Beyond a unitary household measure: Does Gender matter in Legume Seed Systems among Smallholder Farmers?

Autor: Njuguna, Esther, Mwema, Catherine, Kandiwa, Vongai
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2016
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DOI: 10.22004/ag.econ.246447
Popis: We employ a non-unitary household model to analyze the main Pigeonpea seed channels for in Kenya. The paper is based on a household survey conducted on a 500 randomly selected households within three counties of Eastern Kenya. The study sites are based on the distance from the main trading center (county headquarters) which informs agro business infrastructure. We assess the participation in seed channels with regards to joint plots, women plots and male plots for Pigeonpeas legumes. More than half of the Pigeonpea plots (>50 %) in the sample are managed jointly by men and women; while around 10% are managed entirely by women. There were very few plots (
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