The Cost of the Gender Gap in Agricultural Productivity in Malawi, Tanzania, and Uganda

UN Women ; UNDP ; UNEP ; World Bank Group

World Bank Group, Washington, DC

关键词: LIVING STANDARDS;    AGRICULTURAL POLICIES;    AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH;    SOCIAL NORMS;    EQUIPMENT;   

RP-ID  :  100234

学科分类：社会科学、人文和艺术（综合）

来源: World Bank Open Knowledge Repository

【 摘 要 】

Women comprise a large proportion of the agricultural labor force in Sub-SaharanAfrica, ranging from 30 to 80 percent (FAO 2011). Yet women farmers are consistently found to be less productive than male farmers. The gender gap in agricultural productivity—measured by the value of agricultural produce per unit of cultivated land—ranges from 4 to 25 percent, depending on the country and the crop (World Bank and ONE 2014). This gap exists because women frequently have unequal access to key agricultural inputs such as land, labor, knowledge, fertilizer, and improved seeds. This report estimates the monetary value of the gender gap in agricultural productivity in Malawi, Tanzania, and Uganda.