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Although attention to gender analysis in agricultural research has increased substantially in the past decade, the need for continued and more robust treatment of gender persists. This paper examines the gender dimensions in rice productivity in the Savulugu-Nanton Municipality in the Northern region of Ghana. It estimates productivity of rice production among gender using partial factor productivity measures. It also estimates the factors that influence productivity of rice farmers using the log-linear form of the Cobb-Douglas production function. The results showed that about 90% of male farmers permanently owned their farm land compared to 55% of females. Almost all (97%) the female farmers cultivated lower farm sizes of 0.2 - 1.2 Ha but for the same farm size, the male farmers were about half (48%). All the farmers both male and female had access to agrochemicals. There is a significant difference between productivity of male and female rice farmers. Female rice farmers have a productivity of more than thirty (30) percent higher than male rice farmers. The finding also show that education, agro-chemicals, labour, farm size, age, household size and farmer experience are the factors which significantly influence rice productivity. The paper recommends a strengthening of gender mainstreaming in all government policies in order to increase productivity.