In this paper we examine whether there are significant gender differences in the adoption of climate‐smart agricultural (CSA) practices in sub‐Saharan Africa. Using individual‐level data from four sites in Kenya, Uganda and Senegal, our empirical analysis provides robust evidence that men have a higher likelihood of adopting high‐return CSA practices including modern chemical fertiliser, improved high‐yielding varieties and drought/pest tolerant livestock practices. In contrast, women tend to have a higher likelihood of adopting low‐risk and low‐return traditional CSA practices such as water harvesting, crop covering, rangeland management and pest management. Our subsample analysis shows significant heterogeneity in the gender gap across countries. The results of the decomposition of the observed gender gap show that personal values and norms, access to weather and production information and farm characteristics are important factors that explain the gender differential in the likelihood of CSA adoption. Our findings imply that equalising access to key resources such as plots of land, information and decision making power will be crucial to close the gender gap in the adoption of CSA practices. This is particularly important given the differential impacts of climate change between men and women in sub‐Saharan Africa.

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采用气候智能型农业实践中的性别差距：来自撒哈拉以南非洲的证据

在本文中，我们研究了撒哈拉以南非洲地区采用气候智能型农业（CSA）实践是否存在显着的性别差异。利用来自肯尼亚、乌干达和塞内加尔四个地点的个人数据，我们的实证分析提供了强有力的证据，表明男性更有可能采用高回报的 CSA 实践，包括现代化肥、改良高产品种和耐旱/虫害牲畜做法。相比之下，女性往往更有可能采用低风险、低回报的传统 CSA 做法，例如集水、作物覆盖、牧场管理和害虫管理。我们的子样本分析显示各国之间的性别差距存在显着异质性。对观察到的性别差距的分解结果表明，个人价值观和规范、获取天气和生产信息以及农场特征是解释采用 CSA 的可能性中性别差异的重要因素。我们的研究结果表明，平等获取关键资源（例如土地、信息和决策权）对于缩小采用 CSA 实践的性别差距至关重要。考虑到气候变化对撒哈拉以南非洲地区男性和女性的不同影响，这一点尤为重要。