Special Issue, Agricultural Economics VOL U ME 46 | I SSU E 3 | 2 0 1 5 Gender and Agriculture in Sub-Saharan Africa THIS SPECIAL ISSUE contributes to the literature on gender differences in sub-Saharan Special Issue, Journal of Development Studies V O L u M e 51 | ISSue 8 | 2 01 Farm-Level Pathways to African agriculture primarily by using new and innovative Improved Nutritional Status micro data. The first six studies in this issue [see reverse side of flyer for Table of Contents], focus on the extent and drivers of Ta b l e o f C o n T e n T s gender differences in agricultural productivity. Farm-Level Pathways to Improved Nutritional Status: Introduction to the Special Issue These studies use multi-topic, nationally- Gero carletto, Marie Ruel, Paul Winters & alberto Zezza representative, sex-disaggregated data from the Living Standards Measurement Study-Integrated Cows, Missing Milk Markets, and Nutrition in Rural Ethiopia John hoddinott, Derek headey & Mekdim Dereje Surveys on Agriculture (LSMS-ISA) initiative. The remaining two studies in this volume Agricultural Production, Dietary Diversity and Climate Variability rely on in-depth quantitative and qualitative andrew Dillon, Kevin McGee & Gbemisola Oseni case study data from Mozambique, providing Programme Participation Intensity and Children’s Nutritional Status: complimentary insights. While the Special Issue Evidence from a Randomised Control Trial in Mozambique presents clear evidence of gender gaps in key alan de Brauw, Patrick eozenou & Mourad Moursi agricultural outcomes, the extent and drivers of these disparities vary both within and across Agricultural Production and the Nutritional Status of Family Members in Tanzania Vanya Slavchevska countries. This makes designing policies to address gender gaps more challenging, yet of Does Livestock Ownership Affect Animal Source Foods Consumption and Child crucial importance. Without directly addressing Nutritional Status? Evidence from Rural Uganda carlo azzarri, alberto Zezza, Beliyou haile & elizabeth cross the underlying causes of the disparities, the observed gender gaps could be exacerbated, If They Grow It, Will They Eat and Grow? Evidence from Zambia on Agricultural with potential negative implications on overall Diversity and Child Undernutrition agricultural productivity. Neha Kumar, Jody harris & Rahul Rawat Agricultural Diversity and Child Stunting in Nepal Gerald Shively & celeste Sununtnasuk Agricultural Economics Special Issue: http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/agec.2015.46.issue-3/issuetoc Women’s Empowerment Mitigates the Negative Effects of Low Production Diversity on Maternal and Child Nutrition in Nepal LSMS: www.worldbank.org/lsms hazel Jean L. Malapit, Suneetha Kadiyala, agnes R. Quisumbing, Kenda cunningham & Parul Tyagi INTERNATIONAL FOOD POLICY RESEARCH INSTITUTE IFPRI Special Issue, Agricultural Economics VOL U ME 46 | I SSU E 3 | 2 0 1 5 Gender and Agriculture in Sub-Saharan Africa TA B L E O F C O N T E N T S GenderSpecial Issue, And Agriculture In Journal of Africa: Sub-Saharan Development IntroductionStudies To The Special VOIssue L u M e 51 | ISSue 8 | 2 01 Talip Kilic, Paul Winters & Calogero Carletto Farm-Level Pathways to Explaining Gender Differentials In Agricultural Production In Nigeria Improved Nutritional Status Gbemisola Oseni, Paul Corral, Markus Goldstein & Paul Winters Decomposition Of Gender Differentials In Agricultural Productivity In Ethiopia Ta b l e o f C o n T e n T s Arturo Aguilar, Eliana Carranza, Markus Goldstein, Talip Kilic & Gbemisola Oseni Farm-Level Pathways to Improved Nutritional Status: Introduction to the Special Issue Gero carletto, Marie Ruel, Paul Winters & alberto Zezza Gender Differences In Agricultural Productivity: The Case Of Tanzania Vanya Slavchevska Cows, Missing Milk Markets, and Nutrition in Rural Ethiopia John hoddinott, Derek headey & Mekdim Dereje AgriculturalImplications Gender And Agricultural Productivity: Of Production, Dietary The Farm Diversity Subsidy InputVariability and Climate andrew Dillon, Kevin McGee & Gbemisola Oseni Program In Malawi R. Wendy Karamba & Paul C. Winters Programme Participation Intensity and Children’s Nutritional Status: Evidence from a Randomised Control Trial in Mozambique alan de Brauw, Patrick eozenou & Mourad Moursi The Nexus Between Gender, Collective Action For Public Goods And Agriculture: Evidence From Malawi Agricultural Production and the Nutritional Status of Family Members in Tanzania Nancy McCarthy & Talip Kilic Vanya Slavchevska Does Livestock Ownership Affect Animal Source Foods Consumption and Child Nutritional Status? Evidence from Rural Uganda Gender Inequalities In Ownership And Control Of Land In Africa: Myth And Reality carlo azzarri, alberto Zezza, Beliyou haile & elizabeth cross Cheryl Doss, Chiara Kovarik, Amber Peterman, Agnes Quisumbing & Mara van den Bold If They Grow It, Will They Eat and Grow? Evidence from Zambia on Agricultural Diversity and Child Undernutrition Gender, Control, And Crop Choice In Northern Neha Kumar, Mozambique Jody harris & Rahul Rawat Alan de Brauw Agricultural Diversity and Child Stunting in Nepal Gerald Shively & celeste Sununtnasuk Measuring Agricultural Knowledge And Adoption Florence Kondylis, Valerie Mueller Women’s & S. ZhuEmpowerment Mitigates the Negative Effects of Low Production Diversity on Maternal and Child Nutrition in Nepal hazel Jean L. Malapit, Suneetha Kadiyala, agnes R. Quisumbing, Kenda cunningham & Parul Tyagi INTERNATIONAL FOOD POLICY RESEARCH INSTITUTE IFPRI