Gender, agricultural commercialization, and collective action in Kenya
Gender, agricultural commercialization, and collective action in Kenya
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DOI：
10.1007/s12571-012-0199-7
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发表时间：
2012-09-01
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影响因子：
6.7
通讯作者：
Qaim, Matin
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作者：
Fischer, Elisabeth;Qaim, Matin
随着农业商业化，由于在获得生产资源方面持续存在性别差异，妇女日益处于不利地位。旨在改善小农进入市场和技术的农民集体行动可能会加速这一趋势。在这里，我们使用肯尼亚小规模香蕉生产者的调查数据来调查最近成立的农民团体的性别影响。传统上，香蕉一直是肯尼亚的女性作物。我们的结果证实，这些群体有助于增强男性对香蕉的控制。我们还分析营养影响。虽然男性对香蕉收入的控制并不影响家庭卡路里消耗，但它对饮食质量具有负边际效应。我们证明，当女性本身就是农民团体成员时，就可以避免农民团体的负面性别影响。在最贫困的收入阶层，群体成员身份甚至似乎对女性控制的收入份额产生积极影响。讨论了农民集体行动性别主流化的一些政策影响。
With the commercialization of agriculture, women are increasingly disadvantaged because of persistent gender disparities in access to productive resources. Farmer collective action that intends to improve smallholder access to markets and technology could potentially accelerate this trend. Here, we use survey data of small-scale banana producers in Kenya to investigate the gender implications of recently established farmer groups. Traditionally, banana has been a women's crop in Kenya. Our results confirm that the groups contribute to increasing male control over banana. We also analyze nutritional implications. While male control over banana revenues does not affect household calorie consumption, it has a negative marginal effect on dietary quality. We demonstrate that the negative gender implications of farmer groups can be avoided when women are group members themselves. In the poorest income segments, group membership even seems to have a positive effect on female-controlled income share. Some policy implications towards gender mainstreaming of farmer collective action are discussed.