Abstract
We analyse gender differences in the response of smallholder farmers to droughts, taking the duration and severity of the event into account. Using a novel weather shock measure that combines spatial rainfall data with detailed cropping calendars, survey data from Uganda and standard econometric techniques, we find that adverse weather events provide an opportunity for women to enter the commercial crop market by allocating land from subsistence to income generating crops. This counterintuitive pattern is, in part, explained by the greater propensity of men to allocate time to non-agricultural activities in the event of weather shocks.
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 829-856 |
Number of pages | 28 |
Journal | Journal of Agricultural Economics |
Volume | 72 |
Issue number | 3 |
Early online date | 10 Feb 2021 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - 30 Sept 2021 |
Keywords
- Crop choices
- gender
- land allocation
- smallholder farmers
- sub-Saharan Africa
- weather shocks
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Economics and Econometrics
- Agricultural and Biological Sciences (miscellaneous)