Table 3 Crop production in the study sites and gender patterns by cropping (percentages of male, MHH, and female-headed households, FHH)
From: Households and food security: lessons from food secure households in East Africa
Crop | LUSHOTO | RAKAI | WOTE | FHHs | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
MHHs | FHHs | MHHs | FHHs | MHHs | ||
Cash crops | ||||||
 Coffee | 90 | 10 | 82 | 18 | – | – |
 Cotton | – | – | – | – | 100 | 0 |
 Groundnuts | – | – | 72 | 28 | – | – |
 Sugarcane | 79 | 21 | – | – | – | – |
Cereals | ||||||
 Maize | 63 | 37 | 77 | 23 | 89 | 11 |
 Sorghum |  – | – | – | – | 88 | 12 |
Fruits | ||||||
 Avocados | 57 | 43 | – | – | – | – |
 Banana | 68 | 32 | 77 | 23 | 100 | 0 |
 Mango | – | – | – | – | 94 | 6 |
 Oranges | – | – | – | – | 91 | 9 |
 Papaya | – | – | – | – | 94 | 6 |
Pulses | ||||||
 Bean | 60 | 40 | 77 | 23 | 92 | 8 |
 Cowpeas | – | – | – | – | 89 | 11 |
 Green grams | – | – | – | – | 87 | 13 |
 Pigeon pea | – | – | – | – | 88 | 12 |
Starches | ||||||
 Cassava | 67 | 33 | 77 | 23 | 95 | 5 |
 Potato | 63 | 37 | 81 | 19 | – | – |
 Sweet potato | 67 | 33 | 75 | 26 | – | – |
 Tree_shrubs |  |  |  |  |  |  |
 Shrubs/trees | – | – | 93 | 7 | – | – |
 Trees | 78 | 22 | – | – |  |  |
Vegetables | ||||||
 Cabbage | 70 | 30 | – | – | – | – |
 Chillies | – | – | 83 | 17 | – | – |
 Pepper sweet | 88 | 17 | – | – | – | – |
 Tomato | 85 | 15 | 92 | 8 | – | – |