Armed conflict and gendered participation in agrifood systems: Survey evidence from 29 African countries
This paper provides empirical micro-level evidence on the gendered impacts of armed conflict on economic activity in agriculture and other sectors, combining large-N sex-disaggregated survey data with temporally and spatially disaggregated conflict event data from 29 African countries. We find that...
| Autores principales: | , , , , , |
|---|---|
| Formato: | Journal Article |
| Lenguaje: | Inglés |
| Publicado: |
Elsevier
2025
|
| Materias: | |
| Acceso en línea: | https://hdl.handle.net/10568/163634 |
| _version_ | 1855527927076093952 |
|---|---|
| author | Ronzani, Piero Stojetz, Wolfgang Azzarri, Carlo Nico, Gianluigi Mane, Erdgin Brück, Tilman |
| author_browse | Azzarri, Carlo Brück, Tilman Mane, Erdgin Nico, Gianluigi Ronzani, Piero Stojetz, Wolfgang |
| author_facet | Ronzani, Piero Stojetz, Wolfgang Azzarri, Carlo Nico, Gianluigi Mane, Erdgin Brück, Tilman |
| author_sort | Ronzani, Piero |
| collection | Repository of Agricultural Research Outputs (CGSpace) |
| description | This paper provides empirical micro-level evidence on the gendered impacts of armed conflict on economic activity in agriculture and other sectors, combining large-N sex-disaggregated survey data with temporally and spatially disaggregated conflict event data from 29 African countries. We find that local conflict exposure is only weakly related to labour-force participation, but strongly reduces the total number of hours worked and increases engagement in the agricultural sector. These net impacts exist for both men and women. However, the reduction in hours worked is significantly greater among men, while the increase in agricultural activity is significantly greater among women. In the longer term, impacts of conflict on employment two years later are stronger when no more conflict ensues than if further conflict occurs, challenging the widespread idea of one-off conflict shocks fading away over time and suggesting that labour markets adapt to and absorb lasting conflict situations. Different types of conflict event have qualitatively similar impacts, which are strongest for explosions, such as from air strikes or landmines. Overall, our findings underline that armed conflict entails structural economic, social and institutional change, which creates complex, gendered impacts on economic activity. |
| format | Journal Article |
| id | CGSpace163634 |
| institution | CGIAR Consortium |
| language | Inglés |
| publishDate | 2025 |
| publishDateRange | 2025 |
| publishDateSort | 2025 |
| publisher | Elsevier |
| publisherStr | Elsevier |
| record_format | dspace |
| spelling | CGSpace1636342025-12-19T18:55:07Z Armed conflict and gendered participation in agrifood systems: Survey evidence from 29 African countries Ronzani, Piero Stojetz, Wolfgang Azzarri, Carlo Nico, Gianluigi Mane, Erdgin Brück, Tilman data gender labour market armed conflicts agriculture employment women's participation agrifood systems This paper provides empirical micro-level evidence on the gendered impacts of armed conflict on economic activity in agriculture and other sectors, combining large-N sex-disaggregated survey data with temporally and spatially disaggregated conflict event data from 29 African countries. We find that local conflict exposure is only weakly related to labour-force participation, but strongly reduces the total number of hours worked and increases engagement in the agricultural sector. These net impacts exist for both men and women. However, the reduction in hours worked is significantly greater among men, while the increase in agricultural activity is significantly greater among women. In the longer term, impacts of conflict on employment two years later are stronger when no more conflict ensues than if further conflict occurs, challenging the widespread idea of one-off conflict shocks fading away over time and suggesting that labour markets adapt to and absorb lasting conflict situations. Different types of conflict event have qualitatively similar impacts, which are strongest for explosions, such as from air strikes or landmines. Overall, our findings underline that armed conflict entails structural economic, social and institutional change, which creates complex, gendered impacts on economic activity. 2025-03 2024-12-17T15:35:35Z 2024-12-17T15:35:35Z Journal Article https://hdl.handle.net/10568/163634 en https://doi.org/10.1016/j.gfs.2024.100799 https://hdl.handle.net/10568/136979 Limited Access Elsevier Ronzani, Piero; Stojetz, Wolfgang; Azzarri, Carlo; Nico, Gianluigi; Mane, Erdgin; and Brück, Tilman. 2025. Armed conflict and gendered participation in agrifood systems: Survey evidence from 29 African countries. Global Food Security 44: 100821. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.gfs.2024.100821 |
| spellingShingle | data gender labour market armed conflicts agriculture employment women's participation agrifood systems Ronzani, Piero Stojetz, Wolfgang Azzarri, Carlo Nico, Gianluigi Mane, Erdgin Brück, Tilman Armed conflict and gendered participation in agrifood systems: Survey evidence from 29 African countries |
| title | Armed conflict and gendered participation in agrifood systems: Survey evidence from 29 African countries |
| title_full | Armed conflict and gendered participation in agrifood systems: Survey evidence from 29 African countries |
| title_fullStr | Armed conflict and gendered participation in agrifood systems: Survey evidence from 29 African countries |
| title_full_unstemmed | Armed conflict and gendered participation in agrifood systems: Survey evidence from 29 African countries |
| title_short | Armed conflict and gendered participation in agrifood systems: Survey evidence from 29 African countries |
| title_sort | armed conflict and gendered participation in agrifood systems survey evidence from 29 african countries |
| topic | data gender labour market armed conflicts agriculture employment women's participation agrifood systems |
| url | https://hdl.handle.net/10568/163634 |
| work_keys_str_mv | AT ronzanipiero armedconflictandgenderedparticipationinagrifoodsystemssurveyevidencefrom29africancountries AT stojetzwolfgang armedconflictandgenderedparticipationinagrifoodsystemssurveyevidencefrom29africancountries AT azzarricarlo armedconflictandgenderedparticipationinagrifoodsystemssurveyevidencefrom29africancountries AT nicogianluigi armedconflictandgenderedparticipationinagrifoodsystemssurveyevidencefrom29africancountries AT maneerdgin armedconflictandgenderedparticipationinagrifoodsystemssurveyevidencefrom29africancountries AT brucktilman armedconflictandgenderedparticipationinagrifoodsystemssurveyevidencefrom29africancountries |