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T1 The Cost of the Gender Gap in Agricultural Productivity: Five African Countries
A1 United Nations Environment Programme, 
A2 van der Meulen Rodgers, Yana
K1 gender role
K1 gender equality
K1 woman
K1 agricultural worker
K1 agricultural productivity
K1 Ethiopia
K1 Malawi
K1 Rwanda
K1 United Republic of Tanzania
K1 Uganda
K1 land rights
K1 Agriculture
K1 Land
K1 Natural Resources
K1 Poverty
K1 Soil
K1 Sustainable Development
YR 2018
FD 2018
LK https://wedocs.unep.org/handle/20.500.11822/28383
UL https://wedocs.unep.org/handle/20.500.11822/28383
NO Women 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.
DS UN Environment Document Repository
RD Sep 17, 2026