@article{Meijer:246044,
      recid = {246044},
      author = {Meijer, Seline S. and Sileshi, Gudeta W. and Kundhlande,  Godfrey and Catacutan, Delia and Nieuwenhuis, Maarten},
      title = {The Role of Gender and Kinship Structure in Household  Decision-Making for Agriculture and Tree Planting in  Malawi},
      journal = {Journal of Gender, Agriculture and Food Security  (Agri-Gender)},
      address = {2015},
      number = {302-2016-4750},
      year = {2015},
      abstract = {This study examines household decision-making on various  agricultural activities—including
tree planting and  management—among farming families in Malawi. A  mixed-method
approach consisting of a household survey  (containing 135 married respondents and 16
focus group  discussions) was used to analyze the gender dimensions of  decision-making and
the role of kinship structure. The  study found that most decisions in relation to  agricultural
activities are made either by the husband or  by the husband and wife together. However,
decisions  regarding tree planting and tree management are more often  made by the
household head alone, and are considered mainly  the domain of men. These results were
reinforced by the  focus group discussions, which also revealed that women do  play a role in
the implementation of these activities. In  patrilineal households decisions were made more
often by  the husband alone compared to matrilineal families where  there was more joint
decision-making by husbands and wives  together. Decision-making on tree planting by the
wife and  joint decision-making on tree management resulted in higher  densities of trees
planted on farms compared to situations  where decisions were made by the husband alone.},
      url = {http://ageconsearch.umn.edu/record/246044},
      doi = {https://doi.org/10.22004/ag.econ.246044},
}