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Influence of productive resources on bean production in male‑ and female‑headed households in selected bean corridors of Kenya

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Title Influence of productive resources on bean production in male‑ and female‑headed households in selected bean corridors of Kenya
 
Creator Wambua, Scolastica
Birachi, Eliud Abucheli
Gichangi, Ann
Kavoi, Justus
Njuki, Jemimah
Mutua, Mercy
Ugen, Michael Adrogu
Karanja, David
 
Subject gender
genero
beans
phaseolus vulgaris l.
common beans
income
renta
production
kenya
 
Description Background

Gender-related constraints reflect gender inequalities in access to resources and development opportunities. Access to productive assets is a major issue in the gender empowerment discourse. Despite the significant roles women play in agriculture and food security in many developing countries, they continue to have a poorer command over a range of productive resources, including education, land, information and financial resources compared to their men counterparts. The purpose of the study was to establish the effect of access and control of productive resources on bean production.
Results

Data collected from 412 households in the major bean corridors of Kenya (Homa Bay, Machakos, Bomet and Narok counties) were used to explain the importance of access to productive resources and income use in determining the quantity of beans produced by households. We found that the sex of the respondent was significantly correlated with bean production, with female-headed households producing less beans than the male-headed ones (p = 0.0.08). With regard to access and control of productive resources, households with more agricultural incomes and those who put a larger proportion of their land to agriculture produced more beans (p = 0.008; p = 0.000, respectively). Access and use of fertilized and hired labour was also highly significant. When assessing decision making on the use of income from bean sales was considered, households where the female spouse made decisions produced less beans compared to those that had the male household head being the main decision maker (p = 0.011).
Conclusions

We concluded that access and control of productive assets are important in determining the quantity of beans produced at household level. There is a need therefore to come up with interventions which will benefit all the households but are targeted to the needs of the male- and female-headed households.
 
Date 2018-11-22
2019-01-16T14:12:49Z
2019-01-16T14:12:49Z
 
Type Journal Article
 
Identifier Wambua, Scolastica; Birachi, Eliud; Gichangi, Ann; Kavoi, Justus; Njuki, Jemimah; Mutua, Mercy; Ugen, Michael & Karanja, David . (2018). Influence of productive resources on bean production in male‑ and female‑headed households in selected bean corridors of Kenya. Agriculture & Food Security, 7:85.
2048-7010
https://hdl.handle.net/10568/99088
https://doi.org/10.1186/s40066-018-0236-7
 
Language en
 
Rights CC-BY-4.0
Open Access
 
Format 7:85
 
Publisher BioMed Central Ltd.
 
Source Agriculture and Food Security