Reducing gender gaps in the awareness and uptake of drought-tolerant maize in Uganda: The role of education, extension services and social networks

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dc.contributor.authorFishery, Monica
dc.contributor.authorHabte, Endeshaw
dc.contributor.authorEkere, William
dc.contributor.authorAbatez, Tsedeke
dc.contributor.authorLewinx, Paul A.
dc.date.accessioned2023-01-25T13:30:10Z
dc.date.available2023-01-25T13:30:10Z
dc.date.issued2019
dc.description.abstractCultivation of drought-tolerant (DT) maize seed reduces drought risk in sub-Saharan Africa. Data from eastern Uganda reveal gender gaps in awareness and adoption of DT maize. Among surveyed male household heads, 67.6 percent had awareness of DT maize varieties and 29.2 percent grew them. Corresponding gures for female household heads were 43.3 percent (awareness) and 5.3 percent (adoption) and those for wives in spousal couple households were 51.0 percent and 11.1 percent. Propensity score matching (PSM) found that awareness of the technology has a decisive role in DT maize adoption. Regression analysis indicated that education exerts the greatest in uence on agricultural technology awareness for female household heads, while social networks matter most for wives of male household heads. Policies leading to gender equity in access to education and agricultural information resources would give women farmers similar awareness of DT maize seed as men farmers and reduce the gender technology gap.en_US
dc.identifier.citationFisher, M., Habte, E., Ekere, W., Abate, T., & Lewin, P. A. (2019). Reducing gender gaps in the awareness and uptake of drought-tolerant maize in Uganda: The role of education, extension services and social networks. Journal of Gender, Agriculture and Food Security (Agri-Gender), 4(302-2020-394), 38-50. doi:10.19268/JGAFS.412019.4en_US
dc.identifier.issn10.19268/JGAFS.412019.4
dc.identifier.urihttps://nru.uncst.go.ug/handle/123456789/7222
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherJournal of Gender, Agriculture and Food Security (Agri-Gender)en_US
dc.subjectAdaptationen_US
dc.subjectAfricaen_US
dc.subjectAgricultural Technologyen_US
dc.subjectClimate Changeen_US
dc.subjectGenderen_US
dc.titleReducing gender gaps in the awareness and uptake of drought-tolerant maize in Uganda: The role of education, extension services and social networksen_US
dc.typeArticleen_US
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