Both women and men are involved in agriculture globally, although their roles differ significantly by region and are changing rapidly. Gender shapes access to productive …
While scholars long recognized the importance of land markets as a key driver of rural non- farm development and transformation in rural areas, evidence on the extent of their …
CR Doss - Yale University Economic Growth Center Discussion …, 2015 - papers.ssrn.com
Should agricultural development programs target women in order to increase productivity? This paper reviews the extensive literature on men's and women's relative productivity in …
This study considers the presence of a gender gap in technical efficiency in Ghana's cocoa production sector. The two-stage double bootstrap data envelopment analysis (DEA) …
E Lecoutere - Journal of Co-operative Organization and Management, 2017 - Elsevier
This article contributes to understanding the potential of agricultural co-operatives to boost women's empowerment and close gender gaps in sub-Saharan Africa. It provides quasi …
Purpose The purpose of this paper is to evaluate the impact of access to production credit on the productivity of smallholder farmers. Design/methodology/approach Data for the study …
This article investigates gender inequality in agricultural productivity, highlights its key determinants, and approximates the potential production, consumption, and poverty gains …
Although women are actively involved in a wide array of agricultural production activities, they have limited access to farm productive resources and their influence in decision-making …
Climate change literature is rife with the assertion that women are more vulnerable to climate change, which state is expected to reflect on female-headed households. However …