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The role of women in production and management of RTB crops in Rwanda and Burundi: Do men decide, and women work?.

dc.contributor.authorOkonya, J.S.
dc.contributor.authorMudege, N.N.
dc.contributor.authorRietveld, A.M.
dc.contributor.authorNduwayezu, A.
dc.contributor.authorKantungeko, D.
dc.contributor.authorHakizimana, B.M.
dc.contributor.authorNyaga, J.N.
dc.contributor.authorBlomme, G.
dc.contributor.authorLegg, J.P.
dc.contributor.authorKroschel, J.
dc.date.accessioned2020-06-24T15:21:59Z
dc.date.available2020-06-24T15:21:59Z
dc.date.issued2019
dc.identifier.citationOkonya, J.S., Mudege, N.N., Rietveld, A.M., Nduwayezu, A., Kantungeko, D., Hakizimana, B.M., ... & Kroschel, J. (2019) The role of women in production and management of RTB crops in Rwanda and Burundi: Do men decide, and women work?. Sustainability 11(16), 1-15.
dc.identifier.issn2071-1050
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12478/6868
dc.description.abstractThis paper evaluates the determinants of decision-making in relation to the production of four crops (banana, cassava, potato, and sweet potato). Understanding the division of labor and decision-making in crop management may lead to designing better interventions targeted at improving efficiency in smallholder agriculture. In 2014, the research team conducted a quantitative household survey with heads of households involving 261 women and 144 men in Burundi and 184 women and 222 men in Rwanda. Most of the decisions and labor provision during the production of both cash crops (potato and banana) and food crops (sweet potato and cassava) were done jointly by men and women in male-headed households. Higher values for ‘credit access’, ‘land size’, and ‘farming as the main occupation of the household head’ increased the frequency of joint decision-making in male-headed households. A decline in the amount of farm income reduced the participation of men as decision-makers. A reduction in total household income and proximity to the market was correlated with joint decision-making. Gender norms also contributed to the lower participation of women in both decision-making and labor provision in banana and potato cultivation. Although a large proportion of decisions were made jointly, women perceived that men participate more in decision-making processes within the household during the production of cash crops. Increased participation by women in decision-making will require an active and practical strategy which can encourage adjustments to existing traditional gender norms that recognize men as the main decision-makers at both the household and community levels.
dc.description.sponsorshipCGIAR Research Program on Roots, Tubers, and Bananas
dc.description.sponsorshipCGIAR Fund Donors
dc.format.extent1-15
dc.language.isoen
dc.subjectBananas
dc.subjectCassava
dc.subjectPotatoes
dc.subjectSweet Potatoes
dc.subjectGender
dc.subjectRole of Women
dc.subjectDecision Making
dc.titleThe role of women in production and management of RTB crops in Rwanda and Burundi: Do men decide, and women work?.
dc.typeJournal Article
cg.contributor.crpRoots, Tubers and Bananas
cg.contributor.affiliationInternational Potato Center
cg.contributor.affiliationBioversity International
cg.contributor.affiliationRwanda Agricultural Board
cg.contributor.affiliationInternational Institute of Tropical Agriculture
cg.contributor.affiliationInstitut des Sciences Agronomique du Burundi
cg.contributor.affiliationUniversity of Nairobi
cg.coverage.regionAfrica
cg.coverage.regionEast Africa
cg.coverage.countryBurundi
cg.coverage.countryRwanda
cg.coverage.hubEastern Africa Hub
cg.researchthemePlant Production and Health
cg.identifier.bibtexciteidOKONYA:2019
cg.isijournalISI Journal
cg.authorship.typesCGIAR and developing country institute
cg.iitasubjectAgronomy
cg.iitasubjectBanana
cg.iitasubjectCassava
cg.iitasubjectGender
cg.iitasubjectPlant Breeding
cg.iitasubjectPlant Production
cg.iitasubjectSmallholder Farmers
cg.journalSustainability
cg.notesOpen Access Journal; Published online: 9 Aug 2019
cg.accessibilitystatusOpen Access
cg.reviewstatusPeer Review
cg.usagerightslicenseCreative Commons Attribution 4.0 (CC BY 0.0)
cg.targetaudienceScientists
cg.identifier.doihttps://dx.doi.org/10.3390/su11164304
cg.iitaauthor.identifierJames Legg: 0000-0003-4140-3757
cg.noniitaauthor.identifierJoshua Okonya: 0000-0002-9874-5021
cg.noniitaauthor.identifierNetsayi Mudege: 0000-0002-0389-1967
cg.noniitaauthor.identifierAnne Rietveld: 0000-0002-9400-9473
cg.noniitaauthor.identifierGuy Blomme: 0000-0002-3857-964X


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