Purpose

This study assessed the extent of women empowerment and empirically investigated its effect on the adoption of climate-smart agricultural practices at the plot level in Nigeria.

Design/methodology/approach

Using the empowerment score and women empowerment gap for each household which were derived from the Abbreviated Women's Empowerment in Agriculture Index, a multivariate probit model which controlled for the influence of gender and women empowerment on climate-smart agricultural practices' adoption was estimated. The study made use of data from the ECOWAS-RAAF-PASANAO survey conducted in Nigeria in 2017.

Findings

The results show that men are significantly more empowered than women in four out of the five domains of empowerment and are more likely to adopt crop rotation. However, female plot managers have a higher likelihood of adopting green manure and agroforestry, while no significant gender differences in the adoption of organic manure and zero/minimum tillage were found.

Social implications

The results suggest that closing the empowerment gap between women and their spouses would positively influence the adoption of agroforestry.

Originality/value

This study represents the first attempt to examine the adoption of these practices from a gender perspective using a nationally representative plot-level dataset in Nigeria. Furthermore, this study contributes to existing literature on how gender differences influence technology adoption by modelling the effect of empowerment score for each plot manager, and the women empowerment gap for each household on the adoption of five climate-smart agricultural practices.

中文翻译：

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尼日利亚增强妇女权能和采用气候智能型农业做法

目的

这项研究评估了增强妇女权能的程度，并通过实证研究了其对尼日利亚地块一级采用气候智能型农业实践的影响。

设计/方法/方法

使用从“简略的农业妇女赋权指数”得出的每个家庭的赋权得分和妇女赋权差距，估算了一个多变量概率模型，该模型控制了性别和妇女赋权对采用气候智能农业实践的影响。该研究利用了2017年在尼日利亚进行的ECOWAS-RAAF-PASANAO调查的数据。

发现

结果表明，在五个赋权领域中的四个领域中，男人的赋权能力明显强于女性，并且更可能采用轮作。但是，女性田间管理者采用绿肥和农林业的可能性更高，而在采用有机肥和零耕/最小耕作的过程中，没有发现明显的性别差异。

社会影响

结果表明，缩小妇女及其配偶之间的赋权差距将对采用农用林业产生积极影响。

创意/价值

这项研究是使用尼日利亚全国代表性地块级数据集从性别角度检验这些做法的采用的首次尝试。此外，该研究通过对每个地块管理者的赋权得分的影响进行建模，以及在采用五种气候智能型农业实践的情况下，每个家庭的女性赋权差距进行建模，从而为有关性别差异如何影响技术采用的现有文献做出了贡献。