How much of the labor in African agriculture is provided by women ? (English)

The contribution of women to labor in African agriculture is regularly quoted in the range of 60 to 80 percent. Using individual-disaggregated, plot-level labor input data from nationally representative household surveys across six Sub-Saharan African countries, this study estimates the average female labor share in crop production at 40 percent. It is slightly above 50 percent in Malawi, Tanzania, and Uganda, and substantially lower in Nigeria (37...

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Palacios-Lopez,Amparo;

Christiaensen,Luc;

Kilic,Talip;
Document Date
2015/06/02
Document Type
Policy Research Working Paper
Report Number
WPS7282
Volume No
1
Total Volume(s)
1
Country
Niger, Uganda, Tanzania, Malawi, Nigeria, Ethiopia, Africa,
Region
Western and Central Africa, Eastern and Southern Africa, Africa,
Disclosure Date
2015/06/02
Disclosure Status
Disclosed
Doc Name
How much of the labor in African agriculture is provided by women ?
Keywords
female labor

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Palacios-Lopez,Amparo; Christiaensen,Luc; Kilic,Talip.

How much of the labor in African agriculture is provided by women ? (English). LSMS|Policy Research working paper|no. WPS 7282 Washington, D.C. : World Bank Group. http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/979671468189858347

How much of the labor in African agriculture is provided by women ? (English)

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