Factors enabling the participation of women in income sharing among banana (musa spp.) producing households in South Imenti, Meru County, Kenya
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2019Author
Nyabaro, Violet
Mburu, John
Hutchinson, Margaret
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The growing demand for banana coupled with the introduction of
better planting material in the last decade has led to increased
area under banana production and commercialization. Just like
most subsistence crops, banana production has been female
dominated and controlled. However, commercialization has led to
a dynamic shift in production with more men taking up active
roles in the value chain. This has led to the displacement of
women from the high value chain with men taking up dominant
roles. The main objective of this paper was to determine factors
that favor the participation of women in sharing of banana
income. Data collection was done in March 2017 from 160 households in South Imenti, Meru County, Kenya. A systematic sampling
technique was used to draw the respondents. Qualitative data was
acquired through the use of key informant interviews and focus
group discussions. A fractional logit model was used to determine
the effects of independent variables on the participation of
women in income sharing. Findings from the regression analysis
indicate that the presence of off-farm income within the household increases the probability of a woman taking part in household decision-making
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https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/09718524.2019.1669104http://erepository.uonbi.ac.ke/handle/11295/155396
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: Violet Nyabaro, John Mburu & Margaret Hutchinson (2019) Factors enabling the participation of women in income sharing among banana (musa spp.) producing households in South Imenti, Meru County, Kenya, Gender, Technology and Development, 23:3, 277-292, DOI: 10.1080/09718524.2019.1669104Publisher
University of Nairobi
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