Gender differences in agricultural productivity: evidence from maize farm households in southern Ethiopia

Gebre, Girma Gezimu; Isoda, Hiroshi; Rahut, Dil Bahadur; Amekawa, Yuichiro; Nomura, Hisako

doi:10.1007/s10708-019-10098-y

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confidence: 91%

“…Male plot managers had the highest average quantity of seed used and the mean person hours of family labour used across all the three districts. This corroborates the observation by Gebre et al (2019) that male plot managers have greater access to farm inputs compared to female plot managers. There was no evidence of fertilizer use, except in Lira district where male plot managers recorded a minimal use of fertilizer perhaps due to contract farming with the brewery industry.…”

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confidence: 91%

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Technical efficiency and technology gaps of sorghum plots in Uganda: A gendered stochastic metafrontier analysis

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Sorghum plot managers in different locations have varying levels of resource endowment that in turn influence technical efficiency (TE). Therefore, plot managers operate at different levels of technology. The present study applied a stochastic metafrontier approach to assess TE and technology gaps of female, male and jointly-managed sorghum plots. A two limit-Tobit model was subsequently applied to assess determinants of TE. Results indicate that male-managed sorghum plots had the highest metafrontier technical efficiencies (MTEs) (61%, 56% and 15%) and technology gap ratios (TGRs) (98%, 92% and 20%) for Lira, Serere and Kumi districts, respectively compared to female and jointly managed plots. However, jointly managed plots had higher TE and TGRs compared to female plot managers but lower than those of the male-managed plots. Age, distance to plot and farmer group membership influenced TE positively while household size, years of farming sorghum and access to credit had negative effects on efficiency.

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Technical efficiency and technology gaps of sorghum plots in Uganda: A gendered stochastic metafrontier analysis

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Otieno

Chimoita

et al. 2021

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“…Thus, Dawuro exhibits climatic variations from lowland to highland. The climatic variations have enriched Dawuro with a variety of tree species and natural vegetation/forests (Gebre et al 2019b). The majority of the Dawuro people (91%) live in rural areas (Negashi 2019), and their livelihood is based on a mixed crop-livestock production system.…”

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“…Third, women in Ethiopia play a significant role in maize production. For example, women in the Dawuro zone comprise, on average, 36% of the labour force in maize production (Gebre et al 2019b) and 29% in all crop sectors in Ethiopia (Palacios-Lopez et al 2017).…”

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What Explains Gender Gaps in Household Food Security? Evidence from Maize Farm Households in Southern Ethiopia

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Using primary data collected from 560 farm households in Dawuro zone, southern Ethiopia, this study analyzes the gender gaps in food security among male, female, and joint decision-making farm households. It examines the factors inducing gender gaps among the households of those three categories. The results show that female decision-making households have a lower probability of ensuring food-security and a higher probability of being transitionally and chronically food-insecure. Joint decision-making households showed a higher probability of falling into the chronically food-insecure category. The decomposition results show significant gender gaps between male and female decision-making households in terms of food-secure, transitory food-insecure, and chronically food-insecure categories. Overall, both the endowment and return effects account for the gaps; however, the magnitude of the effect from the return is higher than from the endowment on significant gaps in the food-secure, transitory, and chronically food-insecure categories. Hence, there is a need for policies that not only ensure equal levels of productive resources but also help households build their capacity in order to improve both transitory and chronically food insecure situations.

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“…Extensive information and discussion about access and control of household resources of this study area is found inGebre et al (2019b).…”

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Gender Gaps in Market Participation Among Individual and Joint Decision-Making Farm Households: Evidence from Southern Ethiopia

Gebre¹,

Isoda²,

Rahut³

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Eur J Dev Res

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This paper analyzes market participation gaps among male, female, and joint decision-making households, and the factors influencing that gap, using data collected from 560 maize farm households in the Dawuro zone, southern Ethiopia. The results from the ordered probit analysis reveal that female and joint decision-making households were negatively associated with the probability of being a net seller, while being positively associated with being autarchic and net buyers. The decomposition results indicate clear market participation gaps in the net seller and net buyer positions between male and female decision-makers. The mean quantity gaps between males and females are more apparent in the net seller and net buyer positions. Between male and joint decision-makers, the mean quantity gaps are significant in the net seller and autarchic positions, while between female and joint decision-makers, it is significant in the net seller positions. In each market position, the quantity of gaps is unevenly distributed across the quantities of distribution, but the values increase as we approach higher levels of distribution. The gaps in the net seller and autarchic positions indicate that males are better positioned than females and that females are better positioned than joint decision-makers. Both endowment and return effects account for the quantity gaps. Thus, there is a need for policies to secure more equal access to productive resources for female and joint decisionmaking households and build their capacity to increase their resource returns.

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Gender differences in agricultural productivity: evidence from maize farm households in southern Ethiopia

Cited by 98 publications

References 32 publications

Technical efficiency and technology gaps of sorghum plots in Uganda: A gendered stochastic metafrontier analysis

Technical efficiency and technology gaps of sorghum plots in Uganda: A gendered stochastic metafrontier analysis

What Explains Gender Gaps in Household Food Security? Evidence from Maize Farm Households in Southern Ethiopia

Gender Gaps in Market Participation Among Individual and Joint Decision-Making Farm Households: Evidence from Southern Ethiopia

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