Women's wealth status and factors on cotton farms in West Africa

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Communication à conférence de Faridath ABOUDOU and Michel FOK - 2020

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  • Année de publication
  • 2020
  • Auteur(s)
  • Faridath ABOUDOU and Michel FOK
  • Titre du document
  • Women's wealth status and factors on cotton farms in West Africa
  • Titre en anglais
  • Women's wealth status and factors on cotton farms in West Africa
  • Adresse email de l'auteur
  • michel.fok@cirad.fr
  • Titre du livre (ou de la conférence)
  • 7th World Cotton Research Conference
  • Pays concerné(s)
  • Burkina Faso
    Togo
    Bénin
  • Thésaurus associé(s)
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  • Mots-clé(s) Colire
  • Comparaison des conditions de vie des familles
    Comparaison inter-pays
    Accès aux services de bien-être
    Accès à la télécommunication
    Contribution des femmes à la production
    Travaux au champ des femmes
    Changement dans la contribution des femmes
    Effets de la contribution des femmes à la production
    Egalité homme/femme
    Charge de travail des femmes
    Revenu des femmes
    Estimation du revenu
    Niveau de revenu
    Revenu coton
  • Enregistré le
  • 2020-09-22
  • Modifié le
  • 2020-09-22
  • Administré par
  • Fok Michel
  • Résumé
  • Background
    Gender mainstreaming in rural development has mainly led to appraise women's performance in agricultural production comparatively to men. Studies are rare in understanding the impact of women's agricultural role on their own economic plight, even in Africa where women often have the opportunity to carry out various economic activities and to produce for their own account in fields. Our study in 2014 compensate for the lack by analyzing the characteristics, economic activities, income and assets of women on cotton-growing farms in relation to the characteristics of their husbands who headed farms. It was conducted in three countries with distinct cotton production evolution: continuous and great increase in Burkina Faso, chaotic in unstable cotton sector in Benin and stagnating in Togo having been put aside for decades by the international community.
    Results
    The economic fate of heads men on cotton farms was somewhat related to the status of cotton production in the studied countries, but much less clearly when that of women's was considered. Men in Togo lagged behind but men in all countries had their wealth positively influenced by their number of wives. The economic situation of women was generally weak but it was better particularly with regard to animal assets in Benin. Several factors affected women's wealth, notably that of their husbands.
    Conclusion
    Tradition keeps on, through the status of polygamy, but the observed men-women synergy in wealth accumulation is a positive sign that should persist because of a context of increasing economic exchanges in rural areas. The mentioned synergy deserves to be integrated into the approaches to deal with gender and development issues.
  • Résumé en anglais
  • Background
    Gender mainstreaming in rural development has mainly led to appraise women's performance in agricultural production comparatively to men. Studies are rare in understanding the impact of women's agricultural role on their own economic plight, even in Africa where women often have the opportunity to carry out various economic activities and to produce for their own account in fields. Our study in 2014 compensate for the lack by analyzing the characteristics, economic activities, income and assets of women on cotton-growing farms in relation to the characteristics of their husbands who headed farms. It was conducted in three countries with distinct cotton production evolution: continuous and great increase in Burkina Faso, chaotic in unstable cotton sector in Benin and stagnating in Togo having been put aside for decades by the international community.
    Results
    The economic fate of heads men on cotton farms was somewhat related to the status of cotton production in the studied countries, but much less clearly when that of women's was considered. Men in Togo lagged behind but men in all countries had their wealth positively influenced by their number of wives. The economic situation of women was generally weak but it was better particularly with regard to animal assets in Benin. Several factors affected women's wealth, notably that of their husbands.
    Conclusion
    Tradition keeps on, through the status of polygamy, but the observed men-women synergy in wealth accumulation is a positive sign that should persist because of a context of increasing economic exchanges in rural areas. The mentioned synergy deserves to be integrated into the approaches to deal with gender and development issues.