Mukasa, A.N. and Salami, A.O. (2016) Gender equality in agriculture: What are really the benefits for sub-Saharan Africa? Africa Economic Brief, 7 (3). pp. 1-12.
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Empowering women and ensuring gender equality have become a much-discussed subject among many political leaders, civil rights activists, and women’s associations. In agriculture particularly, women face daunting constraints that significantly limit their potential and enmesh them into a gender productivity trap. The aim of this brief is to untangle the potential benefits African countries could get if they would strive for greater gender equality in their agricultural sector. Drawing on Mukasa and Salami (2016) who found that gender productivity gaps in Nigeria, Tanzania, and Uganda were respectively of 18.6, 27.4, and 30.6%, closing gender productivity differentials is estimated to yield production gains of 2.8% in Nigeria, 8.1% in Tanzania, and 10.3% in Uganda. These production gains would subsequently raise monthly consumption per adult equivalent by 2.9%, 1.4%, and 10.7% in Nigeria, Tanzania, and Uganda, respectively; and would help around 1.2%, 4.9%, and 13% households with female-managed lands climb out of poverty in Nigeria, Tanzania, and Uganda, respectively. Improving women’s access to productive inputs (such as land, chemical fertilizer, improved seeds, and pesticides), reforming land discriminatory laws, and closing women’s gaps in technology, agricultural finance, human capital, and extension services may help achieve gender equaility in SSA’s agriculture.
| Item Type: | Article |
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| Uncontrolled Keywords: | Empowering women, Potential benefits, Reforming land discriminatory laws |
| Author Affiliation: | Senior Research Economist and Consultant at the African Development Bank, Abidjan |
| Subjects: | Agricultural Engineering |
| Divisions: | General |
| Depositing User: | Mr B Krishnamurthy |
| Date Deposited: | 25 Oct 2016 10:02 |
| Last Modified: | 25 Oct 2016 10:02 |
| URI: | http://eprints.icrisat.ac.in/id/eprint/14428 |
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