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Data Needs for Gender Analysis in Agriculture

Sectors:
Gender, Youth, and Social Dynamics | Gender Analysis
Authors:
International Food Policy Research Institute
Year Published:
2013
Resource Type:
Technical Guidance
Language:
English

To support gender analysis in agriculture, household surveys should be better designed to capture gender specific control and ownership of agricultural resources such as male-owned, female-owned, and jointly owned assets. This paper offers guidelines on how to improve data collection efforts to ensure that women farmers are interviewed and that their voices are heard.