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Gendered implications of the waves of COVID-19 and economic upgrading trajectories in digital value chains: Insights from Kenyan agricultural platforms

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  • Aarti Krishnan
  • Monica Nganga
  • Tim Foster

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Women play a critical yet under-researched role in global digital agri-food value chains, especially in smallholder production, which affects how they are able to economically upgrade (improve crop yields and product quality, and increase product diversification). Research suggests that women's participation in agricultural platform-driven value chains facilitates the overcoming of barriers such as access to productive resources and engenders upgrading.

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  • Aarti Krishnan & Monica Nganga & Tim Foster, 2023. "Gendered implications of the waves of COVID-19 and economic upgrading trajectories in digital value chains: Insights from Kenyan agricultural platforms," WIDER Working Paper Series wp-2023-63, World Institute for Development Economic Research (UNU-WIDER).
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