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DOES CASH CROP ADOPTION DETRACT FROM CHILDCARE PROVISION? EVIDENCE FROM RURAL NEPAL
| Content Provider | AgEcon Search |
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| Author | Paolisso, Michael J. Hallman, Kelly K. Haddad, Lawrence James Regmi, Shibesh |
| Abstract | Using data from fieldwork conducted in Nepal, the impact of a project designed tocommercialize vegetables and fruits—the Vegetable and Fruit Cash Crop Program(VFC)—on male and female time allocation is examined. Using a rigorous timecollection methodology, activity patterns in households that adopt and do not adopt thenew technology are profiled. Very few studies examine changing activity patterns of bothmen and women in response to commercialization of agriculture. Though women’s timeis valuable in agriculture, it is also valuable in the production of child nutrition. Therecent evolution in thinking as to the causes of child malnutrition—the three pillars beingfood intake, health, and time to care—warrants further analyses of the time trade-offs thatwomen and men face when adopting new agricultural technologies.The VFC program was successful at targeting both men and women farmers inthe sense that household participation resulted in increased head male and head femaletime spent growing vegetables and fruits. The responses varied, however, by the numberof preschool children in residence. In households with more than one preschooler, thetime trade-offs associated with VFC participation were not sizeable for the care ofchildren under 5 years. In households with just one preschooler, the trade-offs were moreimportant. In these households, preschoolers received less care from the male and femaleheads, who spent more time in both the cash crop and in the food crop. In these samehouseholds, the nonwork (leisure) time of men increased as a result of VFC participation,but for women, leisure time was unaffected. Thus in the short run, there is perhaps scopefor protecting childcare time by reducing time to leisure. In the medium run, benefits maywell accrue to unborn preschoolers if VFC participation empowers women. |
| Related Links | https://ageconsearch.umn.edu/record/16408/files/fc010109.pdf |
| Page Count | 37 |
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| DOI | 10.22004/ag.econ.16408 |
| Language | English |
| Publisher Date | 2001-01-01 |
| Access Restriction | Open |
| Subject Keyword | Applied Economics Agricultural Economics Agri-economic Open Access Database Research in Applied Economics Research in Agricultural Economics Higher Study On Agricultural Economics Higher Study On Applied Economics Agricultural Research Documents Agrarian Economy & Research Higher Study Agri-economics Research in Economics Agri-economic Open Access Repository Statistics in Agricultural Economics Crop Production/industries Labor and Human Capital |
| Content Type | Text |
| Resource Type | Article |
| Subject | Economics, Econometrics and Finance |
