relation: http://oar.icrisat.org/11635/
title: Estimating and Decomposing Groundnut Gender Yield Gap: Evidence from Rural Farming Households in Northern Nigeria
creator: Muricho, G
creator: Lokossou, J
creator: Affognon, H
creator: Ahmed, B
creator: Desmae, H
creator: Ajeigbe, H
creator: Vabi, M B
creator: Yila, J
creator: Akpo, E
creator: Ojiewo, C
subject: Nigeria
subject: Groundnut
subject: Gender Research
description: Poverty among smallholder farmers in sub-Saharan Africa has been associated with low  agricultural productivity emanating from gender yield gaps among other factors. Using data collected  from smallholder groundnut producers in Nigeria, we analyzed the gender yield gap by applying the  exogenous switching regression (ESR) model and Oaxaca–Blinder (OB) decomposition framework.  Results from the two complementary approaches showed a significant gender yield gap in favor of  male headed households (MHHs). The main and significant source of the gap was differences in  resources/endowments. We found that involving female headed households (FHHs) in prerequisite  yield augmenting activities like technology validation trials, testing, and demonstrations is critical in  closing the existing yield gap.
publisher: MDPI
date: 2020-10
type: Article
type: PeerReviewed
format: application/pdf
language: en
identifier: http://oar.icrisat.org/11635/1/sustainability-12-08923.pdf
identifier:   Muricho, G and Lokossou, J and Affognon, H and Ahmed, B and Desmae, H and Ajeigbe, H and Vabi, M B and Yila, J and Akpo, E and Ojiewo, C  (2020) Estimating and Decomposing Groundnut Gender Yield Gap: Evidence from Rural Farming Households in Northern Nigeria.  Sustainability (TSI), 12 (21).  pp. 1-20.  ISSN 2071-1050     
relation: https://doi.org/10.3390/su12218923
relation: doi:10.3390/su12218923