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SUBMITTER: Gupta S
PROVIDER: S-EPMC6853022 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Dec
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Gupta Soumya S Vemireddy Vidya V Singh Dhiraj D Pingali Prabhu P
Global food security 20191201
The Women's Empowerment in Agriculture Index (WEAI) is a direct, multi-dimensional measure of women's access to resources and decision-making in various domains of agriculture. However, several challenges characterize its use: adaptation of questionnaires to local agricultural contexts, modifications to index construction once underlying activities and adequacy thresholds are modified, and sensitivity analysis. In this paper, we address such challenges based on our experience of adapting and usi ...[more]