Kamal Gaire

Grassroots Women's Groups in Nepal:

Understanding their sustainability

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

In the Himalayan country of Nepal, the inclusion of women in government extension projects has been a key development strategy since 1990s. Extension projects encourage and provide support for the establishment of grassroots women s groups. Most of these groups disintegrate after the termination of government support; however, and before achieving all their objectives, indicating that extension agencies are generally unsuccessful in establishing sustainable groups. This book explores the issues related to the sustainability of these women s groups, and identifies the reasons for their premature disintegration. A case study approach is employed, using qualitative analysis of semi-structured interviews with group members and extension officers in the Kavre district of Nepal. Meeting group members needs is a precondition for sustainability; however, results suggest that the perception of these needs differs between the women who desire self-empowerment and extension agencies who want increased productivity. Results further suggest that while cultural diversity may increase sustainability, economic and gender diversity may have the opposite effect. Nepalese extension

Produktdetails

• Verlag: LAP Lambert Academic Publishing
• Seitenzahl: 100
• Erscheinungstermin: 16. Juli 2011
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 220mm x 150mm x 6mm
• Gewicht: 151g
• ISBN-13: 9783845405438
• ISBN-10: 3845405430
• Artikelnr.: 33722782

Autorenporträt

Kamal Gaire has worked as a senior agriculture extension officer with the government agricultural agency in Nepal and is currently undertaking a PhD research at the University of Melbourne, Australia