African Journal of Agricultural and Resource Economics
(AfJARE)
Journal Africain d’Économie Agricole et des Ressources
(JAEAR)
Published by the African Association of Agricultural
Economists (AAAE)
ISSN 1993-3738
Volume 15, No. 1 (March 2020)

The main focus of this paper was to: (i) determine the impact of women’s share of household income on the pattern of expenditure on various categories of basic goods in southeast Nigeria; (ii) explain the pattern of household expenditure using the bargaining model of household behaviour; and (iii) extrapolate the results to the policy implications of gender-specific control of household incomes.

Agricultural commercialisation is a critical pathway for economic development in Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA). However, the lack of market information may impede this development. To the best of the authors’ knowledge, this is the first paper to examine market information and preferences for soybean quality in a developing-world context.