Department of Agricultural, Food, and Resource Economics Feed the Future Innovation Lab for Food Security Policy

Challenges and Opportunities for Women in the Rwandan Coffee Sector
Maria Claudia Lopez
June 2017, Kigali, Rwanda

Recap of challenges and findings

• Female-headed HHs are different from the male-headed HHs (household characteristics, farms, coffee production etc.).
• Food scarcity is higher in women headed HHs (but it is high in both groups).
• Female-headed HHs join cooperatives more than male-headed HHs (safety net, increase capital, source of information).
• Female-headed HHs are hiring labor to do pruning, stumping and fertilizer application.
• Female-headed HHs apply less manure than male-headed HHs.
• Productivity is lower in female-headed HHs than in male-headed HHs.
• Female-headed HHs are using fewer inputs than male-headed HHs.
• Our data shows that female-headed HHs are reporting less antestia incidence in their fields.