Input choices in agriculture: Is there a gender bias?

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dc.contributor.authorBhagowalia, P.en
dc.contributor.authorChen, S.en
dc.contributor.authorShively, Gerald E.en
dc.contributor.departmentSustainable Agriculture and Natural Resource Management (SANREM) Knowledgebaseen
dc.coverage.spatialIndiaen
dc.coverage.temporal1975 - 1985en
dc.date.accessioned2016-04-19T20:07:51Zen
dc.date.available2016-04-19T20:07:51Zen
dc.date.issued2007en
dc.description.abstractThis study analyzes the effect of child gender on the use of agricultural inputs in rural India. Results indicate that households with boys use fertilizers, irrigation services, and insecticides to a greater extent than households with girls. One reason for this may be that boys provide a sense of social security and provide more assurance that the farm will stay in the family, therefore more effort is put into the farm to keep it productive. Examining gender biases and how they affect the behavior of farmers in a household is important to addressing agricultural productivity and food security.en
dc.description.notesSysCoor-5 (Policy and Governance)en
dc.format.mimetypeapplication/pdfen
dc.identifier4682en
dc.identifier.citationWorking Paper No. 07-09en
dc.identifier.other4682_Bhagowalia2007_Agri_Investment_Gender_Bi.pdfen
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10919/68918en
dc.language.isoen_USen
dc.publisherWest Lafayette, IN: Purdue University, Department of Agricultural Economicsen
dc.relation.urihttp://EconPapers.repec.org/RePEc:pae:wpaper:07-09en
dc.rightsCopyright by Priya Bhagowalia, Susan Chen and Gerald Shively. All rights reserved. Readers may make verbatim copies of this document for non-commercial purposes by any means, provided that this copyright notice appears on all such copies.en
dc.subjectSmall-scale farmingen
dc.subjectFood securityen
dc.subjectGenderen
dc.subjectAgricultureen
dc.subjectSouth asiaen
dc.subjectIndiaen
dc.subjectDemographicsen
dc.subjectInput useen
dc.subjectAgricultural economicsen
dc.subjectVillage level studiesen
dc.subjectSon preferenceen
dc.subjectProductivityen
dc.subjectGender biasen
dc.subjectFarm/Enterprise Scale Field Scaleen
dc.titleInput choices in agriculture: Is there a gender bias?en
dc.typeTechnical reporten
dc.type.dcmitypeTexten

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