Table 4 Roles performed in CVF
S.N. | Women only | Men only | Women and men |
|---|---|---|---|
1. Production | Preparing compost fertilizer, carrying fertilizer in a doko to the field | Plowing, carrying compost fertilizer in sacks | Buying and saving seeds, digging, and tilling, leveling fields, spreading fertilizer, buying, and using chemical fertilizer and pesticides, sowing, planting seedlings, irrigating, monitoring (plant growth, insects, and diseases) |
2. Harvesting | Only during women’s menstruation period (Chhaupadi practice), especially if the vegetables are from the Cucurbita family | Assessing readiness, harvesting, hiring laborers (if necessary), selling from home, or traveling to markets | |
3. Utilization | Keeping income, self and household expenditures, savings, investment in family’s wellbeing | ||
4. Surplus | Sharing among relatives, neighbors, and friends |