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Gender and Agriculture in Sub-Saharan Africa: Review of Constraints and Effective Interventions

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dc.contributor.authorBuehren, Niklas
dc.date.accessioned2023-07-13T13:42:47Z
dc.date.available2023-07-13T13:42:47Z
dc.date.issued2023-07-13
dc.description.abstractRaising agricultural is essential to boosting gross domestic product (GDP), reducing poverty, improving food security, and achieving structural transformation across Africa. Yet, Africa’s agricultural intensification has not kept pace with that of other developing regions. One significant and costly inefficiency undermining the region’s progress is the pervasive gender gap in agricultural productivity. This gender gap represents not only a substantial impediment to growth in the agricultural sector but, moreover, a forgone opportunity to increase national income and reduce poverty at the regional level. To address the productivity gender gap and realize the potential of African agriculture, establishing a clear understanding of the gender specific constraints hindering the productivity of women farmers is crucial. This paper develops a conceptual framework for thinking about the gender gap in agricultural productivity, reviews evidence on the effectiveness of policies and interventions designed to address the constraints faced by women farmers and proposes a research agenda to move the policy debate forward. Section II provides an overview of the agricultural gender gap in Sub-Saharan Africa. Section III presents a framework that establishes linkages between the choices that women farmers make, the constraints and contextual factors influencing their decisions, and the agricultural outcomes they achieve. Section IV identifies the constraints that women farmers face, reviews the evidence on the levels of severity and relative impact of these constraints on productivity, and highlights existing approaches and interventions that tackle these constraints. Section V outlines a research agenda to fill knowledge gaps and generate evidence useful to policymakers in Sub-Saharan Africa and beyond. Section VI concludes.en
dc.identifierhttp://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/099438407122317847/IDU055c8185f0f5770433308ee40e53f9dfb6df5
dc.identifier.doi10.1596/39994
dc.identifier.urihttps://openknowledge.worldbank.org/handle/10986/39994
dc.languageEnglish
dc.language.isoen
dc.publisherWorld Bank, Washington, DC
dc.relation.ispartofseriesGender Innovation Lab
dc.rightsCC BY-NC 3.0 IGO
dc.rights.holderWorld Bank
dc.rights.urihttps://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/igo
dc.subjectAFRICA GENDER POLICY
dc.subjectGENDER INNOVATON LAB
dc.subjectWOMEN AND AGRICULTURE
dc.subjectWOMEN AND SOCIAL NORMS
dc.subjectAGRICULTURAL PRODUCTIVITY
dc.subjectGENDER GAP
dc.subjectFOOD SECURITY
dc.titleGender and Agriculture in Sub-Saharan Africaen
dc.title.subtitleReview of Constraints and Effective Interventionsen
dc.typeWorking Paper
dspace.entity.typePublication
okr.crossref.titleGender and Agriculture in Sub-Saharan Africa: Review of Constraints and Effective Interventions
okr.date.disclosure2023-07-12
okr.date.doiregistration2025-04-23T02:23:02.955868Z
okr.date.lastmodified2023-07-11T00:00:00Zen
okr.doctypePublications & Research
okr.doctypePublications & Research::Working Paper
okr.docurlhttp://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/099438407122317847/IDU055c8185f0f5770433308ee40e53f9dfb6df5
okr.guid099438407122317847
okr.identifier.docmidIDU-55c8185f-f577-4333-8ee4-e53f9dfb6df5
okr.identifier.doihttp://dx.doi.org/10.1596/39994
okr.identifier.externaldocumentum34116150
okr.identifier.internaldocumentum34116150
okr.identifier.report183997
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okr.pdfurlhttp://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/099438407122317847/pdf/IDU055c8185f0f5770433308ee40e53f9dfb6df5.pdfen
okr.region.administrativeAfrica Eastern and Southern (AFE)
okr.region.geographicalSub-Saharan Africa
okr.topicGender::Gender and Poverty
okr.topicAgriculture::Food Security
okr.topicPoverty Reduction::Rural Poverty Reduction
okr.topicGender::Gender and Poverty
okr.unitGender Impact Evaluation (AFEGI)
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