Emmanuel Obuobie, Pay Drechsel, George Danso and Liqa Raschid-Sally

In: UA Magazine No. 12 - Gender and Urban Agriculture

As in many other West African countries, men dominate in open-space urban vegetable farming in Ghana, particularly open-space irrigated vegetable farming. The arduous nature of most farm tasks, such as land clearing and preparation is the major reason given by farmers (both male and female) to explain why men dominate this informal sector activity. Women were found to dominate in the marketing of urban farm produce. This is partly due to the Ghanaian tradition that marketing in general is a woman's job, but also because Ghanaian women perceive marketing as more profitable, and less risky than farming.