Gender differences in Agricultural Productivity in Cote d'Ivoire
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World Bank, Washington, DC
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This paper analyzes changes in
agricultural productivity gender gaps in Côte d'Ivoire
between 2008 and 2016 using decomposition methods. The
analysis finds that the unconditional gender gap between
male- and female-headed households has decreased by 14
percent over the past decade. The conditional gender gap has
decreased by 32 percent and becomes statistically
insignificant once accounting for whether households farm
export crops. This transition is driven by improvements
across crop types, but it is particularly remarkable for
export crop productivity, likely due to increased adoption
of fertilizer and pesticide by female-headed households.
Despite these substantial improvements, female-headed
households in the bottom half of the distribution remain
disadvantaged. Moreover, over the past decade, female-headed
households did not transition into commercial agriculture
and have witnessed greater reductions in land area compared
with their male counterparts. The results show that helping
these female-headed households access agricultural labor,
strengthen their land rights, and adopt export crops are the
three most promising policy options to reach gender parity
in agriculture in Côte d'Ivoire.
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GENDER, AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTIVITY, GENDER GAP, INCOME DISTRIBUTION, HOUSEHOLD WELFARE, AFRICA GENDER POLICY, GENDER INNOVATION LAB, WOMEN AND AGRICULTURE