Gender, agriculture and sustainable livelihood among rural farmers in northern Ghana

Women play an important role in agriculture and rural economic development. Gender access to farmland and its impact on agricultural productivity, as well as gender-based sustainable livelihoods, are all part of rural development policy. Understanding or gaining insight into gender access to agricul...

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Veröffentlicht in:Economic change and restructuring Jg. 56; H. 5; S. 3257 - 3279
Hauptverfasser: Azumah, Francess Dufie, Onzaberigu, Nachinaab John, Adongo, Awinaba Amoah
Format: Journal Article
Sprache:Englisch
Veröffentlicht: New York Springer US 01.10.2023
Springer Nature B.V
Schlagworte:
Access
Acquisition
Agricultural development
Agricultural economics
Agricultural land
Agricultural production
Agricultural research
Agriculture
Constraints
Development Economics
Development policy
Economic development
Economic Growth
Economic Policy
Economics
Economics and Finance
Farmers
Female roles
Gender
Gender inequality
Inheritance
Inheritance and succession
International Economics
Land
Livelihood
Long term
Macroeconomics/Monetary Economics//Financial Economics
Marginality
Patriarchy
Political Economy/Economic Systems
Productivity
Random sampling
Rural areas
Rural communities
Rural development
Sampling
Sustainability
Sustainable development
Sustainable livelihood
Women
Ghana
Patriarchy
Gender
Sustainable Livelihood
Farmlands
Rural Farmers
ISSN:1573-9414, 1574-0277
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Zusammenfassung:Women play an important role in agriculture and rural economic development. Gender access to farmland and its impact on agricultural productivity, as well as gender-based sustainable livelihoods, are all part of rural development policy. Understanding or gaining insight into gender access to agricultural land and long-term sustainability aids in improving the needs of rural women in land acquisition. The purpose of this study was to investigate gender access to farmland and its impact on agricultural productivity and gender sustainable livelihood, as well as the constraints and methods involved in farmland access and acquisition. A quantitative approach was used in the study. Data were collected through questionnaire from 120 rural farmers from four communities using a simple random sampling method. The findings revealed that insufficient fertile farmland is a major factor influencing agricultural productivity. In the study areas, patriarchal inheritance emerged as the primary mode of farmland access and acquisition, but it also acted as a constraint to gender farmland access. Due to patriarchy, male farmers were said to have easier access to farmland than their female partners. The study also concluded that women are marginalized when it comes to acquiring land for agricultural production, which has an impact on the gender's long-term livelihood sustainability. To address the challenges confronting rural gender farmland access, a policy to ensure gender equality in farmland access is required.
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ISSN:1573-9414
1574-0277
DOI:10.1007/s10644-022-09399-z