Bargaining power and biofortification: The role of gender in adoption of orange sweet potato in Uganda

Daniel Gilligan (d.gilligan@cgiar.org), Neha Kumar, Scott McNiven, J.V. Meenakshi and Agnes Quisumbing

No 1353, IFPRI discussion papers from International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)

Abstract: We examine the role of gender in adoption and diffusion of orange sweet potato, a biofortified staple food crop being promoted as a strategy to increase dietary intakes of vitamin A among young children and adult women in Uganda. As an agricultural intervention with nutrition objectives, intrahousehold gender dynamics regarding decisions about crop choice and child feeding practices may play a role in adoption decisions. Also, most households access sweet potato vines through informal exchange, suggesting again that gender dimensions of networks may be important to diffusion of the crop. We use data from an experimental impact evaluation of the introduction of OSP in Uganda to study how female bargaining power, measured by share of land and nonland assets controlled by women, affect adoption and diffusion decisions.

Keywords: agriculture; gender; Uganda; Africa; Eastern Africa (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2014
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Working Paper: Bargaining-Power and Biofortification: The Role of Gender in Adoption of Orange Sweet Potato in Uganda (2012)
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