COVID-19 and Revenues of Women in Agribusiness: Insights from Benin.

We investigate the effects of COVID-19 containment measures on the revenues of women in agribusiness in Benin, a low-income country in West Africa, using a fixed effect model and unique data from 214 women selected using the simple random sampling technique. Our results indicate that COVID-19 contai...

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Published in:	Human Ecology: An Interdisciplinary Journal Vol. 51; no. 5; pp. 1033 - 1041
Main Authors:	Amoussouhoui, Rico, Assogba, Noel Perceval, Zakari, Filikibirou Tassou, Allavo, Makosso Antoine, Akpa, Kuassi Auxence Aristide, Yergo, Wilfried Gnipabo, Banout, Jan, Nkhata, Smith G.
Format:	Article
Published:	Springer Nature Oct2023
Subjects:	Benin West Africa Fixed effects model COVID-19 Agricultural industries Low-income countries Statistical sampling Sampling (Process)
Online Access:	View this record in EBSCOhost

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Summary:	We investigate the effects of COVID-19 containment measures on the revenues of women in agribusiness in Benin, a low-income country in West Africa, using a fixed effect model and unique data from 214 women selected using the simple random sampling technique. Our results indicate that COVID-19 containment measures substantially decreased women's revenues from agribusiness activities, irrespective of the product. These findings suggest that policies aiming to alleviate the health crisis must be considered in a comprehensive framework and include financial protections to mitigate the economic costs.