Gender Impacts of Molecular-Assisted Breeding: The Case of Insect and Disease Resistant Cassava in Nigeria

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dc.contributor.authorMarimo, Pricillaen
dc.contributor.committeechairNorton, George W.en
dc.contributor.committeememberChristie, Maria Elisaen
dc.contributor.committeememberAlwang, Jeffrey R.en
dc.contributor.departmentAgricultural and Applied Economicsen
dc.date.accessioned2014-03-14T20:39:52Zen
dc.date.adate2009-06-26en
dc.date.available2014-03-14T20:39:52Zen
dc.date.issued2009-05-13en
dc.date.rdate2009-06-26en
dc.date.sdate2009-06-12en
dc.description.abstractCassava is the main staple crop in Nigeria. Using primary data from four south eastern states in Nigeria, the study assessed the gender impacts of improved cassava varieties. Comparative statistical analysis reveals that total female labor is higher than total male in cassava production, processing and marketing. Women spend more labor days than males for planting, weeding, harvesting, marketing and processing. The total female family labor is higher for adopters of new improved cassava varieties. There is however lower family labor input for both male and female adopters for clearing and plowing which are normally done by men. Significant determinants of female labor supply are number of children in the household, percent of females in the household providing labor on the farm, area under improved cassava varieties and total land area. There is a positive unexpected relationship between total female labor supply and number of children. For each of the decision making variables, there is a significant association between the gender of the spouse and the decision made except for the decision on family labor allocation. Probit results show a significant decrease in the probability that the wife makes the decision for family labor allocation, what inputs to buy and borrowing and traditional cassava income control with adoption. Results indicate that both men and women spend their income on services directly linked to the household's welfare. More than half of the women ranked food as number one.en
dc.description.degreeMaster of Scienceen
dc.identifier.otheretd-06122009-010049en
dc.identifier.sourceurlhttp://scholar.lib.vt.edu/theses/available/etd-06122009-010049/en
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10919/33537en
dc.publisherVirginia Techen
dc.relation.haspartcopyright_FAO_SEAGA.pdfen
dc.relation.haspartThesis_Marimo.pdfen
dc.relation.haspartADB_copyright.pdfen
dc.relation.haspartIRB_approvalletter.pdfen
dc.relation.haspartcopyright_raniparker.pdfen
dc.rightsIn Copyrighten
dc.rights.urihttp://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/en
dc.subjectimproved cassava varietiesen
dc.subjectGenderen
dc.subjectproductionen
dc.subjectprocessing and marketingen
dc.subjectNigeriaen
dc.subjectMolecular-assisted breedingen
dc.titleGender Impacts of Molecular-Assisted Breeding: The Case of Insect and Disease Resistant Cassava in Nigeriaen
dc.typeThesisen
thesis.degree.disciplineAgricultural and Applied Economicsen
thesis.degree.grantorVirginia Polytechnic Institute and State Universityen
thesis.degree.levelmastersen
thesis.degree.nameMaster of Scienceen

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