TY  - JOUR
AV  - public
A1  - Muricho, G
A1  - Lokossou, J
A1  - Affognon, H
A1  - Ahmed, B
A1  - Desmae, H
A1  - Ajeigbe, H
A1  - Vabi, M B
A1  - Yila, J
A1  - Akpo, E
A1  - Ojiewo, C
TI  - Estimating and Decomposing Groundnut Gender Yield Gap: Evidence from Rural Farming Households in Northern Nigeria
UR  - https://doi.org/10.3390/su12218923
JF  - Sustainability (TSI)
SN  - 2071-1050
PB  - MDPI
N1  - We gratefully acknowledge the financial support for this research by the Bill and Melinda
Gates Foundation (BMGF).
N2  - 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.
KW  - Groundnut
KW  -  Nigeria
KW  -  Gender
KW  -  Yield gap
KW  -  Resources
Y1  - 2020/10//
SP  - 1
ID  - icrisat11635
EP  - 20
VL  - 12
IS  - 21
ER  -