Poverty and productivity in female-headed households in Zimbabwe
基于2001年津巴布韦农村调查，比较事实与法律上的女性户主家庭与男性户主家庭的贫困和农业生产力差异，发现仅在棉花种植上女性户主家庭生产力较低。
A household survey conducted in rural Zimbabwe in 2001 is used to compare the position of de facto and de jure female-headed households to those with a male head. These households are characterised by different forms of poverty that impinge on their ability to improve agricultural productivity. However, once inputs are accounted for, it is only for growing cotton that female-headed households' productivity is lower than that found for male-headed households. General poverty alleviation policies will benefit the female-headed household but specific interventions via extension services and access to marketing consortia are also indicated.