Input Utilization and Agricultural Labor Productivity: A Gender Analysis

Rufai, Adedoyin Mistura; Salman, Kabir Kayode; Salawu, M. B.

doi:10.1007/978-3-319-76222-7_4

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“…Pervasive inequality, especially over the ownership of agricultural land, continues to limit women's contribution to household food basket (Palocios-Lopez & Lopez, 2015). Most women do not have access to agricultural inputs, apart from their own labour (Rufai, Salman, & Salawu, 2018). Using data from some African countries, 41% of female and only 15% of male farmers indicated that they do not independently own land for agricultural purposes (Peterman, Quisumbing, Behrman, & Nkonya, 2011).…”

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Corporate social responsibility and the role of rural women in sustainable agricultural development in sub‐Saharan Africa: Evidence from the Niger Delta in Nigeria

Uduji

Okolo‐Obasi

Asongu

2019

Sustainable Development

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Low productivity among female farmers when compared with their male counterparts is considered an outcome of limited access to agricultural land and inputs. The objective of this investigation was to assess the impact of multinational oil companies' (MOCs') corporate social responsibility (CSR) on rural women's access to modern agricultural inputs in the Niger Delta, Nigeria. A total of 700 rural female farmers were sampled across the region. Results from the use of a logit model indicated that CSR recorded significant success in agricultural development generally, but has undermined equality. This implies that if a woman's agricultural productivity is continuously hindered by unequal access to agricultural resources (or opportunities) and widespread inequality will limit poverty reduction efforts in Nigeria. The results also showed that women depended on CSR of MOCs for policy dialogue and advocacy for women's access to agricultural land and inputs. Supporting agricultural initiatives that focus on empowering women would boost food security in sub‐Saharan Africa.

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Corporate social responsibility and the role of rural women in sustainable agricultural development in sub‐Saharan Africa: Evidence from the Niger Delta in Nigeria

Uduji

Okolo‐Obasi

Asongu

2019

Sustainable Development

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“…The increase in the credit supply to agriculture from formal sources may not be a contributing factor to the agricultural growth without the support of public investments in irrigation, extension and research (Misra et al, 2016). Empirically, Nadeem et al (2013), employing the total factor productivity decomposition method confirm that public investment in agricultural research, rural roads and irrigation significantly and positively influences the agricultural productivity in Punjab, Pakistan over the period 1970-2005. Agricultural labor is also one of the most crucial and effectual elements in agricultural production (Rufai et al, 2018). Agricultural labor availability affects the performance of the agricultural sector as it determines planting, well-timed crop and harvest processing (Oluyole et al, 2013).…”

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Does credit boost agricultural performance? Evidence from Vietnam

Anh

Gan

Anh

2020

IJSE

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PurposeThis study investigates the short-run and long-run impacts of agricultural credit on Vietnam's agricultural GDP over the period 2004:Q4–2016:Q4, with the incorporation of agricultural labor, public investment and rainfall as important determinants of agricultural GDP.Design/methodology/approachThis study applies the indicator saturation (IS) break tests and the autoregressive distributed lag (ARDL) bounds test with structural breaks to examine the credit–agricultural performance nexus. The causal relationships among variables are explored through the Toda–Yamamoto Granger causality test.FindingsThe results indicate that agricultural credit positively influences agricultural GDP in both the short-run and long-run. A unidirectional causal relationship running from credit to agricultural GDP is confirmed. The results also discover the positive and significant effects of labor and rainfall on agricultural GDP in the long-run.Practical implicationsThe results imply that the government should focus on expanding agricultural credit as well as enhancing the efficiency of agricultural credit. Furthermore, formal credit institutions should be encouraged to work closely with farmers and agricultural enterprises to offer flexible lending periods and amounts to meet the real situation of agricultural production.Originality/valueThis study is the first to examine the credit–agricultural performance relationship at the macro-level in Vietnam. Based on the empirical results, the study provides crucial implications for policymakers to optimize the effectiveness of agricultural credit and enhance nationwide agricultural performance.

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“…In many countries of SSA, low agricultural productivity is driven by the overarching challenge of gender disparity in access, control, and utilization of production resources [9][10][11][12][13][14]. Even though women contribute about 50% of agricultural labor, structural barriers limit female farmers' productivity in the African agricultural landscape [15].…”

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Estimating and Decomposing Groundnut Gender Yield Gap: Evidence from Rural Farming Households in Northern Nigeria

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Poverty among smallholder farmers in sub-Saharan Africa has been associated with low agricultural productivity emanating from gender yield gaps among other factors. Using data collected from smallholder groundnut producers in Nigeria, we analyzed the gender yield gap by applying the exogenous switching regression (ESR) model and Oaxaca–Blinder (OB) decomposition framework. Results from the two complementary approaches showed a significant gender yield gap in favor of male headed households (MHHs). The main and significant source of the gap was differences in resources/endowments. We found that involving female headed households (FHHs) in prerequisite yield augmenting activities like technology validation trials, testing, and demonstrations is critical in closing the existing yield gap.

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Input Utilization and Agricultural Labor Productivity: A Gender Analysis

Cited by 13 publications

References 8 publications

Corporate social responsibility and the role of rural women in sustainable agricultural development in sub‐Saharan Africa: Evidence from the Niger Delta in Nigeria

Corporate social responsibility and the role of rural women in sustainable agricultural development in sub‐Saharan Africa: Evidence from the Niger Delta in Nigeria

Does credit boost agricultural performance? Evidence from Vietnam

Estimating and Decomposing Groundnut Gender Yield Gap: Evidence from Rural Farming Households in Northern Nigeria

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