Women’s employment in rural Senegal: what can we learn from non-farm diversification strategies?

IF 2.4 Q2 AGRICULTURAL ECONOMICS & POLICY
Thierno M. O. Diallo, A. Mazu, A. Araar, A. Dieye
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PurposeAs rural nonfarm activities grow in developing countries, less attention is being paid to the opportunities they may provide for women. The purpose of this study is to examine the gender-differentiated impact of nonfarm diversification strategies in rural Senegal.Design/methodology/approachThis study uses data collected from the Senegalese poverty monitoring survey and employs an instrumental variable (IV) approach and a multinomial endogenous treatment model to investigate the extent to which diversification strategies lead to improved outcomes for rural women and their households.FindingsWhile nonfarm diversification is a male-dominated livelihood strategy, rural women make the most of it, regardless of whether they diversify into low- or high-return nonfarm activities. At the individual level, diversification improves rural women’s well-being through large income-increasing effects and higher empowerment but has no effect on rural men’s well-being. At the household level, the authors find that, when only women diversify, households have lower per capita income but are less likely to be food insecure than when only men or both genders diversify.Research limitations/implicationsThis study is based on cross-sectional data, making it impossible to examine the dynamic effects of nonfarm diversification strategies on well-being outcomes.Originality/valueThis study contributes to the current literature on rural livelihood diversification. While much attention has been paid to the feminization of agriculture, remarkably little is known about the expanding role of rural women in the nonfarm sector.
塞内加尔农村妇女就业:我们可以从非农多样化战略中学到什么?
目的随着发展中国家农村非农活动的增加,人们对它们可能为妇女提供的机会的关注越来越少。本研究的目的是检验塞内加尔农村非农多样化战略的性别差异影响。设计/方法/方法本研究使用从塞内加尔贫困监测调查中收集的数据,并采用工具变量(IV)方法和多项内生治疗模型来调查多样化战略在多大程度上改善了农村妇女及其家庭的结果。发现虽然非农多样化是男性主导的生计策略,但农村妇女充分利用了这一策略,无论她们是从事低回报还是高回报的非农活动。在个人层面,多样化通过巨大的收入增长效应和更高的赋权提高了农村妇女的福祉,但对农村男子的福祉没有影响。在家庭层面,作者发现,与只有男性或两性多样化的情况相比,只有女性多样化的情况下,家庭的人均收入较低,但粮食不安全的可能性较小。研究局限性/含义这项研究基于横断面数据,因此无法检验非农多样化策略对幸福感结果的动态影响。原创性/价值本研究为当前关于农村生计多样化的文献做出了贡献。尽管人们非常关注农业的女性化,但对农村妇女在非农部门日益扩大的作用却知之甚少。
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4.60
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37.50%
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期刊介绍: The Journal of Agribusiness in Developing and Emerging Economies publishes double-blind peer-reviewed research on issues relevant to agriculture and food value chain in emerging economies in Asia, Africa, Latin America and Eastern Europe. The journal welcomes original research, particularly empirical/applied, quantitative and qualitative work on topics pertaining to policies, processes, and practices in the agribusiness arena in emerging economies to inform researchers, practitioners and policy makers
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