Changing gender roles in agriculture? Evidence from 20 years of data in Ghana
At a time when donors and governments are increasing efforts to mainstream gender in agriculture, it is critical to revisit long-standing wisdom about gender inequalities in agriculture to be able to more efficiently design and evaluate policy interventions. Many stylized facts about women in agricu...
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| author | Lambrecht, Isabel B. Schuster, Monica Asare, Sarah Pelleriaux, Laura |
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| description | At a time when donors and governments are increasing efforts to mainstream gender in agriculture, it is critical to revisit long-standing wisdom about gender inequalities in agriculture to be able to more efficiently design and evaluate policy interventions. Many stylized facts about women in agriculture have been repeated for decades. Did nothing really change? Is some of this conventional wisdom simply maintained over time, or has it always been inaccurate? We use longitudinal data from Ghana to assess some of the facts and to evaluate whether gender patterns have changed over time. We focus on five main themes: land, cropping patterns, market participation, agricultural inputs, and employment. We add to the literature by showing new facts and evidence from more than 20 years. Results are varied and highlight the difficulty of making general statements about gender in agriculture. |
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| spelling | CGSpace1464582025-11-06T07:23:06Z Changing gender roles in agriculture? Evidence from 20 years of data in Ghana Lambrecht, Isabel B. Schuster, Monica Asare, Sarah Pelleriaux, Laura gender working population cropping patterns inputs resources employment labour farm inputs markets feminization land women longitudinal studies At a time when donors and governments are increasing efforts to mainstream gender in agriculture, it is critical to revisit long-standing wisdom about gender inequalities in agriculture to be able to more efficiently design and evaluate policy interventions. Many stylized facts about women in agriculture have been repeated for decades. Did nothing really change? Is some of this conventional wisdom simply maintained over time, or has it always been inaccurate? We use longitudinal data from Ghana to assess some of the facts and to evaluate whether gender patterns have changed over time. We focus on five main themes: land, cropping patterns, market participation, agricultural inputs, and employment. We add to the literature by showing new facts and evidence from more than 20 years. Results are varied and highlight the difficulty of making general statements about gender in agriculture. 2017 2024-06-21T09:07:08Z 2024-06-21T09:07:08Z Working Paper https://hdl.handle.net/10568/146458 en https://hdl.handle.net/10568/146144 https://hdl.handle.net/10568/150171 https://hdl.handle.net/10568/146450 https://hdl.handle.net/10568/147760 Open Access application/pdf International Food Policy Research Institute Lambrecht, Isabel; Schuster, Monica; Asare, Sarah; and Pelleriaux, Laura. 2017. Changing gender roles in agriculture? Evidence from 20 years of data in Ghana. IFPRI Discussion Paper 1623. Washington, DC: International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI). https://hdl.handle.net/10568/146458 |
| spellingShingle | gender working population cropping patterns inputs resources employment labour farm inputs markets feminization land women longitudinal studies Lambrecht, Isabel B. Schuster, Monica Asare, Sarah Pelleriaux, Laura Changing gender roles in agriculture? Evidence from 20 years of data in Ghana |
| title | Changing gender roles in agriculture? Evidence from 20 years of data in Ghana |
| title_full | Changing gender roles in agriculture? Evidence from 20 years of data in Ghana |
| title_fullStr | Changing gender roles in agriculture? Evidence from 20 years of data in Ghana |
| title_full_unstemmed | Changing gender roles in agriculture? Evidence from 20 years of data in Ghana |
| title_short | Changing gender roles in agriculture? Evidence from 20 years of data in Ghana |
| title_sort | changing gender roles in agriculture evidence from 20 years of data in ghana |
| topic | gender working population cropping patterns inputs resources employment labour farm inputs markets feminization land women longitudinal studies |
| url | https://hdl.handle.net/10568/146458 |
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