Gender gaps in sustainable land management and implications for agricultural productivity: Evidence from Ethiopia
We investigate whether a large-scale watershed program promoting sustainable land management (SLM) in Ethiopia increases adoption of SLM and its benefits on plots owned by women in male-headed households compared to plots owned by their spouses, jointly owned plots as well as plots of female headed...
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| author | Kato, Edward Mekonnen, Dawit Kelemework Ringler, Claudia |
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| description | We investigate whether a large-scale watershed program promoting sustainable land management (SLM) in Ethiopia increases adoption of SLM and its benefits on plots owned by women in male-headed households compared to plots owned by their spouses, jointly owned plots as well as plots of female headed households (FHH). The analysis is based on a survey of 500 households and 2900 plots conducted in the Abbay basin of Ethiopia where the SLM program was implemented between 2012 and 2017. Our findings show that the SLM program significantly increased adoption of SLM practices (soil bunds, stone terraces, mulching) in male-headed households but that adoption was centered on jointly owned plots and male-owned plots, with no significant adoption on women-owned plots. The results also show that women in male-headed households are more constrained to participate in SLM programs compared to their counterparts in FHH. Results further show that although FHH were less likely than male-headed households to adopt SLM in watersheds with no SLM interventions, the SLM program significantly increased adoption of soil bunds on plots in FHH. SLM adoption and impacts can likely be further strengthened if a focus on removing women’s constraints is added. |
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| spelling | CGSpace1408662025-12-02T21:03:24Z Gender gaps in sustainable land management and implications for agricultural productivity: Evidence from Ethiopia Kato, Edward Mekonnen, Dawit Kelemework Ringler, Claudia land management gender gender equality women's empowerment soil sustainability productivity women We investigate whether a large-scale watershed program promoting sustainable land management (SLM) in Ethiopia increases adoption of SLM and its benefits on plots owned by women in male-headed households compared to plots owned by their spouses, jointly owned plots as well as plots of female headed households (FHH). The analysis is based on a survey of 500 households and 2900 plots conducted in the Abbay basin of Ethiopia where the SLM program was implemented between 2012 and 2017. Our findings show that the SLM program significantly increased adoption of SLM practices (soil bunds, stone terraces, mulching) in male-headed households but that adoption was centered on jointly owned plots and male-owned plots, with no significant adoption on women-owned plots. The results also show that women in male-headed households are more constrained to participate in SLM programs compared to their counterparts in FHH. Results further show that although FHH were less likely than male-headed households to adopt SLM in watersheds with no SLM interventions, the SLM program significantly increased adoption of soil bunds on plots in FHH. SLM adoption and impacts can likely be further strengthened if a focus on removing women’s constraints is added. 2022-09-07 2024-04-12T13:36:47Z 2024-04-12T13:36:47Z Working Paper https://hdl.handle.net/10568/140866 en https://doi.org/10.2499/p15738coll2.133144 Open Access application/pdf International Food Policy Research Institute Kato, Edward; Mekonnen, Dawit Kelemework; and Ringler, Claudia. 2022. Gender gaps in sustainable land management and implications for agricultural productivity: Evidence from Ethiopia. IFPRI Discussion Paper 2136. Washington, DC: International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI). https://doi.org/10.2499/p15738coll2.136361. |
| spellingShingle | land management gender gender equality women's empowerment soil sustainability productivity women Kato, Edward Mekonnen, Dawit Kelemework Ringler, Claudia Gender gaps in sustainable land management and implications for agricultural productivity: Evidence from Ethiopia |
| title | Gender gaps in sustainable land management and implications for agricultural productivity: Evidence from Ethiopia |
| title_full | Gender gaps in sustainable land management and implications for agricultural productivity: Evidence from Ethiopia |
| title_fullStr | Gender gaps in sustainable land management and implications for agricultural productivity: Evidence from Ethiopia |
| title_full_unstemmed | Gender gaps in sustainable land management and implications for agricultural productivity: Evidence from Ethiopia |
| title_short | Gender gaps in sustainable land management and implications for agricultural productivity: Evidence from Ethiopia |
| title_sort | gender gaps in sustainable land management and implications for agricultural productivity evidence from ethiopia |
| topic | land management gender gender equality women's empowerment soil sustainability productivity women |
| url | https://hdl.handle.net/10568/140866 |
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