Gender differentials in adoption of improved maize production technologies in mbeya region of the Southern Highlands of Tanzania
2000
Mwangi, Wilfred | Verkuijl, Hugo (CIMMYT, Addis Abeba (Ethiopia)) | Bisanda, Shekania
Gender differentials in the adoption of improved maize production technologies were analyzed using the logit regression model. Two dependent variables that constitute the main components of the improved maize production technology were used. These were improved seed varieties and fertilizer. The results indicated that the adoption of improved maize seed and fertilizer is biased by gender, where female-headed households adopt the technologies less. The number of cattle, extension services and years of education had a positive influence on the adoption of improved maize seed for male-headed households, while the use of organic fertilizer, household size, district (Mboze), and radio ownership had a positive influence on the adoption of inorganic fertilizer for male-headed households. The number of cattle, years of education, extension services, and area under mize did not affect the adoption of improved maize seed or fertilizer for female-headed households, mainly due to significantly less access of female heads to these resources or service. Therefore, policy should address gender disparities in access to extension services, formal education and cattle ownership that exist because of socio-cultural and institutional factors limiting the adoption of technologies by female-headed households.
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