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Intrahousehold Productivity Differentials and Land Quality in the Sudan Savanna of Mali

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  • Melinda Smale
  • Véronique Thériault
  • Hamza Haider
  • Alpha Oumar Kergna

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Inefficient allocation of resources has been documented in West African farming systems where food is produced by extended family farms on multiple plots managed by different members. We revisit this question in Mali by testing fertilizer use and productivity differentials, while introducing soil nutrient measurements as indicators of land quality. In contrast with previous studies, we find little evidence that intrahousehold allocation of fertilizer is inefficient. Gender and generation gaps in productivity persist but lessen as we control for land quality. Findings suggest that women’s fields may be less fertile but may also reflect distinctive objectives and modes of production.

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  • Melinda Smale & Véronique Thériault & Hamza Haider & Alpha Oumar Kergna, 2019. "Intrahousehold Productivity Differentials and Land Quality in the Sudan Savanna of Mali," Land Economics, University of Wisconsin Press, vol. 95(1), pages 54-70.
    • Handle: RePEc:uwp:landec:v:95:y:2019:i:1:p:54-70
    Note: DOI: 10.3368/le.95.1.54
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    1. Burke, William J. & Jayne, T.S., 2021. "Disparate access to quality land and fertilizers explain Malawi’s gender yield gap," Food Policy, Elsevier, vol. 100(C).
    2. Melinda Smale & Veronique Thériault & Nicole M. Mason, 2020. "Does subsidizing fertilizer contribute to the diet quality of farm women? Evidence from rural Mali," Food Security: The Science, Sociology and Economics of Food Production and Access to Food, Springer;The International Society for Plant Pathology, vol. 12(6), pages 1407-1424, December.
    3. Smale, Melinda & Assima, Amidou & Thériault, Véronique & Kone, Yénizié, 2020. "Effects of the Fertilizer Subsidy Program on Fertilizer Use, Farm Productivity and Crop Sales in Mali," Feed the Future Innovation Lab for Food Security Policy Research Papers 303951, Michigan State University, Department of Agricultural, Food, and Resource Economics, Feed the Future Innovation Lab for Food Security (FSP).

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    • O12 - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth - - Economic Development - - - Microeconomic Analyses of Economic Development
    • Q18 - Agricultural and Natural Resource Economics; Environmental and Ecological Economics - - Agriculture - - - Agricultural Policy; Food Policy; Animal Welfare Policy

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