Bargaining power and biofortification: The role of gender in adoption of orange sweet potato in Uganda

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cg.authorship.typesCGIAR single centreen_US
cg.contributor.affiliationInternational Food Policy Research Instituteen_US
cg.contributor.affiliationUniversity of Californiaen_US
cg.contributor.affiliationDelhi School of Economicsen_US
cg.contributor.crpPolicies, Institutions, and Marketsen_US
cg.contributor.donorBill & Melinda Gates Foundationen_US
cg.coverage.countryUgandaen_US
cg.coverage.iso3166-alpha2UGen_US
cg.coverage.regionAfricaen_US
cg.coverage.regionEastern Africaen_US
cg.creator.identifierAgnes Quisumbing: 0000-0002-5429-1857en_US
cg.creator.identifierDaniel Gilligan: 0000-0002-3530-0148en_US
cg.howPublishedFormally Publisheden_US
cg.identifier.projectIFPRI - Poverty, Health, and Nutrition Divisionen_US
cg.identifier.publicationRankNot rankeden_US
cg.placeWashington, D.C.en_US
cg.subject.ilriAGRICULTUREen_US
cg.subject.ilriGENDERen_US
cg.subject.ilriRESEARCHen_US
dc.contributor.authorGilligan, Daniel O.en_US
dc.contributor.authorKumar, Nehaen_US
dc.contributor.authorMcNiven, Scotten_US
dc.contributor.authorMeenakshi, Jonnalagadda V.en_US
dc.contributor.authorQuisumbing, Agnes R.en_US
dc.date.accessioned2015-08-03T11:40:51Zen_US
dc.date.available2015-08-03T11:40:51Zen_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10568/67766en_US
dc.titleBargaining power and biofortification: The role of gender in adoption of orange sweet potato in Ugandaen_US
dcterms.abstractWe examine the role of gender in adoption and diffusion of orange sweet potato, a biofortified staple food crop being promoted as a strategy to increase dietary intakes of vitamin A among young children and adult women in Uganda. As an agricultural intervention with nutrition objectives, intrahousehold gender dynamics regarding decisions about crop choice and child feeding practices may play a role in adoption decisions. Also, most households access sweet potato vines through informal exchange, suggesting again that gender dimensions of networks may be important to diffusion of the crop. We use data from an experimental impact evaluation of the introduction of OSP in Uganda to study how female bargaining power, measured by share of land and nonland assets controlled by women, affect adoption and diffusion decisions. We find that the share of assets controlled by women does not affect the probability of adopting OSP at the household level. In examining adoption decisions within households, plots of land exclusively controlled by women are not more likely to contain OSP, but plots under joint control of men and women, in which a woman has primary control over decisionmaking are significantly more likely to contain OSP. Plots exclusively controlled by men are the least likely to contain OSP. Also, we find that the share of nonland assets controlled by women increases dietary intakes of vitamin A, but this measure of female bargaining power does not increase the impact of the OSP project on vitamin A, suggesting that the project had similar impacts across households with different levels of female bargaining power.en_US
dcterms.accessRightsOpen Accessen_US
dcterms.audienceScientistsen_US
dcterms.bibliographicCitationGilligan, Daniel O.; Kumar, Neha; McNiven, Scott; Meenakshi, J.V. and Quisumbing, Agnes R. 2014. Bargaining power and biofortification: The role of gender in adoption of orange sweet potato in Uganda. IFPRI Discussion Paper 1353. Washington, DC: International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI). https://hdl.handle.net/10568/151100en_US
dcterms.isPartOfIFPRI Discussion Paperen_US
dcterms.issued2014-06-15en_US
dcterms.languageenen_US
dcterms.publisherInternational Food Policy Research Instituteen_US
dcterms.relationhttps://hdl.handle.net/10568/153950en_US
dcterms.relationhttps://hdl.handle.net/10568/153909en_US
dcterms.replaceshttps://ebrary.ifpri.org/digital/collection/p15738coll2/id/128184en_US
dcterms.subjectagricultureen_US
dcterms.subjectgenderen_US
dcterms.typeWorking Paperen_US

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