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Decoding the systemic challenges of women in agriculture ft. Ireena Vittal
The recent interim budget focused on how to enable women farmers, looking at how they can be raised up along with other smallholder farmers across India. Today, in certain key agricultural value chains like sugarcane, women make up 50% of the workforce. Yet their work is significantly undervalued as they face a 60% pay gap. This speaks to the deeper systemic challenges women in agriculture face, with their role and contributions being largely obscured.
In the first episode of season 3 of Decoding Impact Rathish Balakrishnan spoke with Ireena Vittal, one of India's most respected independent consultants and advisors in agriculture, emerging markets and urban development. Through the episode they discussed:
• How certain key agricultural value chains operate
• Making all agricultural value chains equitable for all smallholder farmers regardless of gender
• How women in agriculture can help themselves within these value chains through self help groups and collectivisation
• The nuanced interplay of social norms impacting the economic empowerment of women
Explore some of our SKI products related to this topic:
• Gender Inclusivity in Commercial Agriculture
• Formalising the Female Workforce in Indian Agriculture
Guest: Ireena Vittal
Host: Rathish Balakrishnan
Producer: Meenakshi Iyer
Produced by: Pickle Jar Media
Time Stamps & Chapters:
0:00 - Precap
1:20 - Introduction
2:59 - Guest Introduction
3:33 - Ireena Vittal’s Journey
5:00 - The invisibility of women in Agriculture
8:37 - The power equation for women in Agriculture
13:20 - The power of Collectives for women in Agriculture
16:27 - The systemic issues in agriculture - How do we address these?
17:28 - Understanding different agriculture value chains (part 1)
23:33 - Understanding different agriculture value chains (part 2
31:04 - Challenges in the Indian agriculture industry inhibiting smallholder farmers)
36:09 - The role of businesses in catalysing equitable agriculture
40:57 - Women in agriculture need better pay
45:17 - Women need to participate in the market
51:53 - Solutions to empower women in agriculture
55:01 - Shifting the gender equation at the intermediary layer in agriculture
58:12 - Summary & thanks
58:52 - Outro
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By Sattva Knowledge InstituteThe recent interim budget focused on how to enable women farmers, looking at how they can be raised up along with other smallholder farmers across India. Today, in certain key agricultural value chains like sugarcane, women make up 50% of the workforce. Yet their work is significantly undervalued as they face a 60% pay gap. This speaks to the deeper systemic challenges women in agriculture face, with their role and contributions being largely obscured.
In the first episode of season 3 of Decoding Impact Rathish Balakrishnan spoke with Ireena Vittal, one of India's most respected independent consultants and advisors in agriculture, emerging markets and urban development. Through the episode they discussed:
• How certain key agricultural value chains operate
• Making all agricultural value chains equitable for all smallholder farmers regardless of gender
• How women in agriculture can help themselves within these value chains through self help groups and collectivisation
• The nuanced interplay of social norms impacting the economic empowerment of women
Explore some of our SKI products related to this topic:
• Gender Inclusivity in Commercial Agriculture
• Formalising the Female Workforce in Indian Agriculture
Guest: Ireena Vittal
Host: Rathish Balakrishnan
Producer: Meenakshi Iyer
Produced by: Pickle Jar Media
Time Stamps & Chapters:
0:00 - Precap
1:20 - Introduction
2:59 - Guest Introduction
3:33 - Ireena Vittal’s Journey
5:00 - The invisibility of women in Agriculture
8:37 - The power equation for women in Agriculture
13:20 - The power of Collectives for women in Agriculture
16:27 - The systemic issues in agriculture - How do we address these?
17:28 - Understanding different agriculture value chains (part 1)
23:33 - Understanding different agriculture value chains (part 2
31:04 - Challenges in the Indian agriculture industry inhibiting smallholder farmers)
36:09 - The role of businesses in catalysing equitable agriculture
40:57 - Women in agriculture need better pay
45:17 - Women need to participate in the market
51:53 - Solutions to empower women in agriculture
55:01 - Shifting the gender equation at the intermediary layer in agriculture
58:12 - Summary & thanks
58:52 - Outro