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

dc.contributorAfrica Officeen_US
dc.contributor.authorUnited Nations Environment Programmeen_US
dc.contributor.authorUnited Nations Development Programmeen_US
dc.contributor.authorUnited Nations Entity for Gender Equality and the Empowerment of Women (UN Women)en_US
dc.contributor.othervan der Meulen Rodgers, Yanaen_US
dc.coverage.spatialUnited Republic of Tanzaniaen_US
dc.coverage.spatialEthiopiaen_US
dc.coverage.spatialUgandaen_US
dc.coverage.spatialRwandaen_US
dc.coverage.spatialMalawien_US
dc.date.accessioned2019-05-30T09:04:13Z
dc.date.available2019-05-30T09:04:13Z
dc.date.issued2018
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11822/28383
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_US
dc.formatTexten_US
dc.languageEnglishen_US
dc.relationFactors driving the Gender Gap in Agricultural Productivity: Tanzaniaen_US
dc.relationFactors driving the Gender Gap in Agricultural Productivity: Malawien_US
dc.relationFactors driving the Gender Gap in Agricultural Productivity: Ugandaen_US
dc.relationFactors driving the Gender Gap in Agricultural Productivity: Ethiopiaen_US
dc.relationFactors driving the Gender Gap in Agricultural Productivity: Ethiopiaen_US
dc.relation.ispartofPoverty-Environment Initiative (PEI)en_US
dc.rightsPublicen_US
dc.subjectGENDER ROLESen_US
dc.subjectGENDER EQUALITYen_US
dc.subjectWOMEN IN AGRICULTUREen_US
dc.subjectAGRICULTURAL PRODUCTIVITYen_US
dc.subjectETHIOPIAen_US
dc.subjectMALAWIen_US
dc.subjectRWANDAen_US
dc.subjectUNITED REPUBLIC OF TANZANIAen_US
dc.subjectUGANDAen_US
dc.subjectLAND RIGHTSen_US
dc.titleThe Cost of the Gender Gap in Agricultural Productivity: Five African Countriesen_US
dc.typeReports and Booksen_US
wd.identifier.sdgSDG 1 - No Povertyen_US
wd.identifier.sdgSDG 2 - No Hungeren_US
wd.identifier.sdgSDG 5 - Gender Equalityen_US
wd.identifier.sdgSDG 10 - Reduced Inequalitiesen_US
wd.tagsAgricultureen_US
wd.tagsLanden_US
wd.tagsNatural Resourcesen_US
wd.tagsPovertyen_US
wd.tagsSoilen_US
wd.tagsSustainable Developmenten_US
wd.topicsEcosystemsen_US
wd.topicsEnvironmental governanceen_US
wd.topicsGenderen_US
wd.identifier.pagesnumber34 p.en_US


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