| dc.description.abstract | The objective of this study was to analyse the
cost of the gender gap in agriculture in both
Kenya and Rwanda. Data were collected in
Makuyu in Muranga County in Kenya and in
Musambira in the Southern Province of
Rwanda. From the descriptive statistics, the
study found that there are more and bigger
gender gaps in Kenya than in Rwanda. From
the analysis, it has emerged that the cost to
women for not using the variables considered
as necessary for agricultural production was
smaller as compared to the one for men. In
terms of benefits for using the above inputs,
men benefit more than women. Having
irrigation was the only indicator that showed
any significance in influencing the cost of
gender gap and this could be due to the limited
number of cases in the study. The information
received from the qualitative data supports
most of the observations made in the
quantitative interviews. Although this study is
based on a small sample, it still shows that
gender gaps are costly to the farmers and to
the economy in general. It is, therefore,
important on the part of the governments of
Kenya and Rwanda to put in place measures
to sensitize men that gender inequality is
costly and that by reducing it, both men and
women benefit. | en_US |
