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Are there “women’s crops”? A new tool for gender and agriculture

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  • Alastair Orr
  • Sabine Homann Kee-Tui
  • Takujii Tsusaka
  • Harry Msere
  • Thabani Dube
  • Trinity Senda

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A “Gender Control Tool” was developed to measure women’s control over decision-making for agricultural production, sales, and use of income. The tool was tested for groundnuts in Eastern Province, Zambia, where mechanisation has increased male participation in groundnut shelling, and for goats in Gwanda district, Zimbabwe, where the introduction of auctions has increased investment and sales. A mixed methods approach was used, that involved focus group discussions (FGDs) and a quantitative household survey. This article compares the results obtained from these two methods and discusses the strengths and weaknesses of the tool in understanding how commercialisation affects women’s control.

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  • Alastair Orr & Sabine Homann Kee-Tui & Takujii Tsusaka & Harry Msere & Thabani Dube & Trinity Senda, 2016. "Are there “women’s crops”? A new tool for gender and agriculture," Development in Practice, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 26(8), pages 984-997, November.
    • Handle: RePEc:taf:cdipxx:v:26:y:2016:i:8:p:984-997
    DOI: 10.1080/09614524.2016.1226264
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    1. Smale, Melinda & Theriault, Veronique & Allen, Andrea & Sissoko, Mamadou, 2022. "Is cowpea a ‘women’s crop’ in Mali? Implications for value chain development," African Journal of Agricultural and Resource Economics, African Association of Agricultural Economists, vol. 17(2), June.

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