Changing gender dynamics through high-value agriculture: a case of Ilam district, Nepal - S. Acharya, B. P. Subedi and B. R. Upreti

In contrast to subsistence agriculture, high-value agriculture is considered as means to provide women more employment and income opportunities, and contribute in changing women’s condition and position in family and in community. [...] The findings of the study revealed that high-value agriculture, mainly the large cardamom (Amomums ubulatum Roxb.) had positive contribution in reducing the gender gap through employment creation, narrowed down income gap, increased participation of women in public sphere, increased role of women in decision making, improved household relations, and increased mobility of women. [...] The study has concluded that high-value agriculture can be a means to empower women and contribute in reducing gender inequality in the context of agricultural transition in Nepal. [...] In Nepal, this research is conducted in Ilam district taking the case of large cardamom Within the broad scope of FATE, this paper brings the changes in gender relation in the farms of Eastern hills of Nepal based on comparison of household survey results of 2015 and 2018 and the 98 Nepalese Journal of Agricultural Sciences, 2020, vol. [...] (2018) Feminization of Agriculture in the Eastern Hills of Nepal: A study of Women in Cardamom and Ginger Farming.