What is the sense of gender targeting in agricultural extension programs? Evidence from eastern DR Congo

Isabel Lambrecht, Bernard Vanlauwe and Miet Maertens

No 167158, Working Papers from Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Centre for Agricultural and Food Economics

Abstract: Development projects often evaluate their gender strategy by the proportion of female participants. However, female participation not necessarily coincides with reaching program objectives. With data from South-Kivu, we analyze whether targeting female farmers in agricultural extension programs increases the adoption of three technologies: improved legume varieties, row planting, and mineral fertilizer. We find that joint male and female program participation leads to the highest adoption rates, and that female participation is not conducive for the adoption of capital-intensive technologies while it is for (female) labor-intensive technologies, and that targeting female-headed households is more effective for technology adoption than targeting female farmers in male-headed households.

Keywords: Agricultural and Food Policy; Community/Rural/Urban Development (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 34
Date: 2014
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DOI: 10.22004/ag.econ.167158

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