Marie-Luise Matthys
Biographic Data
| ID | 6455500 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Marie-Luise Matthys |
| GIVEN NAMES | Marie-Luise |
| FAMILY NAME | Matthys |
| SIGNATURE | MATTHYS M |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Bern |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-2920-0933 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 3 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 5 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 3 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2021 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Gendered dimensions of commercial agriculture and subjective wellbeing in rural Nepal
Agricultural commercialisation is often portrayed as a way to improve the lives of rural people in low-income countries. However, its impacts are evaluated through agronomic yields and economic returns, with little attention paid to how it shapes people’s subjective wellbeing. This article addresses that omission by examining the relationship between cash-crop production and life satisfaction using gendered linear regression analysis of data from…
The Role of High-Value Agriculture in Capability Expansion
High-value agriculture contributes to rural incomes, but does it also contribute to expanding “human capabilities” (Sen, Development as freedom, Knopf, New York, 1999) in a durable way? Through long-term qualitative fieldwork in three landlocked LDCs—Nepal, Rwanda and Laos—resulting in over 150 interviews, we found expansions of the three analysed capabilities: paid work, mobility and social relations. Yet, those improvements were characterised b…
Before cardamom, we used to face hardship”
Numerous low-income countries foster the commercialization of smallholder agriculture to achieve development outcomes and improve the lives of the rural population. The effects of commercialization policies, however, are measured using a limited set of indicators. This paper exemplifies a new approach to the study of agricultural change: analyzing commercialization effects through a local concept of the Good Life. In our case study of East Nepal,…
Before cardamom, we used to face hardship”
Numerous low-income countries foster the commercialization of smallholder agriculture to achieve development outcomes and improve the lives of the rural population. The effects of commercialization policies, however, are measured using a limited set of indicators. This paper exemplifies a new approach to the study of agricultural change: analyzing commercialization effects through a local concept of the Good Life. In our case study of East Nepal,…
Before cardamom, we used to face hardship”
Numerous low-income countries foster the commercialization of smallholder agriculture to achieve development outcomes and improve the lives of the rural population. The effects of commercialization policies, however, are measured using a limited set of indicators. This paper exemplifies a new approach to the study of agricultural change: analyzing commercialization effects through a local concept of the Good Life. In our case study of East Nepal,…
The Role of High-Value Agriculture in Capability Expansion
High-value agriculture contributes to rural incomes, but does it also contribute to expanding “human capabilities” (Sen, Development as freedom, Knopf, New York, 1999) in a durable way? Through long-term qualitative fieldwork in three landlocked LDCs—Nepal, Rwanda and Laos—resulting in over 150 interviews, we found expansions of the three analysed capabilities: paid work, mobility and social relations. Yet, those improvements were characterised b…
Gendered dimensions of commercial agriculture and subjective wellbeing in rural Nepal
Agricultural commercialisation is often portrayed as a way to improve the lives of rural people in low-income countries. However, its impacts are evaluated through agronomic yields and economic returns, with little attention paid to how it shapes people’s subjective wellbeing. This article addresses that omission by examining the relationship between cash-crop production and life satisfaction using gendered linear regression analysis of data from…
Agriculture (3 works) · Agricultural Innovations and Practices (2 works) · Agricultural productivity (2 works) · Business (2 works) · Economic growth (2 works) · Economics (2 works) · Geography (2 works) · Innovation and Socioeconomic Development (2 works) · Agricultural economics (1 work) · Agriculture, Land Use, Rural Development (1 work)