Gender Gap in Sub-Sahara African Agriculture: A Decomposition Approach for Prioritizing Interventions

Research Project

Project/Area Number	24K17971
Research Category	Grant-in-Aid for Early-Career Scientists
Allocation Type	Multi-year Fund
Review Section	Basic Section 41010:Agricultural and food economics-related
Research Institution	Institute of Developing Economies, Japan External Trade Organization
Principal Investigator	NIKIEMA Relwende.Apollinaire 独立行政法人日本貿易振興機構アジア経済研究所, 開発研究センターミクロ経済分析研究グループ, 研究員 (10982548)
Project Period (FY)	2024-04-01 – 2027-03-31
Project Status	Granted (Fiscal Year 2024)
Budget Amount *help	¥4,160,000 (Direct Cost: ¥3,200,000、Indirect Cost: ¥960,000) Fiscal Year 2026: ¥1,690,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,300,000、Indirect Cost: ¥390,000) Fiscal Year 2025: ¥1,300,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,000,000、Indirect Cost: ¥300,000) Fiscal Year 2024: ¥1,170,000 (Direct Cost: ¥900,000、Indirect Cost: ¥270,000)
Keywords	Gender Gap / Agriculture Productivity / Decomposition Method / Sub-Saharan Africa
Outline of Research at the Start	In this research, I aim to determine the quantitative importance of the factors that explain agricultural productivity gap between the male and female farmers across 8 African countries. This will help designing tailored interventions to reduce gender inequality in agriculture production in this region.