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Short Term Investment in Agriculture: Is there a Gender Bias?

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  • Bhagowalia, Priya
  • Chen, Susan E.
  • Shively, Gerald E.

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Most developing countries strive to improve agricultural productivity by relaxing credit constraints, supplying better inputs, improving marketing and distribution. However the efficacy of these reforms needs to be examined in the context of the behavioral responses of farming households. This study examines gender biases within households that affect short-term investments in agriculture. The study utilizes data from ICRISAT's village level studies in India (1975-85) to highlight the effects of child gender on the use of agricultural inputs. The main finding is that households with boys tend to use purchased inputs such as fertilizers and insecticides more intensively compared with households with girls. In general, household with boys also tend to have larger land holdings, and use animal and human labor to a greater extent than household with girls.

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  • Bhagowalia, Priya & Chen, Susan E. & Shively, Gerald E., 2007. "Short Term Investment in Agriculture: Is there a Gender Bias?," 2007 Annual Meeting, July 29-August 1, 2007, Portland, Oregon 9771, American Agricultural Economics Association (New Name 2008: Agricultural and Applied Economics Association).
    • Handle: RePEc:ags:aaea07:9771
    DOI: 10.22004/ag.econ.9771
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