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Retracted: Women engagement in agriculture and human capital development in developing countries: An African sub-regional analysis.

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    • Source:
      Publisher: Public Library of Science Country of Publication: United States NLM ID: 101285081 Publication Model: eCollection Cited Medium: Internet ISSN: 1932-6203 (Electronic) Linking ISSN: 19326203 NLM ISO Abbreviation: PLoS One Subsets: MEDLINE
    • Publication Information:
      Original Publication: San Francisco, CA : Public Library of Science
    • Subject Terms:
      Developing Countries* ; Agriculture*; Humans ; Female ; Socioeconomic Factors ; Educational Status ; Africa ; Economics
    • Abstract:
      Considering the relevant role played by women in agriculture in Africa, this study sets out to examine how women's engagement in agriculture contributes to human capital development in selected African countries. The study engagedpanel data of selected 33 African countries spanning the period of 2000 to 2019. The study applied the Pooled Ordinary Least Squares (POLS) and the fixed effects based on the Hausman specification. Findings show that engagement of women in agriculture, though significant, but negatively related to human capital development in Africa. The implication of this is that an increase in women's engagement in agriculture without the required level of education and training and access to agricultural resources may have a negative impact on human capital development. Therefore, the study recommended that it is necessary to train women in terms of agricultural skills needed to improve human capital development in Africa.
      (Copyright: © 2022 Matthew et al. This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.)
    • Abstract:
      The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.
    • Comments:
      Retraction in: PLoS One. 2025 Oct 23;20(10):e0335089. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0335089.. (PMID: 41129494)
    • References:
      Front Public Health. 2021 Sep 13;9:724337. (PMID: 34589464)
      Afr J Reprod Health. 2021 Nov;25(s5):107-115. (PMID: 37585775)
    • Publication Date:
      Date Created: 20221209 Date Completed: 20221216 Latest Revision: 20260415
    • Publication Date:
      20260415
    • Accession Number:
      PMC9733838
    • Accession Number:
      10.1371/journal.pone.0277519
    • Accession Number:
      36490246