Women's wealth status and factors on cotton farms in West Africa
- Référence bibliographique
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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)
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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
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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.