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How does adoption of labor saving agricultural technologies affect intrahousehold resource allocations? The case of push-pull technology in Western Kenya

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https://doi.org/10.1016/j.foodpol.2021.102114
doi:10.1016/j.foodpol.2021.102114
 
Title How does adoption of labor saving agricultural technologies affect intrahousehold resource allocations? The case of push-pull technology in Western Kenya
 
Creator Diiro, G M
Fisher, M
Kassie, M
Muriithi, B W
Muricho, G
 
Subject Agriculture
Agriculture-Farming, Production, Technology, Economics
Kenya
 
Description Considerable research documents why women farmers have lower technology adoption rates than men farmers,
but relatively little is known about what happens within a household after technology uptake. This study contributes
through an investigation of the intrahousehold distribution of benefits and costs of agricultural technology
adoption in western Kenya. Using gender-disaggregated data and an endogenous switching regression
approach, we elucidate the causal effects of push pull technology (PPT) adoption on intrahousehold labor and
expenditure allocation. Results show that adoption increases household labor allocation for harvesting of maize,
the staple crop, but reduces the labor required for other tasks (e.g., ploughing and weeding). In net, the technology
is labor saving, with men experiencing a slightly greater workload reduction than women. In terms of
expenditure impacts, PPT uptake increases household expenditures on children’s education and consumption
goods commonly associated with female preferences. Study findings support wider uptake of PPT to trigger gains
in social and economic wellbeing for both men and women farmers. Implications for policy and practice are
discussed.
 
Publisher Elsevier
 
Date 2021-06
 
Type Article
PeerReviewed
 
Format application/pdf
 
Language en
 
Identifier http://oar.icrisat.org/11845/1/Impact%20of%20Push%20Pull%20Technology%20on%20Intra-Household%20Labour%20Allocation%20in%20Kenya.pdf
Diiro, G M and Fisher, M and Kassie, M and Muriithi, B W and Muricho, G (2021) How does adoption of labor saving agricultural technologies affect intrahousehold resource allocations? The case of push-pull technology in Western Kenya. Food Policy (TSI), 102. pp. 1-18. ISSN 0306-9192