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The main objectives of this paper are twofold; first, to highlight the gender gap in food crop commercialization and in key household welfare indicators with an understanding that food crop commercialization touches on two highly contested household domains that are, in a classical sense, gendered (the domestic domain and the market domain). Secondly, the paper set out to investigate the nexus between food crop commercialization and household welfare, particularly on multidimensional poverty (MPI) and household food security and nutrition. The paper establishes that, compared to other household types, male-headed households with a female dominant voice have favorable outcomes in terms of food commercialization and household welfare indicators. We also find that food crop commercialization reduces MPI if at least 39 percent of food crops produced are sold. Below this threshold, food crop commercialization has negative effects on MPI. Additionally, the paper finds that food crop commercialization is likely to have a positive effect on food security. Various policy implications are drawn from the findings.
