Small and Productive: Kenyan Women and Crop Choice

Mwangi Githinji, Charalampos Konstantinidis and Andrew Barenberg

Feminist Economics, 2014, vol. 20, issue 1, 101-129

Abstract: The question of gender differences in agricultural productivity has received particular attention in the development literature. The stylized fact that women produce less than men, while on average occupying smaller farms, presents a quandary as it is also a stylized fact that smaller farms have higher yields per unit of area. Using data from the 2006 Kenya Integrated Household Budget Survey, this study examines whether there is a gap in output per acre between men and women farmers in Kenya. Using ordinary and two-stage least-squares (OLS and 2SLS) analyses, it shows that when crop choice is taken into account, women are as productive as men. Specifically, the study finds that market-oriented crops are the source of differences. This suggests that further research into what determines crop choice is needed, in addition to policy that ensures that women have the same access as men to support for market-oriented crops.

Date: 2014
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DOI: 10.1080/13545701.2013.878467

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