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 | – | – |