Women’s empowerment and the adoption of improved maize varieties: Evidence from Ethiopia, Kenya, and Tanzania
Despite recent evidence that decisions about technology adoption often involve input from both men and women, the literature on technology adoption rarely considers gender and intrahousehold issues. In this paper, we use survey data from Ethiopia, Kenya, and Tanzania to investigate the influence of...
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| author | Seymour, Gregory Doss, Cheryl Marenya, Paswel Phiri Meinzen-Dick, Ruth S. Passarelli, Simone |
| author_browse | Doss, Cheryl Marenya, Paswel Phiri Meinzen-Dick, Ruth S. Passarelli, Simone Seymour, Gregory |
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| description | Despite recent evidence that decisions about technology adoption often involve input from both men and women, the literature on technology adoption rarely considers gender and intrahousehold issues. In this paper, we use survey data from Ethiopia, Kenya, and Tanzania to investigate the influence of women’s empowerment on the adoption of improved maize varieties (IMVs). While our results are mixed as to whether or not women’s empowerment is positively correlated with higher rates of adoption, we find overwhelmingly that women’s empowerment is positively correlated with greater participation by women in decisions about the adoption of IMVs, the acquisition of credit for the purchase of IMVs, and the acquisition of extension services related to IMVs. |
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| spelling | CGSpace765232025-11-06T06:42:46Z Women’s empowerment and the adoption of improved maize varieties: Evidence from Ethiopia, Kenya, and Tanzania Seymour, Gregory Doss, Cheryl Marenya, Paswel Phiri Meinzen-Dick, Ruth S. Passarelli, Simone gender technology adoption maize Despite recent evidence that decisions about technology adoption often involve input from both men and women, the literature on technology adoption rarely considers gender and intrahousehold issues. In this paper, we use survey data from Ethiopia, Kenya, and Tanzania to investigate the influence of women’s empowerment on the adoption of improved maize varieties (IMVs). While our results are mixed as to whether or not women’s empowerment is positively correlated with higher rates of adoption, we find overwhelmingly that women’s empowerment is positively correlated with greater participation by women in decisions about the adoption of IMVs, the acquisition of credit for the purchase of IMVs, and the acquisition of extension services related to IMVs. 2016 2016-08-19T13:22:42Z 2016-08-19T13:22:42Z Conference Paper https://hdl.handle.net/10568/76523 en Open Access application/pdf Seymour, Greg; Doss, Cheryl; Marenya, Paswel; Meinzen-Dick, Ruth Suseela; and Passarelli, Simone. 2016. Women’s empowerment and the adoption of improved maize varieties: Evidence from Ethiopia, Kenya, and Tanzania. Paper prepared for presentation at the Agricultural & Applied Economics Association's Annual Meeting, Boston, MA, July 31 - August 2, 2016. http://purl.umn.edu/236164 |
| spellingShingle | gender technology adoption maize Seymour, Gregory Doss, Cheryl Marenya, Paswel Phiri Meinzen-Dick, Ruth S. Passarelli, Simone Women’s empowerment and the adoption of improved maize varieties: Evidence from Ethiopia, Kenya, and Tanzania |
| title | Women’s empowerment and the adoption of improved maize varieties: Evidence from Ethiopia, Kenya, and Tanzania |
| title_full | Women’s empowerment and the adoption of improved maize varieties: Evidence from Ethiopia, Kenya, and Tanzania |
| title_fullStr | Women’s empowerment and the adoption of improved maize varieties: Evidence from Ethiopia, Kenya, and Tanzania |
| title_full_unstemmed | Women’s empowerment and the adoption of improved maize varieties: Evidence from Ethiopia, Kenya, and Tanzania |
| title_short | Women’s empowerment and the adoption of improved maize varieties: Evidence from Ethiopia, Kenya, and Tanzania |
| title_sort | women s empowerment and the adoption of improved maize varieties evidence from ethiopia kenya and tanzania |
| topic | gender technology adoption maize |
| url | https://hdl.handle.net/10568/76523 |
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