the three pillars being food intake, health, and time to care—warrants further analyses of the time trade-offs... |
| Tipo: Working or Discussion Paper |
Palavras-chave: Crop Production/Industries; Labor and Human Capital. |
| Ano: 2001 |
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/16408 |
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