The impact of agricultural and household technologies on women: A conceptual and quantitative analysis in Burkina Faso

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dc.contributor.authorLawrence, P. G.en
dc.contributor.authorSanders, J. H.en
dc.contributor.authorRamaswamy, S.en
dc.contributor.departmentSustainable Agriculture and Natural Resource Management (SANREM) Knowledgebaseen
dc.coverage.spatialBurkina Fasoen
dc.coverage.spatialSub-Saharan Africaen
dc.coverage.temporal-1999en
dc.date.accessioned2016-04-19T19:11:49Zen
dc.date.available2016-04-19T19:11:49Zen
dc.date.issued1999en
dc.descriptionMetadata only recorden
dc.description.abstractAgricultural technologies (new cultivars, inorganic fertilizers, soil- and water-conservation techniques) in Sub-Saharan Africa have been primarily introduced to male farmers by male-dominated extension services on the family plots. These yield-increasing, input-intensive technologies increase the demand for farm labor. So, not only do men obtain most of the direct benefits from the introduction of technology but this labor-intensive technology also increases the demands on women's time for additional labor. This raises the question: Are the combined effects of agricultural technologies beneficial or detrimental to women? We first develop a labor-market model that examines the impact of agricultural and household technologies on labor allocation and income determination within the household. We then discuss the important issue of how household labor-allocation decisions and division of income are made within the family in Sub-Saharan Africa. We use a programming model to estimate the effects of these technologies on household incomes and the income of women. The results indicate that the impact of agricultural technologies depends on the type of decision-making prevailing in the household. In contrast, household technologies increase the welfare of women regardless of the type of decision-making. However, with bargaining behavior, agricultural technologies do benefit women and there is some empirical support for this type of household behavior in Sub-Saharan African households.en
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dc.identifier1632en
dc.identifier.citationJournal of the International Association of Agricultural Economists 20(1999): 203-214en
dc.identifier.issn0169-5150en
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10919/66726en
dc.language.isoen_USen
dc.publisherAmsterdam, New York: Elsevieren
dc.rightsIn Copyrighten
dc.rights.urihttp://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/en
dc.subjectRural developmenten
dc.subjectHousehold enterpriseen
dc.subjectSemiarid zonesen
dc.subjectSustainable developmenten
dc.subjectLivelihoodsen
dc.subjectTropical zonesen
dc.subjectSubhumid zonesen
dc.subjectEmpowermenten
dc.subjectGenderen
dc.subjectCommunity developmenten
dc.subjectWomenen
dc.subjectFemale laboren
dc.subjectTechnologyen
dc.subjectLabor allocationen
dc.subjectHousehold incomeen
dc.subjectTechnical progressen
dc.subjectFarm incomeen
dc.subjectWagesen
dc.subjectLabor marketsen
dc.subjectDecision makingen
dc.subjectFarm/Enterprise Scaleen
dc.titleThe impact of agricultural and household technologies on women: A conceptual and quantitative analysis in Burkina Fasoen
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