The Gender Dimension of the Effects of Land Tenure Security on Agricultural Productivity: Some Evidence from two Districts in Kenya

Nkechi Owoo and Louis Boakye‐Yiadom

Journal of International Development, 2015, vol. 27, issue 7, 917-928

Abstract: This study uses household‐level and plot‐level data in two Kenyan districts—Suba and Laikipia—to examine whether tenure security effects have a gender dimension. Average maize yields by sex of land user and tenure security show that women with titles produce significantly more than men without titles. However, using multivariate regression techniques, controlling for farmer, plot and geographic factors, we do not find any evidence that women who possess land titles are more productive than men who possess land titles. Copyright © 2014 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.

Date: 2015
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