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Do the information networks of farmers differ across gender? Evidence from the hills of Uttarakhand, India using social network analysis

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Title Do the information networks of farmers differ across gender? Evidence from the hills of Uttarakhand, India using social network analysis
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Creator Kushagra Joshi
Jyoti Rawal
 
Subject gender
social networks
hills
 
Description Not Available
Vegetable growers need information on improved cul-
tivars and production practices, and usually tend to
receive this information from informal sources due to
certain constraints. This study describes the information
networks of hill farmers across genders for accessing
data about vegetable cultivation. Through simple random
sampling, two hill districts in Uttarakhand, India, were
chosen and 320 vegetable growers were selected. The
results showed that in comparison to female farmers,
the social networks of male farmers frequently included
formal information sources. The main factors deter-
mining the pattern of information network usage among
women farmers were education, farming experience,
hours dedicated to farming, group membership and
contact with extension agencies, whereas income, land-
holding, access to mobile phones, contact with extension
agencies and frequency of contact affected the infor-
mation network usage among male farmers. The study
gives suggestions for policymakers and programme
planners to bridge the gender divide by devising effective
information dissemination in the hill regions.
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Date 2024-01-13T10:31:07Z
2024-01-13T10:31:07Z
2023-12-10
 
Type Research Paper
 
Identifier Not Available
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http://krishi.icar.gov.in/jspui/handle/123456789/81250
 
Language English
 
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Publisher Current Science Association