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Agricultural Commercialisation, Gender Relations and Women Empowerment in Smallholder Farm Households: Evidence from Zimbabwe

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dc.creator Mahofa, Godfrey
dc.creator Sukume, Chrispen
dc.creator Mutyasira, Vine
dc.date 2022-05-03T14:35:47Z
dc.date 2022-05-03T14:35:47Z
dc.date 2022-04-01
dc.date.accessioned 2022-05-26T08:55:33Z
dc.date.available 2022-05-26T08:55:33Z
dc.identifier Mahofa, G.; Sukume, C. and Mutyasira, V. (2022) Agricultural Commercialisation, Gender Relations and Women Empowerment in Smallholder Farm Households: Evidence from Zimbabwe. APRA Working Paper 88. Brighton: Future Agricultures, 10.19088/APRA.2022.022
dc.identifier 978-1-78118-974-0
dc.identifier https://opendocs.ids.ac.uk/opendocs/handle/20.500.12413/17372
dc.identifier Rural Futures
dc.identifier 10.19088/APRA.2022.022
dc.identifier.uri http://localhost:8080/xmlui/handle/CUHPOERS/199152
dc.description Agricultural commercialisation has been identified as an important part of the structural transformation process, as the economy grows from subsistence to highly commercialised entities that rely on the market for both inputs and for the sale of crops. However, this process is likely to leave some sections of society behind, particularly women. Little empirical evidence is available in sub-Saharan Africa that examines the relationship between commercialisation and women’s empowerment. This paper fills this gap and uses data from two rounds of surveys of smallholder farmers conducted in Zimbabwe to show that agricultural commercialisation reduces women’s empowerment, while crop diversification improves women’s empowerment.
dc.language en
dc.publisher APRA, Future Agricultures Consortium
dc.rights http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/
dc.rights APRA, Future Agricultures Consortium
dc.subject Agriculture
dc.subject Economic Development
dc.subject Gender
dc.subject Participation
dc.subject Rural Development
dc.subject Work and Labour
dc.title Agricultural Commercialisation, Gender Relations and Women Empowerment in Smallholder Farm Households: Evidence from Zimbabwe
dc.type Series paper (non-IDS)


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