| Autor: |
Enock K. Maereka, Eileen B. Nchanji, Victor Nyamolo, Lutomia K. Cosmas, Bartholomew Y. Chataika |
| Jazyk: |
angličtina |
| Rok vydání: |
2023 |
| Předmět: |
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| Zdroj: |
CABI Agriculture and Bioscience, Vol 4, Iss 1, Pp 1-15 (2023) |
| Druh dokumentu: |
article |
| ISSN: |
2662-4044 |
| DOI: |
10.1186/s43170-023-00197-9 |
| Popis: |
Abstract Women are involved in bean production and marketing, but their contribution is often invisible. This study is interested in understanding gender gaps in bean production, marketing, and decision-making powers over income and sales. A mixed method was used to collect survey data from 332 farming households and qualitative data from focus group discussions and key informant interviews. The respondents in the study were young men (30.42%), young women (13.25%), adult men (35.84%) and adult women (20.48%). From the results, adult men and young men owned more land than adult women and young women. Common bean had the highest median price of MZN25.00 (US$1.25) per kg over other crops such as maize at MZN7.00 (US$0.35), soybean at MZN 10 (US$0.50), groundnut at MZN 17 (US$0.85) and cowpea at MZN10.00 (US$0.50). The study revealed gender disparities in the control of bean sales and income. While there were no differences in the volume of bean grain sales between adult men and adult women, there were significant differences (p |
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