Browsing by Author "Amaya, Nadezda"

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  • Acceso a información, relaciones de género y acceso a los mercados de papa en la cuenca Jatun Mayu localizada en Tiraque, Bolivia
    Amaya, Nadezda; Alwang, Jeffrey R. (Cochabamba, Bolivia: Revista de Agricultura, 2011)
    Este estudio explora los efectos del acceso a información mediante el uso de celulares sobre la elección de mercados de papa que hacen los agricultores, diagnostica los roles de hombres y mujeres e investiga cómo se realizan las decisiones de mercadeo. El análisis se basa en información cualitativa y cuantitativa. Herramientas de evaluación rápida de mercados y estudios de casos individuales se utilizaron para recopilar información en las diferentes etapas de la cadena de la papa. Este análisis fue complementando con datos cuantitativos extraídos de una encuesta realizada a hogares de la zona de estudio. La presente investigación confirma la importancia de las relaciones de género y la tenencia de celulares en el acceso a los mercados.
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    Access to information and farmer's market choice: The case of potato in highland Bolivia
    Amaya, Nadezda; Alwang, Jeffrey R. (2011)
    Potato incomes are critical determinants of Andean farmers' household well-being. Efforts to improve incomes of producers should recognize the role of access to market information. In highland Bolivia, market information has entered the digital age. Cell phones are ubiquitous, and networks lubricated by cellular technologies are affecting traditional means of gathering information. Andean markets are characterized by the heavy involvement of women. Lower information costs could change market choices and roles of men and women. This study explores the effects of information access on market choice near Cochabamba. It diagnoses the roles of men and women and investigates decision-making and changes in it. The research confirms the importance of gender and cell phones to market access. Market decisions are made jointly by men and women, but women take a leading role in marketing. Women dominate marketing by negotiating favorable prices with buyers who are also women. Marketing networks have not changed substantially since the introduction of new information technologies. While cellular technology has broadened access to information and quickened its flow, it has not fundamentally changed network structures. The study provides recommendations about improving competitiveness of small-scale potato producers: (1) increasing access to information by expanding the information content of existing networks; (2) expanding cell phones access; (3) consideration of the important roles intermediaries play; and (4) more technical support for market and information access.
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    Adaptive watershed management in Tiraque, Bolivia
    Botello, Rubén C.; Figueroa, I.; Amaya, Nadezda; Vargas, O.; Saavedra, Ana Karina; Alwang, Jeffrey R. (2008)
    Poster outlining the project's objectives at the Bolivia site. The overall objectives are: to enhance and support the local capacity to raise policies and interventions to increase incomes, improve social conditions and protect environment in Guaranda, Ecuador and Tiraque, Bolivia. The project's primary objectives are: 1) to understand the economic, social, political and environmental conditions and their determinants in Chimbo, Ecuador and Tiraque, Bolivia, 2) to generate and validate sustainable technological alternatives to improve production systems and increase incomes while being environmentally friendly, 3) to create a system to assess alternative actions policies and intervention impacts in the income creating and the social and environmental conditions, 4) to build a local capacity to assess alternative policies, make and fulfill decisions and strengthen the social capital.
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    Analysis of gender roles within farmer's economy in the "Jatun Mayu" watershed communities: Tiraque, Bolivia
    Amaya, Nadezda (2008)
    This poster examines gender roles in the Andes. Its objectives are to:
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    Are potato markets gendered? An analysis of gender networks in the potato marketing chain in the Jatun Mayu watershed of Tiraque, Bolivia
    Amaya, Nadezda; Alwang, Jeffrey R.; Christie, Maria Elisa (2010)
    Incomes from potato production are critical for the well-being and survival of many Andean farmers. These incomes depend on market access and ability to receive fair prices. Potato markets have existed in the area since pre-Colombian times and, while the appearance of the markets themselves is changing only slowly, access to market information has entered the digital age. Cell phones are now becoming ubiquitous even in apparently isolated rural areas, and information networks that are lubricated by cellular technologies are supplanting traditional means of gathering market information. Andean markets are characterized by heavy involvement of women. Our study begins by examining the widely held assumption that Andean societies are male-dominated and women attend to reproductive responsibilities only. If, in contrast, women are actively involved in potato marketing, efforts to improve incomes of poor highland potato producers should recognize their roles along the entire potato market chain. As access to information becomes more widely spread and the cost of obtaining information from multiple sources becomes lower, the roles of men and women could be affected; we also explore these changes. Market information networks exist side by side with social networks and it is critical to understand how the two interact and reinforce one another.
  • Market access and gender roles in the Jatun Mayu watershed communities (Tiraque, Bolivia)
    Amaya, Nadezda (Blacksburg, VA: Office of International Research, Education, and Development, 2008)
    This presentation discusses differing gender roles in potato farming families in the Jatun Mayu watershed. Through participatory methodologies, interactions and gender roles are studied at the household, production, and marketing levels. While the findings are in their preliminary stages of analysis, it appears that women have final say in household decision making, men make the majority of the production decisions with consultation of their wives, and women are responsible for the marketing and negotiation of a fair price for the final potato crop. Moreover, women are the primary financial managers of the family and are perceived to be more responsible in handling the family income. The research also examines opportunities to improve marketing efficiency and bargaining power through the use of cell phones to seek out a fair price and possible strategies for value added production.
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    Women Rule: Potato Markets, Cellular Phones and Access to Information in the Bolivian Highlands
    Amaya, Nadezda; Alwang, Jeffrey R. (Wiley-Blackwell, 2012)
    In highland Bolivia, potato markets are widespread, and access to market information has entered the digital age. Information networks lubricated by ubiquitous cellular technologies are supplanting traditional means of information-gathering. We explore the impacts of access to cellular phones on market selection, use of social networks to acquire information, and gendered responsibilities within the potato market chain near Cochabamba. The entire family participates in potato production and marketing, but responsibilities are differentiated by gender. Men take a leading role in potato production and women in marketing. Access to cellular phones affects decisions about where to market potatoes and improves the potato marketing process.