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Table 11.1 Continued

Differences
attributable
to constraints
faced by women
farmers

Productivity/
efficiency
differences Country Author and Year Sample Crop(s)

Côte d'Ivoire
(Northern)

Adesina and
Djato (1997)

Survey of 410
farmers in
three districts,
1993/1994.

Rice Dummy for

gender of farmer
is statistically
insignificant.
Relative
economic
efficiency is the
same for male
and female
farmers.

No information

Ethiopia (Central
Highlands)

Tiruneh et al.
(2001)

180 Heads of
households

All farm output Value of gross
output per
hectare: FHHs
obtain 35 per
cent less than
MHHs.

Women use less
inputs and have
lower access to
extension services.

Ethiopia (Highlands) Holden, Shiferaw,
& Pender (2001)

1998 survey of
102 heads of
households (and
606 farm plots) in
7 villages

Barley and
other cereals

Land
productivity
was 49-67%
higher on plots
operated by
MHHs than by
FHHs.

FHHs have lesser
access to male
labor and oxen.

Ghana (Akwapim) Goldstein and

Udry (2008)

- Maize-cassava Wives achieve

lower profits
than their
husbands.

Women have
insecure land
tenure leading to
less investment in
land fertility.

Ghana (Subnational) Hill and Vigneri
(2009)

Panel for 428
farmers covering
2002 and 2004

Cocoa No statistically

significant
difference.
Women are as
productive as
men.

No information

Ghana (Western) Quisumbing et al

(2001)

281 heads of
households in 10
villages. 1996/1997
survey

Cocoa No differences

observed based
on gender of
parcel manager.

No information

(Continued)