The Cost of the Gender Gap in Agricultural Productivity: Five African Countries

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dc.contributor.authorUnited Nations Environment Programme
dc.contributor.organizationAfrica Office
dc.contributor.othervan der Meulen Rodgers, Yana
dc.coverage.spatialUnited Republic of Tanzania
dc.coverage.spatialEthiopia
dc.coverage.spatialUganda
dc.coverage.spatialRwanda
dc.coverage.spatialMalawi
dc.date.accessioned2019-05-30T09:04:13Z
dc.date.available2019-05-30T09:04:13Z
dc.date.issued2018
dc.descriptionWomen represent over half of the agricultural labour force in Sub-Saharan Africa. Their substantive contribution to agriculture and their vital role in ensuring family food security have been widely documented. However, gender-based inequalities in access to and control of productive and financial resources inhibit agricultural productivity and undermine resilience and sustainability efforts. The evidence clearly shows that gender gaps in access to inputs have high economic costs and can affect the extent to which farmers adopt new resource management practices and technological innovations. This report reviews a number of studies to help policymakers diagnose and better understand the nature of these gaps so that agricultural interventions are more effective, scalable and practical. It provides an overview of the key trends identified in these studies and how they compare with patterns documented in other published studies. The UN Women–PEI studies focus on five Eastern and Southern African countries: Ethiopia, Malawi, Rwanda, Tanzania and Uganda. The present report also summarizes lessons on best practices in eradicating inequities in the agricultural sector emerging from the UN Women and PEI studies.en
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dc.identifier.urihttps://wedocs.unep.org/handle/20.500.11822/28383
dc.languageEnglish
dc.page.number34 pages
dc.relationFactors driving the Gender Gap in Agricultural Productivity: Tanzania
dc.relationFactors driving the Gender Gap in Agricultural Productivity: Malawi
dc.relationFactors driving the Gender Gap in Agricultural Productivity: Uganda
dc.relationFactors driving the Gender Gap in Agricultural Productivity: Ethiopia
dc.relationFactors driving the Gender Gap in Agricultural Productivity: Ethiopia
dc.relation.ispartofPoverty-Environment Initiative (PEI)
dc.rights.accessLevelPublic
dc.subjectgender role
dc.subjectgender equality
dc.subjectwoman
dc.subjectagricultural worker
dc.subjectagricultural productivity
dc.subjectEthiopia
dc.subjectMalawi
dc.subjectRwanda
dc.subjectUnited Republic of Tanzania
dc.subjectUganda
dc.subjectland rights
dc.subjectAgriculture
dc.subjectLand
dc.subjectNatural Resources
dc.subjectPoverty
dc.subjectSoil
dc.subjectSustainable Development
dc.subject.sdgSDG 1 - No Poverty
dc.subject.sdgSDG 2 - Zero Hunger
dc.subject.sdgSDG 5 - Gender Equality
dc.subject.sdgSDG 10 - Reduced Inequalities
dc.subject.themenatural areas
dc.subject.themelandscape
dc.subject.themeecosystems
dc.subject.themeadministration
dc.subject.themeenvironmental governance
dc.titleThe Cost of the Gender Gap in Agricultural Productivity: Five African Countriesen
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