Women's empowerment in traditional food value chains at the micro-level: evidence from cassava smallholder farming in Tanzania
Empowering women improves household food productivity and security. We examined women’s empowerment within the cassava value chain according to the five domains of empowerment of the Women’s Empowerment in Agriculture Index, using data from 228 respondents in Tanzania. Disempowerment indices for wom...
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| author | Masamha, Blessing Uzokwe, Veronica N.E. Thebe, V. |
| author_browse | Masamha, Blessing Thebe, V. Uzokwe, Veronica N.E. |
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| description | Empowering women improves household food productivity and security. We examined women’s empowerment within the cassava value chain according to the five domains of empowerment of the Women’s Empowerment in Agriculture Index, using data from 228 respondents in Tanzania. Disempowerment indices for women and men were 0.95 and 0.14, respectively. Women were disempowered in the production, leadership, and time domains. Women were empowered in the resources domain, which entailed joint ownership and decision making. Marital status and educational levels were significantly associated with women’s empowerment. Policies to improve women’s empowerment should focus on securing ownership of resources and access to credit. |
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| spelling | CGSpace827402024-05-01T08:18:35Z Women's empowerment in traditional food value chains at the micro-level: evidence from cassava smallholder farming in Tanzania Masamha, Blessing Uzokwe, Veronica N.E. Thebe, V. cassava value chain women's empowerment traditional food five domains of empowerment gender Empowering women improves household food productivity and security. We examined women’s empowerment within the cassava value chain according to the five domains of empowerment of the Women’s Empowerment in Agriculture Index, using data from 228 respondents in Tanzania. Disempowerment indices for women and men were 0.95 and 0.14, respectively. Women were disempowered in the production, leadership, and time domains. Women were empowered in the resources domain, which entailed joint ownership and decision making. Marital status and educational levels were significantly associated with women’s empowerment. Policies to improve women’s empowerment should focus on securing ownership of resources and access to credit. 2018-01-02 2017-07-12T11:33:07Z 2017-07-12T11:33:07Z Journal Article https://hdl.handle.net/10568/82740 en Limited Access Informa UK Limited Masamha, B., Uzokwe, V.N.E. & Thebe, V. (2017). Women’s empowerment in traditional food value chains at the micro level: evidence from cassava smallholder farming in Tanzania. Agroecology and Sustainable Food Systems, 1-20. |
| spellingShingle | cassava value chain women's empowerment traditional food five domains of empowerment gender Masamha, Blessing Uzokwe, Veronica N.E. Thebe, V. Women's empowerment in traditional food value chains at the micro-level: evidence from cassava smallholder farming in Tanzania |
| title | Women's empowerment in traditional food value chains at the micro-level: evidence from cassava smallholder farming in Tanzania |
| title_full | Women's empowerment in traditional food value chains at the micro-level: evidence from cassava smallholder farming in Tanzania |
| title_fullStr | Women's empowerment in traditional food value chains at the micro-level: evidence from cassava smallholder farming in Tanzania |
| title_full_unstemmed | Women's empowerment in traditional food value chains at the micro-level: evidence from cassava smallholder farming in Tanzania |
| title_short | Women's empowerment in traditional food value chains at the micro-level: evidence from cassava smallholder farming in Tanzania |
| title_sort | women s empowerment in traditional food value chains at the micro level evidence from cassava smallholder farming in tanzania |
| topic | cassava value chain women's empowerment traditional food five domains of empowerment gender |
| url | https://hdl.handle.net/10568/82740 |
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