1. Gender concerns in agricultural census in Africa WCA 2000 PRESENTATION OUTLINE 1.Introduction 2.Improved data collection regarding human and socio- economic factors 3.Results from selected countries

2. Gender concerns in agricultural census in Africa 1Introduction Urgent need to overcome general lack of gender specific data: WFS, 1996, recognised fundamental contribution women to food security, Changing role Government: central decision maker  facilitator of private sector involvement and decentralised decision-making Need to respond to recent emergencies: poverty, food insecurity, HIV/AIDS

3. Gender concerns in agricultural census in Africa 2.Improved data collection regarding human and socio-economic factors Gender-sensitive data reflects diverse situation of men and women in the agrarian economy  need to verify gender biases in: Agricultural holding  concept of sub-holder / field manager Head of Household  minimum presence of 6 months/year & interviewer training Agricultural labour: difficulty to distinguish between women’s productive and household activities

4. Gender concerns in agricultural census in Africa 3.Results from selected countries Include need for gender specific data in census objective Need for fine-tuning sub-holder concept, training and revision of analytical framework with regard to gender concerns Sub-holder concept one of most important innovations in 2000 WCA  allows for intra-household gender analysis of agricultural production Data producers and users need further training in gender concepts to increase demand for / use of gender specific data

5. Gender concerns in agricultural census in Africa Conclusion FIRST - Need to strengthen capacities of:  Statisticians for gender explicit analysis of agricultural data  Development planners use available data for gender specific planning

6. Gender concerns in agricultural census in Africa Conclusion SECOND – RECOGNITION NEED FOR DATA AT SUB-NATIONAL LEVEL This will illustrate regional differences in:  Agricultural performance  Feminisation of agricultural sector in Africa

7. Gender concerns in agricultural census in Africa 85+ 80 - 84 75 - 79 70 -74 65 - 69 60 - 64 55 - 59 50 - 54 45 - 49 40 - 44 35 - 39 30 - 34 25 - 29 20 - 24 15 -19.10 - 14.5 - 9 > 5 Male Female Scale maximum = 90000 Figure 1 - Sex and age disaggregation of agricultural population – Guinea Source: Recensement national agricole, 2000 - 2001 85+ 80 - 84 75 - 79 70 -74 65 - 69 60 - 64 55 - 59 50 - 54 45 - 49 40 - 44 35 - 39 30 - 34 25 - 29 20 - 24 15 -19.10 - 14.5 - 9 > 5 MaleFemale Scale maximum = 800000 GuineaLabe Region

8. Gender concerns in agricultural census in Africa Age group/ Province Male – female ratio in % NationalExtreme North NorthAdamaou a EastCentreSouthLittoralSouth- West North- West West MFMFMFMFMFMFMFMFMFMFMF 64+54464555 55 – 6454464555 45 – 5443574654554548524456396141594654623837633466 35 – 4441594654514931693961346642583367455544563268 25 – 3437633763336731694555425842584159485232682971 15 – 2444564852435750 4456415950584654435743573862 5 – 1451494753 > 5 ans50 National475348524852495150 47534852495150 46544258 Table 1 – Distribution of agricultural population by sex, by age group and per province – CAMEROON Source: Agricultural census 1984

9. ProvinceHead of holding Agricultural Census 1984 Head of holding Agricultural survey ’85 – ‘86 Head of holding Agricultural survey’89 – ‘90 MaleFemaleMaleFemaleMaleFemale Extreme – North91,88,291,88,292,67,4 North93,26,894,75,393,66,4 Adamaoua91,09,091,58,588,111,9 East91,68,490,89,285,614,4 Centre77,822,278,521,571,828.2 South84,915,181,118,971,228,8 Littoral79,120,979,920,163,236,8 South-West83,916,183,116,984,615,4 North – West85,414,689,110,975,424,6 West75,824,273,626,46634 National85,414,685,214,879,420,6 Gender concerns in agricultural census in Africa Table 2- Heads of agricultural holdings by sex and per province – CAMEROON Source: Agricultural census 1984 ; Agricultural surveys, 1985 – 86 and 1989 – ‘90

10. Gender concerns in agricultural census in Africa Table 3 - Distribution of areas cultivated by crop and by sex of Head of Household and Plot Managers – BURKINA FASO Source: ENSA 1993, Burkina Faso Impact of introduction of sub-holder concept CropHead of Household/sex (collective cultivation) % Plot Manager/sex (individual cultivation) % Both % malefemalemalefemalemalefemale Millet97345558713 Maize9919010892 Rice98265358515 Groundnuts97332685446 Vouandzuo964208050 White sorghum98258429010 Red sorghum9735545919 (sub) Total98248528614