Agricultural Productivity in Burkina Faso: The Role of Gender and Risk Attitudes

Mohammad Sepahvand ()

No 2022:19, Working Papers from Lund University, Department of Economics

Abstract: This study analyzes how risk attitudes influence the agricultural productivity of men and women in a sub-Saharan African country, Burkina Faso. By using a large representative panel survey of farmers, the results show that as female farmers increase risk taking, the productivity of female-owned plots goes down. The study controls for various socio-economic factors and explores how the diversity of the regions of the country affects gender differences. Findings show that agricultural policy interventions in Burkina Faso need to be gender sensitized when addressing issues related to credit constraints, improved inputs, and policies that support increase in productivity.

Keywords: Risk attitudes; Gender differences; Agriculture; Productivity; Sub-Saharan Africa; Burkina Faso (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: D13 D81 J16 O13 Q12 Q18 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 41 pages
Date: 2022-10-19
New Economics Papers: this item is included in nep-agr, nep-dev, nep-eff and nep-lab
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Working Paper: Agricultural productivity in Burkina Faso: The role of gender andrisk attitudes (2019)
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