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The study finds the determinants of women empowerment measured in terms of domestic decision-making in a developing economy perspective by considering rural women in India. Women empowerment simply means giving opportunities to women to enable them to be socially and financially independent. Empowerment of women through investment in their education and health has a positive effect on economic growth. Almost 70% of Indian population lives in rural areas. If women in these areas are educated and empowered, they can contribute to the economic growth either directly or indirectly by improving health and education of the future generations. This study indicates that an employed woman, having her own income source, higher educational level, knowledge of legal rights, higher educational level of the mother of the woman, having property in her own name, more freedom of movement during her school days, having high self-esteem and belonging to a relatively affluent background, increases domestic making power of the women, and thus empowerment. Some possible policies are suggested for developing economies.

This study tests the influence of Big Five Personality Traits (BFPTs) and demographic factors on Facebook behavior of Posting, Feature Usage, and Making Friends in India, home to the highest number of Facebook users in the world. Gen-Z is the demographic most involved in social media, thus this age group’s behavior can be most accurately gauged from Facebook habits and so it forms the basis of this study. Facebook behavior identified in this study was the outcome of an elicitation study conducted among university students. The sample survey consisted of 290 Facebook users aged between 17 and 24 years. The chapter uses factor analysis and structural equation modeling (SEM) for data analysis. Results revealed that extroverts and those open to experiences would post more. Meanwhile, the conscientious were less inclined to use features such as emoticons while those more agreeable embraced them. Women and those more neurotic would not befriend strangers. Also, posting and feature usage increased with user age. Study results highlight the potential of analyzing Facebook behavior to gauge personalities, which could benefit recruiters and marketers. Academically, this is the first study related to India where a scale for Facebook behavior is developed (namely Posting, Feature Usage, and Making Friends) and then validated for future research work.

The United Nations (UN) adopted Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs); agenda 2030 focuses on Climate Action (goal 13), targeting climate adaptability, as well as resilience, awareness and improving policy mechanisms on climate change. In order to enhance climate adaptability, climate-smart agricultural practices (CSAP) is a necessary step. CSAP is a sustainable agriculture approach with a strong focus on climate dimensions. The three pillars of climate-smart agriculture (CSA) are ‘Adaptation’: adapting to climate change; ‘Resilience’: building resilience against it and ‘Remove’: reducing carbon emissions. The new world economy uses Industry 4.0 technologies for sustainable advancement, including blockchain technology, big data analytics, artificial intelligence (AI), augmented and virtual reality, industrial Internet of Things (IoT) and services. Hence, technology plays a significant role in climate sustainable agriculture practices. This chapter shall consider three technologies consisting of IoT, AI and blockchain technology which contribute to CSAP in pre-harvesting (monitoring climate as well as fertility status, soil testing, etc.), harvesting (tilling, fertilisation, seed operations, etc.) and post-harvesting (predicting weather factors, seed varieties, etc.) periods of agriculture. All these three technologies work like the human nervous system; IoT helps in converting various information regarding demography, climate change, local agricultural needs, etc. into world data; AI works like a brain in combination with IoT, helps predict the use of climate-smart technology and blockchain, the memory part of the nervous system which deals with supply-side and ensures traceability as well as transparency for consumers as well as farmers. Hence, this chapter shall contribute to the importance of these three technologies in adopting CSAP in three stages of agriculture.