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. 2017 Feb;67:52–63. doi: 10.1016/j.foodpol.2016.09.017

Table 2.

Female share of agricultural labor (%) by crop and country.

Crops Tanzania Malawi Niger Uganda Northern Nigeria Southern Nigeria Ethiopia Total
Cereals 52 54 21 55 28 43 28 31
Legumes 54 53 28 59 28 51 23 31
Roots + tubers 52 50 60 50 54 42
Fruits + vegetables + permanent crops 45 49 37 53 36 39 38 34
Non-edible crops 54 47 50 31 61 32 33



Total 52 52 24 56 32 52 29 40

Note: No shares are reported for categories with less than 2% of the observations.

Population weighted.