How Much of the Labor in African Agriculture is Provided by Women?

Palacios-López, Amparo; Christiaensen, Luc; Kilic, Talip

doi:10.1596/1813-9450-7282

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“…In all countries, the agricultural work force contains a larger share of women than men, while industry and service sector work forces contain more men than women. Palacios-Lopez et al (2015) provide analysis of gender share of agricultural labor supply using LSMS-ISA data, pooling own and hired farm labor supply by gender. They find that women do not necessarily contribute a larger share of agricultural labor, in terms of person-days, than do men.…”

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Labor Productivity and Employment Gaps in Sub-Saharan Africa

McCullough¹

2015

Policy Research Working Papers

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Section: Household and Worker Characteristicsmentioning

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Labor Productivity and Employment Gaps in Sub-Saharan Africa

McCullough¹

2015

Policy Research Working Papers

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“…The LSMS-ISA data of Uganda have been used in a wide range of livelihood studies both on food security, for example on effects of physical activities on food consumption and on the use of complementary indices for food security (Mathiassen and Hollema 2014;Hjelm et al 2016) and on agriculture (e.g. Sheahan and Barrett 2017;Gilbert et al 2017;Palacios-Lopez et al 2017). The comprehensive cross-country coverage and the detailed agricultural survey of the LSMS provided an adequate dataset for the purpose of our study.…”

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Food availability and livelihood strategies among rural households across Uganda

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Despite continuing economic growth, Uganda faces persistent challenges to achieve food security. The effectiveness of policy and development strategies to help rural households achieve food security must improve. We present a novel approach to relate spatial patterns of food security to livelihood strategies, including the contribution of on-and offfarm activities to household food availability. Data from 1927 households from the World Bank Living Standards Measurement Study were used to estimate the calorific contribution of livelihood activities to food availability. Consumption of crops produced on-farm contributed most to food availability for households with limited food availability, yet the majority of these households were not food self-sufficient. Off-farm and market-oriented on-farm activities were more important for households with greater food availability. Overall, off-farm income was important in the north, while market-oriented on-farm activities were important in western and central Uganda. Food availability patterns largely matched patterns of agroecological conditions and market access, with households doing worst in Uganda's drier and remote northeast. Less food-secure households depended more on short-cycle food crops as compared with better-off households, who focused more on plantation (cash) crops, although this varied among regions. Targeting interventions to improve food security should consider such differences in enterprise choice and include options to improve household market access and off-farm income opportunities.

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“…This result agreed with the findings by Nhemachena & Hassan (2007) which reported that female-headed households are more likely to adopt several approaches of organic practices than male-headed households. In addition, the research conducted by Palacios-Lopez et al (2017) on women and agricultural productivity as cited by Doss et al (2017) reported that women are more greatly involved in all aspects of agricultural productivity, accounting for about 40 percent of their involvement in agricultural productivity. Similarly, Doss (2014) concluded that women contributed to about60-80% of the food that is being produced in developing countries.…”

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Factors Affecting the Perceptions of Small-Scale Organic Farmers in South Africa: An OLS Approach

Eyinade¹,

Akharume²

2018

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Much investments have been tailored towards organic farming by several stakeholders in recent years. Reasons for these are poverty mitigation, income generation as well as food security and good dietary diets. Unfortunately, there are no significant improvements in those areas where organic farming has been funded and encouraged. The study aims at identifying factors affecting the perceptions of small-scale organic farmers using ordinary least square regression model (OLS). One hundred and sixty structure questionnaires were administered on 160 small-scale organic farmers in Amathole District Municipality to gather data for the study. The results revealed that gender and educational level are the major factors affecting the perceptions of small-scale organic farmers in South Africa. Nevertheless, to open the prospective of smallscale organic farmers, the study suggested that these farmers should have greater access to extension services and support. This will go a long way in assisting the farmers to diversify and improve their production, thus enhancing livelihoods and creating markets for organic foods.

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How Much of the Labor in African Agriculture is Provided by Women?

Cited by 22 publications

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Labor Productivity and Employment Gaps in Sub-Saharan Africa

Labor Productivity and Employment Gaps in Sub-Saharan Africa

Food availability and livelihood strategies among rural households across Uganda

Factors Affecting the Perceptions of Small-Scale Organic Farmers in South Africa: An OLS Approach

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