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Finding the Time and Labor to Farm: How Social Dynamics Drive Gender Differences in Agricultural Labor in Southern Nigeria

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dc.contributor.authorFriedson-Ridenour, Sophia
dc.contributor.authorGonzalez, Paula
dc.contributor.authorPierotti, Rachael S.
dc.contributor.authorOlayiwola, Olubukola
dc.contributor.authorDelavallade, Clara
dc.date.accessioned2023-03-28T14:52:50Z
dc.date.available2023-03-28T14:52:50Z
dc.date.issued2023-03-28
dc.description.abstractAcross Sub-Saharan Africa smallholder farmers depend heavily on manual labor supplied by their households, families, and communities, but women are particularly labor constrained. This research paired a detailed quantitative examination of patterns of gender difference in the allocation of time and agricultural labor with an in-depth qualitative examination of how people explain those patterns. The descriptive findings and resulting conceptual framework can be used to guide future programming and research. In southwestern Nigeria, married women’s time and agricultural labor constraints are rooted in common social expectations that men’s farm plots take priority and that a woman’s own farming should not interfere with the agricultural production managed by her husband. Women access lower quantity and quality of labor because of off-farm commitments, and time constraints around when in the day and when in the season labor is allocated to their farm plots. Overcoming agricultural labor constraints for women farmers, especially married women, may require reimagining the role of women and men’s farms in the household. Several new Africa gender innovation lab studies suggest avenues for future innovations to support women producers.en
dc.identifierhttp://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/099201503142345362/P1660820a180530c90adcf00e32ffd8d47b
dc.identifier.doi10.1596/39604
dc.identifier.urihttps://openknowledge.worldbank.org/handle/10986/39604
dc.languageEnglish
dc.language.isoen
dc.publisherWorld Bank, Washington, DC
dc.relation.ispartofseriesAfrica Gender Policy Briefs
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.subjectWOMENS LABOR CONSTRAINTS
dc.subjectFEMALE FARMERS
dc.subjectAGRICULTURAL LABOR
dc.subjectGENDER ROLES
dc.titleFinding the Time and Labor to Farmen
dc.title.subtitleHow Social Dynamics Drive Gender Differences in Agricultural Labor in Southern Nigeriaen
dc.typeBrief
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okr.crossref.titleFinding the Time and Labor to Farm: How Social Dynamics Drive Gender Differences in Agricultural Labor in Southern Nigeria
okr.date.disclosure2023-03-15
okr.date.lastmodified2023-03-16T00:00:00Zen
okr.doctypeKnowledge Notes::Africa Gender Policy Brief
okr.docurlhttp://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/099201503142345362/P1660820a180530c90adcf00e32ffd8d47b
okr.guid099201503142345362
okr.identifier.externaldocumentum34021795
okr.identifier.internaldocumentum34021795
okr.identifier.report180845
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okr.pdfurlhttp://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/099201503142345362/pdf/P1660820a180530c90adcf00e32ffd8d47b.pdfen
okr.region.administrativeAfrica Western and Central (AFW)
okr.region.countryNigeria
okr.sectorOther Agriculture, Fishing and Forestry
okr.topicAgriculture::Agricultural Sector Economics
okr.topicGender::Gender and Rural Development
okr.topicPoverty Reduction::Inequality
okr.topicGender::Gender Monitoring and Evaluation
okr.unitGender Impact Evaluation (AFEGI)
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