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Disparate access to quality land and fertilizers explain Malawi’s gender yield gap (Record no. 63476)

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control field 63476
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control field MX-TxCIM
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control field 20211006080842.0
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022 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD SERIAL NUMBER
International Standard Serial Number 0306-9192
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Standard number or code https://doi.org/10.1016/j.foodpol.2020.102002
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Original cataloging agency MX-TxCIM
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Language code of text/sound track or separate title eng
100 1# - MAIN ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME
9 (RLIN) 19054
Personal name Burke, W.J.
245 10 - TITLE STATEMENT
Title Disparate access to quality land and fertilizers explain Malawi’s gender yield gap
260 ## - PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC. (IMPRINT)
Place of publication, distribution, etc. United Kingdom :
Name of publisher, distributor, etc. Elsevier,
Date of publication, distribution, etc. 2021.
500 ## - GENERAL NOTE
General note Peer review
520 ## - SUMMARY, ETC.
Summary, etc. Grain yields on land managed by women in developing countries are usually lower than those on male-managed fields This is usually attributed to unequal access to productive inputs, highlighting the systemically inegalitarian distribution of opportunities between men and women. This study examines the yield differences between male-, female- and jointly-managed maize fields in Malawi. We test the hypothesis that there is no yield gap after controlling for access to higher quality soils, fertilizer, and other inputs. Furthermore, we explicitly test for significant differences in the endowment of soil quality and the likelihood of employing soil improving management practices between male-, female- and jointly-managed fields. We employ field-level data on field managers, production, and input use, coupled with lab-assessed field-specific soil characteristics from 912 observations in Malawi’s Central and Southern regions that were collected during the 2018 harvest season. Unlike many previous studies, we measure yield using a combination of yield cuts, plant population density, mid-season chlorophyll measurements, and satellite data (versus using farmer-reported data). Soil quality endowments are measured using total carbon, an effectively fixed condition. Farming effects on soil quality are measured using labile carbon fractions. We find women are disproportionately likely to be farming with lower quality seeds and less fertilizer on lower quality soils, and there is no yield gap after controlling for these factors. Our results will be beneficial to policy makers in Malawi because they highlight potential interventions that can be both productivity-enhancing and advance the goal of gender equality.
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Language note Text in English
650 #7 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM
Source of heading or term AGROVOC
9 (RLIN) 1123
Topical term or geographic name as entry element Gender
650 #7 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM
Source of heading or term AGROVOC
9 (RLIN) 1356
Topical term or geographic name as entry element Yield gap
650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM
Topical term or geographic name as entry element Productivity
Miscellaneous information AGROVOC
9 (RLIN) 1756
650 #7 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM
Source of heading or term AGROVOC
9 (RLIN) 1270
Topical term or geographic name as entry element Soil quality
651 #7 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--GEOGRAPHIC NAME
Source of heading or term AGROVOC
9 (RLIN) 1950
Geographic name Africa South of Sahara
651 #7 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--GEOGRAPHIC NAME
Source of heading or term AGROVOC
9 (RLIN) 1319
Geographic name Malawi
700 1# - ADDED ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME
9 (RLIN) 2980
Personal name Jayne, T.S.
773 0# - HOST ITEM ENTRY
Place, publisher, and date of publication United Kingdom : Elsevier, 2021.
Related parts v. 100, art. 102002
Title Food Policy
International Standard Serial Number 0306-9192
Record control number 444320
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03/10/2021   03/10/2021 Article Not Lost Dewey Decimal Classification     Reprints Collection   CIMMYT Knowledge Center: John Woolston Library CIMMYT Knowledge Center: John Woolston Library 03/10/2021

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