Access and Control of Resources and Participation in Rice-Breeding Activities among Men and Women Farmers in Southern Ghana

Bright Asante, Ranjitha Puskur, Elizabeth Garner, Margaret Najjingo Mangheni, Richard Adabah, Maxwell Darko Asante, Benedicta Nsiah Frimpong and Stephen Prah
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Ranjitha Puskur: International Rice Research Institute, East & Southern Africa Office, Nairobi 00100, Kenya
Elizabeth Garner: College of Agriculture and Life Sciences, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY 14853, USA
Margaret Najjingo Mangheni: Department of Extension and Innovation Studies, Makerere University, Kampala 7062, Uganda
Richard Adabah: CSIR—Crops Research Institute, Kumasi P.O. Box 3785, Ghana
Maxwell Darko Asante: CSIR—Crops Research Institute, Kumasi P.O. Box 3785, Ghana
Benedicta Nsiah Frimpong: CSIR—Crops Research Institute, Kumasi P.O. Box 3785, Ghana
Stephen Prah: Department of Agricultural Economics, Agribusiness and Extension, Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, UPO, Kumasi P.O. Box 1279, Ghana

Sustainability, 2023, vol. 15, issue 9, 1-28

Abstract: This paper provides evidence of gender differences in the access and control of resources and their relation to participation in rice-breeding activities among men and women farmers in southern Ghana. We used a mixed methods design which involved the use of qualitative data collected through focus group discussions (FGDs) and key informant interviews (KIIs) and quantitative data collection through a survey. Using data collected from 315 smallholder rice farmers, perception analyses and probit and multivariate regression were employed in the analyses. Our findings indicate that higher levels of education, experience in rice farming, a favorable dependency ratio, larger farm size, more rice plots, access to extension services, and involvement with financial organizations positively influence participation in rice-breeding activities. On the other hand, distance to market is found to have a negative impact on participation. Moreover, years of education, experience in rice farming, farm size, number of rice plots, dependency ratio, and distance to market were found to negatively influence the control of production resources among both male and female participants in rice-breeding activities. From both the quantitative and qualitative results, men had more access to productive resources than women. Insights from this study will enhance gender equity in promoting the participation of both men and women in rice varietal development activities.

Keywords: rice-breeding activities; multivariate probit; access and control; resources (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: O13 Q Q0 Q2 Q3 Q5 Q56 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2023
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