Beyond ownership: women’s and men’s land rights in Sub-Saharan Africa

Slavchevska, Vanya; Doss, Cheryl R.; Campos, Ana Paula de la O; Brunelli, Chiara

doi:10.1080/13600818.2020.1818714

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“…Lusasi and Mwaseba (2020) showed that men owned most land while women accessed land through fathers, husbands and sons. As a rule, Slavchevska et al (2021) demonstrated that land possession by women in sub-Saharan Africa is constrained. It was observed among women that more educated ones are more selfreliant and like to have self-property rights, hence acquire their own territory.…”

Section: Relationship Between Gender Access To Land and Creditmentioning

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Gender disparity in cassava farmers access to agricultural productive resources in Rongo Sub County, Migori County, Kenya

Awuor¹,

Mulwa²,

Openda³

2021

Afr. J. Agric. Res.

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The disparities in access to productive resources keep on smothering agricultural growth and development, particularly in developing countries. This study was informed by the feminist political economy (FPE) framework to assessing the relationship between gender and access to agricultural productive resources among cassava farmers in Kenya. The research utilised mixed methods including the use of a survey instrument and focus group discussions. The FGDs included 30 participants. A cross-sectional survey of 92 farmers was conducted using simple random sampling and purposive sampling. The purposive sampling technique was used to select 2 out of 4 administrative wards in Rongo Sub County. Socioeconomic and gender and access to productive resources used descriptive statistics and Chi-square, respectively in SPSS Version 23. Qualitative data were analysed using NVivo. The findings showed that access to resources such as farmland, agricultural credit, agricultural extension services, and ICT, family and hired labour, and improved cassava varieties were gendered. The gendered access to productive resources cut across class, age, education and socio-cultural norms inform access to and control over resources. The study suggests that agricultural advisory services must prioritise women of low educational background and class living in patrilineal settings. This ought to be approached from a transactional gendered outlook considering men and women skewed access to agricultural productive resources to close the gender gap.

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Section: Relationship Between Gender Access To Land and Creditmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Also, Anderson et al (2021) confirm a disparity in admittance to farmland by women. Less than 15% of agricultural landholders are women and 85% are men worldwide (Slavchevska et al, 2021). In Africa, women own under 1% of the agricultural land (Lusasi and Mwaseba, 2020).…”

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Gender disparity in cassava farmers access to agricultural productive resources in Rongo Sub County, Migori County, Kenya

Awuor¹,

Mulwa²,

Openda³

2021

Afr. J. Agric. Res.

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“…In this spirit, Kilic and Moylan (2016) distinguish between reported owners, economic owners, documented owners and holder of various bundles of rights. These differing ownership and use rights do not necessarily fall together (Slavchevska et al 2017;Doss et al 2020). 6 The DHS questions that were added to the 6 th round, capture a concept closest to that of reported ownership but cannot distinguish between different forms of ownership or provide information about the security of ownership.…”

Section: Dhs Data On Women's and Men's Property Ownershipmentioning

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Women's Legal Rights and Gender Gaps in Property Ownership in Developing Countries

Gaddis¹,

Lahoti²,

Swaminathan³

2020

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The Policy Research Working Paper Series disseminates the findings of work in progress to encourage the exchange of ideas about development issues. An objective of the series is to get the findings out quickly, even if the presentations are less than fully polished. The papers carry the names of the authors and should be cited accordingly. The findings, interpretations, and conclusions expressed in this paper are entirely those of the authors. They do not necessarily represent the views of the International Bank for Reconstruction and Development/World Bank and its affiliated organizations, or those of the Executive Directors of the World Bank or the governments they represent. * The findings, interpretations, and conclusions expressed in this paper are entirely those of the authors. They do not necessarily represent the views of the International Bank for Reconstruction and Development/World Bank and its affiliated organizations, or those of the Executive Directors of the World Bank or the governments they represent. We would like to thank Kathleen Beegle, Bénédicte de la Brière, Markus Goldstein, Caren Grown and Dominique van de Walle for valuable comments on earlier drafts.

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“…Instead, they continue to grow staple grain crops, mostly for home consumption. But men who remain withdraw labor from nonfarm work without significantly increasing their labor supply in agriculture (Slavchevska et al 2020a). Similarly, in Ethiopia, male out-migration increases women's labor allocations to agricultural activitiesthough without increasing their decision-making in agriculture (Ramos et al 2020).…”

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Gender and rural transformation

Kosec¹,

KatrinaDoss²,

Slavchevska³

2020

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Rural transformation is central to the broader structural transformation process taking place in developing countriesfueled by the globalization of value chains, changing food systems, new technologies, conflict and displacement, and climate change, among other factors. Rural transformation refers to the process whereby rural economies diversify into nonfarm activities, agriculture becomes more capital-intensive and commercially oriented, and linkages with neighboring towns and cities grow and deepen (Berdegué, Rosada, and Bebbington 2014). It can bring about fundamental changes in the way businesses and households organize, such as the commercialization and diversification of agricultural production; increased agricultural productivity; migration; and the emergence of a broader set of rural livelihood activities. Analysis of rural transformation requires attention to gender, as men's and women's participation in rural transformation and ability to benefit from it is shaped by their different access to and control over resources, by often inequitable access to employment opportunities, and by norms that govern their access to livelihood opportunities in their communities and beyond. At the same time, rural transformation has the potential to change harmful gender norms and empower women. This brief draws on research conducted under Flagship 6 "Cross-Cutting Gender Research and Coordination" of the CGIAR's Research Program on Policies, Institutions, and Markets (PIM) led by IFPRI, including insights from Doss et al. (2020). It illustrates how the processes of rural transformation may influence women's and men's labor, access to resources, and broader gender relations and norms. PIM SYNTHESIS BRIEF OCTOBER 2020 KEY MESSAGES  Analysis of rural transformation requires attention to gender, including women's labor market opportunities, access to resources, and degree of empowerment.  Women need both resources and the ability to exercise agency to share in any benefits of rural transformation. This publication has been prepared as an output of the CGIAR Research Program on Policies, Institutions, and Markets (PIM) led by IFPRI and has not been independently peer reviewed. Any opinions expressed here belong to the author(s) and are not necessarily representative of or endorsed by IFPRI, PIM, or CGIAR.

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Beyond ownership: women’s and men’s land rights in Sub-Saharan Africa

Cited by 41 publications

References 23 publications

Gender disparity in cassava farmers access to agricultural productive resources in Rongo Sub County, Migori County, Kenya

Gender disparity in cassava farmers access to agricultural productive resources in Rongo Sub County, Migori County, Kenya

Women's Legal Rights and Gender Gaps in Property Ownership in Developing Countries

Gender and rural transformation

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