Correlates and consequences of women’s participation in the cowpea value chain in eastern Zambia
This paper analyses the link between gender differences and different activities along the cowpea value chain as well as food security and asset-based poverty using a recent cross-sectional data set of over 120 farm households in Eastern Zambia. We used the endogenous switching probit regression mod...
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| author | Gondwe, T.N.P. Tegbaru, A. Alamu, Emmanuel Oladeji Khonje, M. Manda, J. Gaya, H. |
| author_browse | Alamu, Emmanuel Oladeji Gaya, H. Gondwe, T.N.P. Khonje, M. Manda, J. Tegbaru, A. |
| author_facet | Gondwe, T.N.P. Tegbaru, A. Alamu, Emmanuel Oladeji Khonje, M. Manda, J. Gaya, H. |
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| description | This paper analyses the link between gender differences and different activities along the cowpea value chain as well as food security and asset-based poverty using a recent cross-sectional data set of over 120 farm households in Eastern Zambia. We used the endogenous switching probit regression model to account for both observed and unobserved heterogeneity. Results show that women’s participation in the cowpea value chain significantly increases cowpea production, marketing and adoption of improved cowpea varieties. It also reduces both food insecurity and poverty. However, women’s participation in the value chain is limited by low levels of education, access to extension, credit, village markets, and improved agricultural technologies. Policies to address these constraints that limit women’s participation in the cowpea value chain have the potential to reduce gender disparities, food insecurity, and poverty. |
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| spelling | CGSpace827392025-01-27T15:00:52Z Correlates and consequences of women’s participation in the cowpea value chain in eastern Zambia Gondwe, T.N.P. Tegbaru, A. Alamu, Emmanuel Oladeji Khonje, M. Manda, J. Gaya, H. impact gender cowpeas value chain endogenous switching probit food security poverty This paper analyses the link between gender differences and different activities along the cowpea value chain as well as food security and asset-based poverty using a recent cross-sectional data set of over 120 farm households in Eastern Zambia. We used the endogenous switching probit regression model to account for both observed and unobserved heterogeneity. Results show that women’s participation in the cowpea value chain significantly increases cowpea production, marketing and adoption of improved cowpea varieties. It also reduces both food insecurity and poverty. However, women’s participation in the value chain is limited by low levels of education, access to extension, credit, village markets, and improved agricultural technologies. Policies to address these constraints that limit women’s participation in the cowpea value chain have the potential to reduce gender disparities, food insecurity, and poverty. 2017-07-03 2017-07-12T09:59:21Z 2017-07-12T09:59:21Z Journal Article https://hdl.handle.net/10568/82739 en Limited Access Informa UK Limited Gondwe, T., Tegbaru, A., Alamu, E.O., Khonje, M., Manda, J. & Gaya, H. (2017). Correlates and consequences of women’s participation in the cowpea value chain in eastern Zambia. Agrekon, 1-11. |
| spellingShingle | impact gender cowpeas value chain endogenous switching probit food security poverty Gondwe, T.N.P. Tegbaru, A. Alamu, Emmanuel Oladeji Khonje, M. Manda, J. Gaya, H. Correlates and consequences of women’s participation in the cowpea value chain in eastern Zambia |
| title | Correlates and consequences of women’s participation in the cowpea value chain in eastern Zambia |
| title_full | Correlates and consequences of women’s participation in the cowpea value chain in eastern Zambia |
| title_fullStr | Correlates and consequences of women’s participation in the cowpea value chain in eastern Zambia |
| title_full_unstemmed | Correlates and consequences of women’s participation in the cowpea value chain in eastern Zambia |
| title_short | Correlates and consequences of women’s participation in the cowpea value chain in eastern Zambia |
| title_sort | correlates and consequences of women s participation in the cowpea value chain in eastern zambia |
| topic | impact gender cowpeas value chain endogenous switching probit food security poverty |
| url | https://hdl.handle.net/10568/82739 |
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