Are Women Less Capable in Managing Crops? Insights from Cotton Production in Northern China
- Literature reference
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- Author
- Wang Guiyan and Fok Michel
- English title of the work
- Are Women Less Capable in Managing Crops? Insights from Cotton Production in Northern China
- Title of the work
- Are Women Less Capable in Managing Crops? Insights from Cotton Production in Northern China
- Year of publication
- 2016
- Author's email
- michel.fok@cirad.fr
- Journal or magazine
- Feminist Economics
- Miscellaneous extra information
- Published online first in 2016
- URL Address
- http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/13545701.2016.1241416
- Countries concerned
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China
- Associated thesauruses
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Colire
- Keywords Colire
Production cost comparison
Intra-country comparison of production cost
GM & general environmental risk
Bt cotton
Estimation of pesticide use
Crop comparison of pesticide use
Estimation of fertilizer use
Comparison of crop fertilizing
Cotton & water use
Crop comparison of water use
Competition & techno. access
Cost of techno. access
Techno. supply competition
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- 2017-03-15
- Modifed on
- 2017-03-15
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Fok Michel
- Abstract
- Women’s performance in agriculture matters, as women are becoming increasingly involved in agricultural production worldwide. Many studies have demonstrated that women-led farms perform less well as a result of less access to production factors, but no studies focus on how women perform without this constraint. This study fills that gap by analyzing the case of cotton cropping, which is known for its high labor requirements, high production inputs, and need for technical knowledge. Using primary data collected in northern China over the 2006–9 period, it uses the concept of “Daily Crop Management” (DCM) and identifies DCM farms managed by women whose husbands were engaged in off-farm activities on a long-term basis. The study finds that one-third of all farms were female-DCM farms, that these were smaller than those of their male counterparts but had equal access to production factors and achieved equal if not better technical and economic performances.
- English abstract
- Women’s performance in agriculture matters, as women are becoming increasingly involved in agricultural production worldwide. Many studies have demonstrated that women-led farms perform less well as a result of less access to production factors, but no studies focus on how women perform without this constraint. This study fills that gap by analyzing the case of cotton cropping, which is known for its high labor requirements, high production inputs, and need for technical knowledge. Using primary data collected in northern China over the 2006–9 period, it uses the concept of “Daily Crop Management” (DCM) and identifies DCM farms managed by women whose husbands were engaged in off-farm activities on a long-term basis. The study finds that one-third of all farms were female-DCM farms, that these were smaller than those of their male counterparts but had equal access to production factors and achieved equal if not better technical and economic performances.