{"id":75351,"date":"2021-01-04T18:26:53","date_gmt":"2021-01-04T12:56:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.forumias.com\/?p=75351"},"modified":"2021-01-05T15:36:27","modified_gmt":"2021-01-05T10:06:27","slug":"gender-based-inequality-in-agriculture-sector-in-india","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/gender-based-inequality-in-agriculture-sector-in-india\/","title":{"rendered":"Gender based inequality in agriculture sector in India"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span data-contrast=\"none\"><strong>Synopsis-<\/strong><\/span><span data-contrast=\"none\">\u00a0Women farmers fear that the farm laws will further deepen the existing gender-based inequality in the agriculture sector.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:200,&quot;335559740&quot;:276}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"none\"><strong>How Farming in India has strengthened gender-based inequality?<\/strong><\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:200,&quot;335559740&quot;:276}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"none\">This gender discrimination is deeply rooted in society and deprives women farmers of some of the most basic facilities like access to loans and irrigation systems.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:200,&quot;335559740&quot;:276}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span data-contrast=\"none\"><strong>First, non-recognition as farmers<\/strong><\/span><span data-contrast=\"none\">\u2013 Female farmers are labeled as\u00a0\u2018cultivators\u2019 or \u2018agricultural laborer\u2019s but not farmers. Without any recognition, they tend to get excluded from all the benefits of government schemes.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233279&quot;:true,&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:200,&quot;335559740&quot;:276}\">\u00a0<\/span>\n<ul>\n<li><span data-contrast=\"none\">According to the agricultural census, 73.2 percent of rural women workers are engaged in agriculture, yet they own only 12.8 percent of the land.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><span data-contrast=\"none\"><strong>Second, the lack of land ownership makes female farmers \u201cinvisible<\/strong><\/span><span data-contrast=\"none\">\u201d. Without land, they are not recognized as farmers despite their large contributions to the sector and this marginalization means they are especially vulnerable to\u00a0exploitation by large corporationsunder the new laws.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233279&quot;:true,&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:200,&quot;335559740&quot;:276}\">\u00a0<\/span>\n<ul>\n<li><span data-contrast=\"none\">83% of agricultural land in India is inherited by male members of the family and less than 2% by their female counterparts, according to India Human Development Survey (2018).<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"none\"><strong>What are the implications of recently enacted farm law\u2019s on women a farmer?<\/strong><\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:200,&quot;335559740&quot;:276}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"none\">Recently enacted farm laws will further deteriorate there already poor condition;<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:200,&quot;335559740&quot;:276}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span data-contrast=\"none\"><strong>First, no mention on MSP-\u00a0<\/strong><\/span><span data-contrast=\"none\">Their main worry is about a possible withdrawal of the MSP and a dismantling of the public procurement. Without a guarantee of an MSP, they are vulnerable to corporate exploitation.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span data-contrast=\"none\"><strong>Second<\/strong><\/span><span data-contrast=\"none\">,\u00a0bargaining power-When selling their produce outside mandis, Women farmer\u2019s ability to understand and enter into a fair agreement with the corporate buyers is a cause of concern.<\/span>\n<ul>\n<li data-leveltext=\"o\" data-font=\"Courier New\" data-listid=\"6\" aria-setsize=\"-1\" data-aria-posinset=\"1\" data-aria-level=\"1\"><span data-contrast=\"none\">Without this safety net, Vulnerable farmers fear they will have to participate in contract farming with private corporations, where these companies determine the price with no adequate redressal mechanism.\u202f<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233279&quot;:true,&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:200,&quot;335559740&quot;:276}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li data-leveltext=\"o\" data-font=\"Courier New\" data-listid=\"6\" aria-setsize=\"-1\" data-aria-posinset=\"2\" data-aria-level=\"1\"><span data-contrast=\"none\">They also fear that the\u00a0<\/span><b><span data-contrast=\"none\">small marginal and medium farmers (mostly women led)\u00a0<\/span><\/b><span data-contrast=\"none\">will be forced to do s<\/span><b><span data-contrast=\"none\">ell their land to big\u00a0agro-businesses and become wage laborer.<\/span><\/b><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"none\">Thus, the lack of safeguards from the government for pricing will widen the gender gap in farming as the premise of \u201cincreasing competition\u201d assumes women are able to trade as easily as men when they are subject to greater limitations.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:200,&quot;335559740&quot;:276}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"none\"><strong>Way forward-<\/strong><\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:200,&quot;335559740&quot;:276}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span data-contrast=\"none\">Widen the definition of farmers which doesn\u2019t recognize women as farmer but as cultivators and agriculture laborer.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span data-contrast=\"none\">Policy paralysis in granting entitlement to women agriculture needs to be focused.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span data-contrast=\"none\">Grant property rights and tenure of security of agriculture land to women.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"none\">The empowerment of women farmers is important not only to achieve gender equality but improve nutritional security of the country.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Synopsis-\u00a0Women farmers fear that the farm laws will further deepen the existing gender-based inequality in the agriculture sector.\u00a0 How Farming in India has strengthened gender-based inequality?\u00a0 This gender discrimination is deeply rooted in society and deprives women farmers of some of the most basic facilities like access to loans and irrigation systems.\u00a0 First, non-recognition as&hellip; 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