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Performance of women-managed plots compared to men-managed plots among smallholder maize farmers in western and central Ethiopia

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  • Paswel P Marenya
  • Gebrelibanos Gebremariam
  • Dil B Rahut

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A more targeted approach towards improving women’s access to agricultural innovations is key to increase the overall agricultural productivity. This paper uses gender-disaggregated household and plot-level survey data from Ethiopia to explore the impacts of multiple agronomic practices disaggregated by the sex of the plot manager. Using a multinomial endogenous switching regression methodology, after controlling for endogeneity arising from observed and unobserved heterogeneity, we found that multiple agronomic practices have a positive and significant effect on maize yields and maize income. Crucially, subject to demographics, plot quality and agronomic practices (among others), we found that women-managed plots (WMP) had treatment effects (yields) that were statistically the same as those of men-managed plots (MMP) (and nominally higher in a number of cases).

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  • Paswel P Marenya & Gebrelibanos Gebremariam & Dil B Rahut, 2021. "Performance of women-managed plots compared to men-managed plots among smallholder maize farmers in western and central Ethiopia," Journal of Applied Economics, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 24(1), pages 523-540, January.
    • Handle: RePEc:taf:recsxx:v:24:y:2021:i:1:p:523-540
    DOI: 10.1080/15140326.2021.1969856
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    1. Teklewold, Hailemariam, 2023. "Understanding gender differences on the choices of a portfolio of climate-smart agricultural practices in sub-saharan Africa," World Development Perspectives, Elsevier, vol. 29(C).

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