Small ruminant value chain and empowerment: a gendered baseline study from Ethiopia
Introduction: Despite growing interest in gender analysis in value chains, comparatively few studies have analyzed gender relations in small ruminant value chains using sex-disaggregated quantitative data in livestock-based systems. Methods: Drawing on baseline data from the Small Ruminant Value Ch...
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| author | Kinati, Wole Temple, Elizabeth C. Baker, A. Derek Najjar, Dina |
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| description | Introduction: Despite growing interest in gender analysis in value chains, comparatively few studies have analyzed gender relations in small ruminant value chains using sex-disaggregated quantitative data in livestock-based systems.
Methods: Drawing on baseline data from the Small Ruminant Value Chain Development Program (SRVD) in Ethiopia, this study aims to address two research questions: what is the gender status along small ruminant value chain stages and the related associations among aspects of empowerment and socio-economic variables? We employed empowerment and value chain frameworks to address these research questions.
Results and conclusion: Our findings reveal that small ruminant market participation, related decisions, and control over income are gender differential. Estimation results identified several variables significantly associated with agency dimensions, achievements, or both, with mixed results. These are age group, context, being married, being men and head of household, participation in breeding stock selection, livestock ownership, contact with extension agents, access to market information, and participation in selling at marketplaces. Participation in a small ruminant value chain may encourage more egalitarian decision-making behaviors but does not guarantee the capacity to make autonomous decision-making, and thus needs to be coupled with interventions on empowerment dimensions. Nevertheless, further investigations are required to establish the mixed results with additional variables on norms. |
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| spelling | CGSpace1312122026-01-15T02:19:18Z Small ruminant value chain and empowerment: a gendered baseline study from Ethiopia Kinati, Wole Temple, Elizabeth C. Baker, A. Derek Najjar, Dina gender ethiopia empowerment value chains Introduction: Despite growing interest in gender analysis in value chains, comparatively few studies have analyzed gender relations in small ruminant value chains using sex-disaggregated quantitative data in livestock-based systems. Methods: Drawing on baseline data from the Small Ruminant Value Chain Development Program (SRVD) in Ethiopia, this study aims to address two research questions: what is the gender status along small ruminant value chain stages and the related associations among aspects of empowerment and socio-economic variables? We employed empowerment and value chain frameworks to address these research questions. Results and conclusion: Our findings reveal that small ruminant market participation, related decisions, and control over income are gender differential. Estimation results identified several variables significantly associated with agency dimensions, achievements, or both, with mixed results. These are age group, context, being married, being men and head of household, participation in breeding stock selection, livestock ownership, contact with extension agents, access to market information, and participation in selling at marketplaces. Participation in a small ruminant value chain may encourage more egalitarian decision-making behaviors but does not guarantee the capacity to make autonomous decision-making, and thus needs to be coupled with interventions on empowerment dimensions. Nevertheless, further investigations are required to establish the mixed results with additional variables on norms. 2023-07-19T07:59:12Z 2023-07-19T07:59:12Z Journal Article https://hdl.handle.net/10568/131212 en Open Access application/pdf Frontiers Media Wole Kinati, Elizabeth C. Temple, A. Derek Baker, Dina Najjar. (3/7/2023). Small ruminant value chain and empowerment: a gendered baseline study from Ethiopia. Frontiers in Sustainable Food Systems, 7. |
| spellingShingle | gender ethiopia empowerment value chains Kinati, Wole Temple, Elizabeth C. Baker, A. Derek Najjar, Dina Small ruminant value chain and empowerment: a gendered baseline study from Ethiopia |
| title | Small ruminant value chain and empowerment: a gendered baseline study from Ethiopia |
| title_full | Small ruminant value chain and empowerment: a gendered baseline study from Ethiopia |
| title_fullStr | Small ruminant value chain and empowerment: a gendered baseline study from Ethiopia |
| title_full_unstemmed | Small ruminant value chain and empowerment: a gendered baseline study from Ethiopia |
| title_short | Small ruminant value chain and empowerment: a gendered baseline study from Ethiopia |
| title_sort | small ruminant value chain and empowerment a gendered baseline study from ethiopia |
| topic | gender ethiopia empowerment value chains |
| url | https://hdl.handle.net/10568/131212 |
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