Raising the Productivity of Women Farmers in Sub-Saharan Africa

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No AccessWorld Bank Discussion Papers12 Aug 2013Raising the Productivity of Women Farmers in Sub-Saharan AfricaAuthors/Editors: Katrine A. Saito, Hailu Mekonnen, and Daphne SpurlingKatrine A. Saito, Hailu Mekonnen, and Daphne Spurlinghttps://doi.org/10.1596/0-8213-2749-6SectionsAboutPDF (0.3 MB) ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationsTrack Citations ShareFacebookTwitterLinked In Abstract:This overview volume presents the findings of a UNDP-funded, World Bank-executed project on Women ' s Agricultural Productivity in Africa (WAPIA). The overview is based primarily on four countries - Burkina Faso, Kenya, Nigeria, and Zambia. These studies document women ' s roles in agriculture, identify and evaluate the key constraints they face in attempting to raise their productivity, and recommend various policies, programs and projects to remove these constraints. All four country studies entailed some field work and benefitted from specialized studies undertaken by local researchers. The report is also based on the evidence from household field surveys in Kenya and Nigeria. This rich body of information has enabled difference in output between male and female farmers to be analyzed and explained. For example, this analysis shows that extension contact in Kenya contributes significantly and positively to output on male-managed plots, but not on female-managed plots, giving an insight into the effectiveness of current extension systems in at least one large country in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA). Previous bookNext book FiguresreferencesRecommendeddetailsCited byStokvel saving and banking sector liquidity in South Africa: cointegration and short-run dynamicsInternational Journal of Research in Business and Social Science (2147- 4478), Vol.12, No.728 October 2023Gender Mainstreaming in Miraa Farming in the Eastern Highlands of KenyaSustainability, Vol.15, No.154 August 2023Impacts of agricultural capital subsidies for women in Burkina Faso: Lessons from a Computable General Equilibrium modelJournal of International Development, Vol.612 July 2023Does the Landowner's Gender Affect Self-Cultivation and Farm Productivity? An Analysis for IndiaThe Journal of Development Studies, Vol.59, No.529 January 2023Taking stock of gender gaps in crop production technology adoption and technical efficiency in GhanaAgrekon, Vol.62, No.127 January 2023Digital Agricultural Extension for Development9 September 2022Climate change adaptation and maize productivity: a gender-based analysisClimatic Change, Vol.173, No.1-218 July 2022Gender and Productivity Differentials in Smallholder Groundnut Farming in Malawi: Accounting for Technology DifferencesThe Journal of Development Studies, Vol.58, No.520 December 2021Assessment of Good Governance and Gender Equality in the EU's Budgetary Support Programme in Tanzania: Insights from Agriculture Sector29 September 2022How does adoption of labor saving agricultural technologies affect intrahousehold resource allocations? The case of push-pull technology in Western KenyaFood Policy, Vol.102Gender differences in agricultural productivity: evidence from maize farm households in southern EthiopiaGeoJournal, Vol.86, No.24 November 2019Economic Benefits of Empowering Women in Agriculture: Assumptions and EvidenceThe Journal of Development Studies, Vol.57, No.24 June 2020Gender in agriculture and food systemsGender, formality, and entrepreneurial successSmall Business Economics, Vol.55, No.428 March 2019Gender Differences in Agricultural Productivity in Côte D'ivoire: Changes in Determinants and Distributional Composition over the Past Decade27 February 2020Realizing the potential of digital development: The case of agricultural adviceScience, Vol.366, No.6471Is there any gender gap in the production of legumes in Malawi? Evidence from the Oaxaca–Blinder decomposition modelReview of Agricultural, Food and Environmental Studies, Vol.100, No.1-425 November 2019Heterogeneity in male and female farmers' preference for a profit‐enhancing and labor‐saving technology: The case of Direct‐Seeded Rice (DSR) in IndiaCanadian Journal of Agricultural Economics/Revue canadienne d'agroeconomie, Vol.67, No.34 September 2019Women's agricultural practices and their effects on soil nutrient content in the Nyalenda urban gardens of Kisumu, KenyaSOIL, Vol.5, No.215 October 2019Analysis of Agricultural Innovation and Decision Making among Maize Farming Household in Nigeria: A Gender Approach27 July 2018Changing gender roles in agriculture? Evidence from 20 years of data in GhanaAgricultural Economics, Vol.49, No.620 September 2018Accounting for the Gender Technology Gap Amongst Smallholder Rice Farmers in Northern GhanaJournal of Agricultural Economics, Vol.69, No.213 September 2017Improved Seeds and Agricultural Productivity of Family Farms in Cameroon2 June 2018Evaluation of Women's On-Farm Trial of Drought Tolerant Maize in Southern Guinea Savannah Agro-Ecological Zone of Nigeria2 June 2018Women and agricultural productivity: Refra