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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)

Senegal (Upper
Senegal River Valley)

Lilja, Randolph, &
Diallo (1998)

135 rice farmers in
the Upper Senegal
River Valley in
1998.

Rice Female farmer's

rice yields are
20% below those
of male farmers.

Women are
constrained in
terms of their
lower access
to inputs, the
intensity and
timing of input
use, timely
weeding and
guarding the
fields against
birds.

Zimbabwe (3 rural
areas)

Horrell and
Krishnan (2007)

300 heads of
households; data
for 2001.

Maize,
Groundnuts,
Roundnuts, &
Cotton

Dummy for FHHs
is significant
only for cotton.
Large differences
in yields
obtained by
MHHs and FHHs

FHHs are
disadvantaged
in input quality,
timely access
to inputs and
differences in
experience.

ASIA RELATED STUDIES

China (Six rural
provinces)

Zhang et al (2004) 1,199 heads of
households; data
for 2000.

All crops, rice,
wheat and
maize

Women-run
farms are as
efficient as those
run by men.

No information

Korea, Republic of Jamison & Lau

(1982)

1,363 mechanized
farms.

Rice Dummy for

male HH head
is statistically
significant and
positive.

No information

Korea, Republic of Jamison & Lau

(1982)

541 non-
mechanized
farms.

Rice Insignificant

coefficient for
dummy for
gender of HH
head.

No information

Source : Compiled by author from information provided by the SOFA Gender equity team, in particular Teri
Raney and Andre Croppenstedt, FAO, Rome, 2011.