Factors Affecting Women Labor Utilization in Staple Crops Value Chains Activities in Southeast Nigeria

Submitted by Agha Inya on
EfD Authors:
Onyenekwe, Chinasa Sylvia

This paper identified socioeconomic, institutional and technological factors affecting women labor utilization in an on-farm and less rewarding staple crop value chain activities such as clearing, cultivation, planting and weeding compared to more rewarding off-farm post-harvest activities that facilitate input and output market such as threshing, shelling, processing, storage and marketing using data collected from 400 randomly selected women farmers in southeast Nigeria during 2019/20 crop year.

Peer Reviewed
Agriculture, Gender

Poverty and gender considerations in marine spatial planning

Submitted by Petra Hansson on
EfD Authors:
Brühl , Johanna
Turpie, Jane
Leiman, Anthony
Mulwa, Richard
Köhlin, Gunnar

Summary

The report provides a framework for ensuring that marine spatial planning (MSP) does not worsen poverty and gender inequality in developing countries, and that potentially marginalised groups are appropriately considered and engaged in the MSP process.

This report provides guidelines for the steps of a more inclusive MSP process.

The findings indicate that a scorecard can be used to guide the social sustainability of the MSP process. The criteria in the scorecard include:

Report
Gender, Policy Design, Water

Labor force participation of rural women and the household’s nutrition: Panel data evidence from SAT India

Submitted by Ishita Datta on
EfD Authors:
Sangwan, Nikita

Addressing gender inequality in economic opportunities in developing countries has the potential to improve the household’s nutrition. This study by EfD researcher Nikita Sangwan and Shalander Kumar (ICRISAT) informs policies intended to improve food security and health outcomes of the need to enhance female labor force participation (FLFP).

Peer Reviewed
Gender, Health

Inter-Industry Gender Wage Differentials in Kenya

Submitted by Jane Nyawira Maina on
EfD Authors:
Ahmed, Abdiaziz

In developed countries, the gap between male and female pay has been reducing significantly due to legislation and regulation. However, globally, the gap is widening, and even where the gap is narrowing, it is unacceptably slow. Using the 2013 World Bank Skills Towards Employability and Productivity Survey (WBSTEPS), this study seeks to investigate inter-industry gender wage gaps in Kenya.

Peer Reviewed
Gender
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