Gendered time and energy expenditure in rural livelihoods: Different sides of the same coin?
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01.04.19
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Understanding how women and men allocate their time and energy is important for creating gender-sensitive agricultural interventions. However, data on time use alone do not tell us how much energy people expend on different activities. This blog post describes two case studies in India and Nepal that combined time use and energy expenditure data to better understand the activities and livelihoods of people living in rural areas.
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