Gender differences in the adoption of agricultural technology: The case of improved maize varieties in southern Ethiopia

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

doi:10.1016/j.wsif.2019.102264

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“…In all sampled households, maize production takes place at the household level, and one or two family members (mostly husband, wife, or adult son(s)) within the household make maize production and consumption decisions either independently or jointly. As per the cultural norm of Dawuro community, a couple (wife and husband) of a household in the study area typically does not have separate maize farms (Gebre et al 2019a). In each household, the person most responsible for household food crop production (either husband, wife, or an adult son) was selected for the face-to-face interview.…”

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“…13 Principal Component Analysis is a dimensionality-reduction method that is often used to reduce the dimensionality of large data sets, by transforming a large set of variables into a smaller one which still contains most of the information of the large set. extension services for farmers in the areas of crop and livestock production and natural resource management (Gebre et al, 2019a).…”

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

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“…Among the existing improved varieties, BH660, BH540, and Pioneer hybrids dominate Ethiopia's seed market (Abate et al 2015). The major maize varieties used for production in Dawuro Zone are BH660, BH540, Pioneer hybrids, and local (recycled hybrids) varieties (Gebre et al 2019). Thus, this study included only these hybrids and local varieties.…”

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

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This study examines the impact of gender differences on maize productivity in Dawuro Zone, southern Ethiopia. Our study addressed the limitations of the previous studies in two ways. First, the study separately assessed gender differences in productivity between de facto female-headed households and de jure female-headed households and revealed that female-headed households are not homogenous. Second, the study separately examined the impacts of the covariates on male-headed households and female-headed households using an exogenous switching treatment effect model. We find the existence of gender differences in maize productivity between male-headed households and female-headed

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“…The key determinants were that women heads of households were less educated and had weaker access to extension services, and thus tended to lack information about IMVs. Gebre et al [13] researched the adoption of IMVs in southern Ethiopia and found maize productivity in MHHs to be 44.3% higher than in female-headed households (FHHs). However, if FHHs were able to use their resources as effectively as MHHs, their productivity would increase by 42.3%.…”

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“…Furthermore, the authors differentiate de facto FHHs and de jure FHHs. The former benefit from a higher number of adult male family members to provide labor, more livestock, and smaller land size than the latter [13].…”

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Women Farmers and Agricultural Innovation: Marital Status and Normative Expectations in Rural Ethiopia

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Sustainable agricultural development depends on female and male smallholders being effective farmers. This includes the ability to access or control resources and make the best decisions possible agro-ecologically, economically, and socially. Traditionally, gendered studies on innovation practice focus on female- versus male-headed households. In this paper, we focus on married women in acknowledged male-headed households and women heading their own households to examine how marital status influences women’s capacity to innovate in their rural livelihoods. Using data from eight community case studies in Ethiopia, we used variable-oriented and contextualized case-oriented analysis to understand factors which promote or constrain women’s innovative capacities. We use Kabeer’s Resources–Agency–Achievements framework to structure our findings. Single women are more likely to own land and experience control over their production decisions and expenditures than married women, but engage in considerable struggle to obtain resources that should be theirs according to the law. Even when land is secured, customary norms often hamper women’s effective use of land and their ability to innovate. Still, some single women do succeed. Married women can innovate successfully provided they are in a collaborative relationship with their husbands. Finally, we find that gender-based violence limits women’s achievements. The article concludes with recommendations.

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Gender differences in the adoption of agricultural technology: The case of improved maize varieties in southern Ethiopia

Cited by 115 publications

References 23 publications

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

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

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

Women Farmers and Agricultural Innovation: Marital Status and Normative Expectations in Rural Ethiopia

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