This paper shows the implications of credit and labor market imperfections on gender differences in agricultural labor … generating activities and restricting access to inputs. The paper theoretically models the relationship between gender … theoretical model by decomposing the contribution of different factors to such gender differences. We find that agricultural labor …

in agriculture and two measures of household food security: per adult equivalent calorie availability and dietary … diversity. We use the Women’s Empowerment in Agriculture Index to assess the extent of women’s empowerment in agriculture …

Gender analysis focuses on the different roles and responsibilities of women and men and how these affect society … credit, land, education, decision-making power and rights to work. Explicitly, while gender analysis focuses on the relations … their well-being in agriculture, nutrition and food security. Not surprisingly, women therefore comprise the majority of the …

implications of promoting high-input, intensive agriculture on food security, social relations and nutrition are considered. I …