PASHFARM Project Research Review Workshop-15-17 April 2025.

Session

Quantifying gender productivity gaps at formal and informal food MSMEs in Cameroon (CR-G)

17 Apr 2025, 15:40

Zoom (Virtual)

Description

Presenter: Ousmanou Njikam, University of Yaounde, Cameroon
Peer Discussant: Racheal Namulondo
Resource Person: Victor Okoruwa
PSC Member: Dominique Njinkeu

31. Quantifying Gender Productivity Gaps at Formal and Informal Food Micro-, Small- and Medium-sized Enterprises in Cameroon

Economics Papers : Final Review

Abstract:
In sub-Saharan Africa, women have been acknowledged as key actors in food system functions e.g., production, processing, distribution and consumption. Yet it is well known that women-owned food businesses are often less profitable than their men-owned counterparts. Focusing on women as food producers and through a gender-responsive perspective we use the extended Oaxaca-Blinder and...