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Ruth Meinzen-Dick

Ruth Meinzen-Dick is a Senior Research Fellow in the Natural Resources and Resilience Unit. She has extensive transdisciplinary research experience in using qualitative and quantitative research methods. Her work focuses on two broad (and sometimes interrelated) areas: how institutions affect how people manage natural resources, and the role of gender in development processes. 

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Patrick Ward

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Patrick Ward is a Nonresident Fellow with the Development Strategies and Governance Unit, and is working in an outposted capacity.

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Intrahousehold preference heterogeneity and demand for labor-saving agricultural technology

2024Gulati, Kajal; Ward, Patrick S.; Lybbert, Travis J.; Spielman, David J.
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Intrahousehold preference heterogeneity and demand for labor-saving agricultural technology

Evaluations of agricultural technologies rarely consider the implications of how adoption may alter the labor allocation of different individuals within a household. We examine intrahousehold decision-making dynamics that shape smallholder households’ decision to use mechanical rice transplanting (MRT), a technology that disproportionately influences demand for women’s labor. To study the adoption decision, we experimentally estimate the willingness to pay for MRT services both at the individual and household level. We find that women value MRT more than men, especially when they participate in transplanting on their own farms. This preference heterogeneity is evident in the unconditional differences between women’s and men’s valuation and differences conditional on their individual observable characteristics. Despite having stronger preferences for MRT, women have less influence on the household’s technology adoption decision than men. This differential influence over the MRT adoption decision reflects the intrahousehold power structure: in households where women have less control over assets, they also have less influence over the MRT adoption decision. Our results highlight how technological changes interact with unobserved, gender-based intrahousehold power relations to influence agricultural production decisions and, by extension, the gendered allocation of labor and welfare of women.

Year published

2024

Authors

Gulati, Kajal; Ward, Patrick S.; Lybbert, Travis J.; Spielman, David J.

Citation

Gulati, Kajal; Ward, Patrick S.; Lybbert, Travis J.; and Spielman, David J. 2024. Intrahousehold preference heterogeneity and demand for labor-saving agricultural technology. American Journal of Agricultural Economics 106(2): 684-711. https://doi.org/10.1111/ajae.12430

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Agriculture; Agricultural Technology; Decision Making; Gender; Households; Labour Allocation; Rice; Smallholders; Women

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English

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Open AccessCC-BY-4.0

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https://doi.org/10.1111/ajae.12430 Source record

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Seed Equal

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Subjective well-being, willingness to accept COVID policies, and vulnerability: Evidence from China

2024Tian, Junyan; Ward, Patrick S.
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Subjective well-being, willingness to accept COVID policies, and vulnerability: Evidence from China

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2024

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Tian, Junyan; Ward, Patrick S.

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Tian, Junyan; and Ward, Patrick S.. Subjective well-being, willingness to accept COVID policies, and vulnerability: Evidence from China. Chinese Economy. Article in press. First published online April 15, 2024. https://doi.org/10.1080/10971475.2024.2340930

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China

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Asia; Eastern Asia; Covid-19; Livelihoods; Vulnerability; Welfare

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English

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Limited Access

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https://doi.org/10.1080/10971475.2024.2340930 Source record

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Do grassroots interventions relax behavioural constraints and improve adoption of nutrition-sensitive food production systems?

2024Alvi, Muzna; Ward, Patrick; Makhija, Simrin; Spielman, David J.
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Do grassroots interventions relax behavioural constraints and improve adoption of nutrition-sensitive food production systems?

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2024

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Alvi, Muzna; Ward, Patrick; Makhija, Simrin; Spielman, David J.

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Alvi, Muzna; Ward, Patrick; Makhija, Simrin; and Spielman, David J. 2024. Do grassroots interventions relax behavioural constraints and improve adoption of nutrition-sensitive food production systems? Australian Journal of Agricultural and Resource Economics 68(1): 101-124. https://doi.org/10.1111/1467-8489.12535

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India

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Asia; Southern Asia; Consumption; Farmers; Food Production; Production Systems; Productivity; Grassroots Organizations

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English

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Limited Access

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https://doi.org/10.1111/1467-8489.12535 Source record

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Agriculture for Nutrition and Health

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Blogs

Incentives could create a tipping point in conservation agriculture adoption
IFPRI Blog
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January 26, 2018

Incentives could create a tipping point in conservation agriculture adoption

By Andrew Reid Bell, Patrick Ward, Lawrence Mapemba, Tim Benton, Klaus Droppelmann, Jennifer Zavaleta Cheek, Frazer Mataya, and Oliver Pierson

Research in Malawi shows that farmers are more likely to adopt conservation agriculture practices when their neighbors are using them—suggesting financial incentives can help to create a virtuous circle.

Research for agricultural insurance in South Asia: A regional dialogue
IFPRI Blog
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January 16, 2018

Research for agricultural insurance in South Asia: A regional dialogue

By Berber Kramer and Patrick Ward

A forum in Dhaka examines the promise and challenges of crop insurance for smallholders as a hedge against growing climate impacts.

Index insurance as an instrument for managing risk and modernizing agricultural production
IFPRI Blog
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May 02, 2017

Index insurance as an instrument for managing risk and modernizing agricultural production

By Patrick Ward

An IFPRI trial in Bangladesh shows that index-based insurance—with payouts based on weather data or other benchmarks rather than actual losses—has benefits beyond mere compensation.