Gender Roles in <i>Enset</i> Product Marketing: The Case of Wonchi District, South West Shoa Zone, Oromia National Regional State, Ethiopia

Sheleme Refera

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Gender Roles in Enset Product Marketing: The Case of Wonchi District, South West Shoa Zone, Oromia National Regional State, Ethiopia

Sheleme Refera

Published in Science Development (Volume 4, Issue 3)

Received: 29 June 2023 Accepted: 1 August 2023 Published: 10 August 2023

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Abstract

In Ethiopia, enset is one of the indigenous root crops widely cultivated in the south and south western parts, particularly in Wonchi district. Enset product specifically kocho is a major source of food and cash income for majority of smallholder farmers. Enset processing and its product marketing is left for women regardless of the tediousness of the process. Though, it is considered as female’s work by the community, concrete evidence about the gender role in enset product marketing is not well documented. This study aimed to identify gender role enset product marketing in Wonchi District. Both primary and secondary data were used for the study. Primary data were collected from randomly selected 184 sample enset producers through two stages sampling technique. The data were analyzed by descriptive methods. The results indicated that both genders participated at different activities in kocho marketing. The production stage is practiced mainly by males while enset processing, kocho marketing and controlling generated income from kocho marketing are dominantly performed by females. The study recommends provision of awareness creation to change the work division culture and perception difference between men and females in kocho marketing and rising experience producers through experience sharing on the enset production.

Published in	Science Development (Volume 4, Issue 3)
DOI	10.11648/j.scidev.20230403.11
Page(s)	36-41
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Gender, Kocho, Marketing, Wonchi

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Sheleme Refera. Gender Roles in Enset Product Marketing: The Case of Wonchi District, South West Shoa Zone, Oromia National Regional State, Ethiopia. Sci Dev. 2023;4(3):36-41. doi: 10.11648/j.scidev.20230403.11

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Socio Economics Department, Bako Agricultural Engineering Research Center, Oromia Agricultural Research Institute, Bako, Ethiopia

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Sheleme Refera. Gender Roles in Enset Product Marketing: The Case of Wonchi District, South West Shoa Zone, Oromia National Regional State, Ethiopia. Sci Dev. 2023;4(3):36-41. doi: 10.11648/j.scidev.20230403.11

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  abstract = {In Ethiopia, enset is one of the indigenous root crops widely cultivated in the south and south western parts, particularly in Wonchi district. Enset product specifically kocho is a major source of food and cash income for majority of smallholder farmers. Enset processing and its product marketing is left for women regardless of the tediousness of the process. Though, it is considered as female’s work by the community, concrete evidence about the gender role in enset product marketing is not well documented. This study aimed to identify gender role enset product marketing in Wonchi District. Both primary and secondary data were used for the study. Primary data were collected from randomly selected 184 sample enset producers through two stages sampling technique. The data were analyzed by descriptive methods. The results indicated that both genders participated at different activities in kocho marketing. The production stage is practiced mainly by males while enset processing, kocho marketing and controlling generated income from kocho marketing are dominantly performed by females. The study recommends provision of awareness creation to change the work division culture and perception difference between men and females in kocho marketing and rising experience producers through experience sharing on the enset production.},
 year = {2023}
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