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Correlates and consequences of women’s participation in the cowpea value chain in eastern Zambia

dc.contributor.authorGondwe, T.N.P.
dc.contributor.authorTegbaru, A.
dc.contributor.authorAlamu, E.O.
dc.contributor.authorKhonje, M.
dc.contributor.authorManda, J.
dc.contributor.authorGaya, H.
dc.date.accessioned2019-12-04T11:08:53Z
dc.date.available2019-12-04T11:08:53Z
dc.date.issued2017
dc.identifier.citationGondwe, T., Tegbaru, A., Alamu, E.O., Khonje, M., Manda, J. & Gaya, H. (2017). Correlates and consequences of women’s participation in the cowpea value chain in eastern Zambia. Agrekon, 1-11.
dc.identifier.issn0303-1853
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12478/1931
dc.descriptionPublished online: 01 Jun 2017
dc.description.abstractThis paper analyses the link between gender differences and different activities along the cowpea value chain as well as food security and asset-based poverty using a recent cross-sectional data set of over 120 farm households in Eastern Zambia. We used the endogenous switching probit regression model to account for both observed and unobserved heterogeneity. Results show that women’s participation in the cowpea value chain significantly increases cowpea production, marketing and adoption of improved cowpea varieties. It also reduces both food insecurity and poverty. However, women’s participation in the value chain is limited by low levels of education, access to extension, credit, village markets, and improved agricultural technologies. Policies to address these constraints that limit women’s participation in the cowpea value chain have the potential to reduce gender disparities, food insecurity, and poverty.
dc.format.extent1-11
dc.language.isoen
dc.subjectImpact
dc.subjectGender
dc.subjectCowpeas
dc.subjectValue Chain
dc.subjectEndogenous Switching Probit
dc.subjectFood Security
dc.subjectPoverty
dc.titleCorrelates and consequences of women’s participation in the cowpea value chain in eastern Zambia
dc.typeJournal Article
dc.description.versionPeer Review
cg.contributor.crpIntegrated Systems for the Humid Tropics
cg.contributor.affiliationInternational Institute of Tropical Agriculture
cg.contributor.affiliationGeorg-August-Universität Göttingen
cg.coverage.regionAfrica
cg.coverage.regionSouthern Africa
cg.coverage.countryZambia
cg.isijournalISI Journal
cg.authorship.typesCGIAR and advanced research institute
cg.iitasubjectCowpea
cg.iitasubjectGender
cg.iitasubjectGrain Legumes
cg.iitasubjectImpact Assessment
cg.iitasubjectValue Chains
cg.journalAgrekon
cg.howpublishedFormally Published
cg.accessibilitystatusLimited Access
local.dspaceid85141
cg.targetaudienceScientists
cg.identifier.doihttp://dx.doi.org/10.1080/03031853.2017.1317643


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