This study is an empirical investigation of how individual risk attitudes influence the agricultural productivity of … from 2014 and 2015, the results indicate lower productivity on female-owned plots. Controlling for various socio …-economic factors, the results show that as the female farmers' increase risk taking, the productivity of female-owned plots goes down …

This study analyzes how risk attitudes influence the agricultural productivity of men and women in a subSaharan African … increase risk taking, the productivity of female-owned plots goes down. The study controls for various socio-economic factors …, improved inputs, and policies that support increase in productivity. …