We analyse gender differences in the response of smallholder farmers to droughts, taking the duration and severity of the event into account. Using a novel weather shock measure that combines spatial rainfall data with detailed cropping calendars, survey data from Uganda and standard econometric techniques, we find that adverse weather events provide an opportunity for women to enter the commercial crop market by allocating land from subsistence to income generating crops. This counterintuitive pattern is, in part, explained by the greater propensity of men to allocate time to non-agricultural activities in the event of weather shocks.

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作物选择、干旱和性别：乌干达农村小农应对天气冲击的新见解

我们分析了小农应对干旱的性别差异，同时考虑了事件的持续时间和严重程度。使用将空间降雨数据与详细的耕作日历、来自乌干达的调查数据和标准计量经济学技术相结合的新型天气冲击措施，我们发现不利的天气事件通过将土地从维持生计分配到创收，为妇女进入商业作物市场提供了机会农作物。这种违反直觉的模式部分是由于男性在发生天气冲击时更倾向于将时间分配到非农业活动中。