How Much of the Labor in African Agriculture Is Provided by Women?

The contribution of women to labor in African agriculture is regularly quoted in the range of 60–80%. Using individual, 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 p...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Palacios-Lopez, Amparo, Christiaensen, Luc, Kilic, Talip
Format: Journal Article
Language:en_US
Published: Elsevier 2016
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10986/25373