This paper focuses on how gender affects income differentials for men and women in aquaculture in the Southern province of Malawi. It is important to understand these gender differences and disparities in the aquaculture sector because disparities between men and women particularly differences in income, result in women being relegated further into ’positions of poverty’ (Weeratunge et al., 2010:406). More than a fourth of people employed in the fisheries and aquaculture sector in Africa are women (Rajaratnum et al., 2016). But it is becoming increasingly apparent that benefits and opportunities are not equitably distributed across gender and socio-economic classes (Kruijssen et al., 2018; Morgan et al., 2016) . Descriptive statistics and multivariate linear regression across married women, single women and men were used.
Findings: (see table 1). Land size positively determines income from fish farming for men, married women, and single women. Household size negatively determines fish income received by married women. Selling to neighbors and friends (coded as 1 and the others as 0) has a negative impact on incomes received by married women and single women at 95% confidence level. Pond ownership (coded as 1 for yes) by married women have a higher probability of increased. Education level significantly and positively influences the level of fish income earned by men and single women. Experience in fish farming positively influences the income received from fish farming by single women. Ability of single women to make household decisions by themselves positively influences the income they earn from fish farming. Age is negatively significant for men. Younger men have a higher likelihood of earning more from fish farming. Extension visits positively impacts fish revenue earned by men The more extension visits a man receives, the more likely he will have increased income from fish farming. Market distance negatively affects the income earned from fish farming by men.