Abstract:
The main objective of this study was to assess the extent of gender effects on adoption of intensive
commercial poultry production system by peri-urban farmers. The sample frame was divided into two
strata made up of adopters and non-adopters. To select respondents, systematic sampling procedure
was applied for both strata. To identify those variables that influence the gender control of poultry
enterprise, a two-limit tobit model was used. The results from the two-limit tobit model identified three
variables: production system, education and employment of woman as significant determinants of the
degree of control by women. In conclusion, this study found that adoption of this system makes greater
demands on women’s unpaid labour without a matching increase in access to benefits. To improve
adoption of intensive production, it is recommended that women-farmers should be involved in on-farm
research activities and farmer-to-farmer should be involved in on-farm research activities and farmer-to-
farmer linkages.
