Commercialization of groundnut does not reduce women’s control.Machine shelling of groundnut does not reduce women’s control.The higher women’s share of the workload, the greater their control over the crop.Women maintain their control over groundnuts by allowing men control over other crops.Men and women have conflicting views on women’s level of control.Women have greater control over some crops than others.Six hypotheses regarding ‘women’s crops’ are tested using the method: This approach uses both qualitative and quantitative methods to compare results obtained from different methods and explore the reasons for divergence, test hypotheses suggested by qualitative methods and to help interpret the findings from a household survey. It is not restricted to crops only, but it can also measure changes in women’s control over livestock. The method was developed to measure women’s control over decision-making for crop production, sales and use of income.
This method is for policy makers, students and researchers.Ĭountry of focus: Zambia. It combines quantitative data collected through household survey in Zambia along with qualitative data collected through multiple rounds of Focus Group Discussions (FGDs) first in mixed-gender groups to describe control over crop production and sale, and then in sex-segregated groups with members of groundnut seed-producer groups. This is a new method to measure women’s control over decision-making for agricultural production, sales and use of income, using a mixed-methods approach.
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