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Differences in women’s and men’s conservation of cacao agroforests in coastal Ecuador

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  13 August 2019

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Pilar Useche
Trent Blare*
Affiliation:
International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center (CIMMYT), formerly of the World Agroforestry Centre (ICRAF), Carretera México-Veracruz Km. 45, El Batan, Texcoco, 56237, Mexico
Pilar Useche
Affiliation:
University of Florida, Food and Resource Economics Department, 1103 McCarty Hall B, Gainesville, FL 32611, USA
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Author for correspondence: Dr Trent Blare, Email: t.blare@cgiar.org
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Summary

Stakeholder preferences for the conservation of cacao agroforests are scarcely known. Here, a revealed preference model was used to estimate the value that smallholders place on the conservation of their cacao agroforests in coastal Ecuador. Variables in the model included plot-level data (the gender of those who owned and managed the plot, profit, land title and years of ownership) and household demographic data (ages, educational levels and wealth indicators). Households were willing to give up some profit to conserve agroforests especially if they had managed the plot longer. Furthermore, when women were included in the management of a plot, the household was more likely to conserve the cacao agroforest, but the gender of the person who owns the plot had no effect on the probability of conserving the agroforest. These findings provide further evidence of the gender differences in preferences for agroforests and that more inclusive land-use decisions may lead to the use of more sustainable farming practices. They also demonstrate that policies that encourage inclusive land ownership do not necessarily ensure equal gender participation in plot decision-making and management.

Keywords

decision-makinggenderland-use policyLatin Americarural developmentsustainable farming
Type
Research Paper
Information
Environmental Conservation , Volume 46 , Issue 4: Thematic Section: Bringing Species and Ecosystems Together with Remote Sensing Tools to Develop New Biodiversity Metrics and Indicators , December 2019 , pp. 302 - 309
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© Foundation for Environmental Conservation 2019 

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