ISBN:  Unavailable

Category: Political Science / Public Policy / Agriculture & Food Policy

Page count: 6

<p>Key takeaways:</p><p>Gender-based environmental and social external costs create substantial economic inefficiencies in the agricultural sector.</p><p>The gender wage gap contributes 12.8% to total external costs.</p><p>Women's limited access to resources leads to reduced productivity, with female farmers investing 36% less in inputs than their male counterparts.</p><p>Workplace harassment, which disproportionately affects women, accounts for 10.8% of total external costs.</p><p>Unequal land management practices (women managing smaller plots) and having restricted access to improved agricultural inputs create additional inefficiencies in resource allocation and production outcomes.</p>