eprintid: 9031
rev_number: 10
eprint_status: archive
userid: 1305
dir: disk0/00/00/90/31
datestamp: 2015-09-30 08:06:58
lastmod: 2017-03-10 09:58:30
status_changed: 2015-09-30 08:06:58
type: conference_item
metadata_visibility: show
creators_name: Orr, A
creators_name: Tsusaka, T W
creators_name: Kee-Tui, S H
creators_name: Msere, H
icrisatcreators_name: Orr, A
icrisatcreators_name: Tsusaka, T W
icrisatcreators_name: Kee-Tui, S H
icrisatcreators_name: Msere, H
affiliation: ICRISAT (Nairobi)
affiliation: ICRISAT (Lilongwe)
affiliation: ICRISAT (Bulawayo)
country: Kenya
country: Malawi
country: Zimbabwe
title: What do we mean by ‘women’s crops’? Commercialisation, gender, and the power to name
ispublished: pub
subjects: s1.3
subjects: s2.4
divisions: D6
crps: crp1.14
full_text_status: public
pres_type: paper
keywords: Women Farmers, Female Farmers, Gender Studies, Gender Research, Zambia, Groundnut, Food Crops, Commercialisation
abstract: We explore the relationship between commercialisation and gender for groundnuts in Eastern Province, Zambia, using a mixed methods approach. Women saw themselves as having greater control over groundnuts than other crops, and both sexes saw groundnuts as controlled by women. Focus Group Discussions reported higher levels of control than found in a household survey. Propensity Score Matching showed that the machine shelling and higher sales did not reduce women’s perceived level of control over groundnuts. Women welcomed greater male participation in machine shelling because it reduced the drudgery of shelling by hand. This suggests that commercialisation did not disempower women.
date: 2015-08
date_type: published
pagerange: 01-35
event_title: International Conference of Agricultural Economists (ICAE)
event_location: Milan, Italy
event_dates: August 8-14, 2015
event_type: conference
refereed: TRUE
related_url_url: https://scholar.google.co.in/scholar?q=allintitle:+What+do+we+mean+by+women%27s+crops+Commercialisation+gender+and+the+power+to+name&hl=en&as_sdt=0,5
related_url_type: pub
citation:   Orr, A and Tsusaka, T W and Kee-Tui, S H and Msere, H  (2015) What do we mean by ‘women’s crops’? Commercialisation, gender, and the power to name.  In: International Conference of Agricultural Economists (ICAE), August 8-14, 2015, Milan, Italy.     
document_url: http://oar.icrisat.org/9031/1/A_ORR_IAAE_template_13_May_2015.pdf