SOCIO-ECONOMIC DETERMINANTS OF WOMEN PARTICIPATION IN AGRICULTURE IN OLAMABORO LOCAL GOVERNMENT AREA, KOGI STATE
Women play a critical role in agricultural growth in developing countries, men and women smallholder farmers – even within the same household – often have different needs and priorities and experience different constraints in their access to agricultural resources and decision-making power. This st...
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Women play a critical role in agricultural growth in developing countries, men and women smallholder farmers – even within the same household – often have different needs and priorities and experience different constraints in their access to agricultural resources and decision-making power. This study analysed women participation in agricultural production in Olamoboro Local Government Area of Kogi State, Nigeria. It investigated the characteristics, the level and determinants of participation of women farmers in agricultural production. The research was carried out with the use of well-structured questionnaire interview schedule to obtain the necessary data. The empirical results revealed that the farmers are mostly illiterate and earn low income which directly informed their participation in agricultural production. Their holdings are small, < 2ha, and cultivated mostly to cereals and root crops, and relying on family labor and hand-held hoe and cutlasses. Many keep animal, in particular, sheep, goats and chickens. Most depend on personal savings, and obtained their land through inheritance and communal/family, and their farm inputs from open markets. The result shows that female farmers within the age bracket of 20-50 years predominate, majority of the respondent of about 78% are married women. 59% in Imane and 57% are from Ogugu. About 99% of the farmers interviewed practices traditional hand held farming such as use of Hoe, Cutlass etc. and about 1% involves in mechanical cultivation. As a result of large percentage of about 93% involve in family labor agricultural produce in Ogugu are mainly subsistence crops and only 7% contribute to commercial farm produce or cash crops. The major challenge faced by about 90% of women participating in farming activities includes; inadequate capital/credit and gender bias, about 82% complaint of government support, 80% further talked about poor weather and shortage of labour, another 76% lack adequate information, 71% lack fertilizer and manure, while 53% and 60% talked about limited access to land and poor disease control respectively. The study concludes that there is high rate of involvement of women in agricultural production in the study area, the problem they face notwithstanding, and call for an urgent need to exterminate the gender bias issue that holds these women down.
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| spelling | doaj-art-5ea6a0d1714f4e2dba3868d9fc27d6012025-02-10T10:01:04ZengFederal University WukariInternational Studies Journal2756-46492023-08-0172SOCIO-ECONOMIC DETERMINANTS OF WOMEN PARTICIPATION IN AGRICULTURE IN OLAMABORO LOCAL GOVERNMENT AREA, KOGI STATESilas Joshua0Blessing Omahas1Federal University Lokoja, Kogi StateFederal University Lokoja, Kogi State Women play a critical role in agricultural growth in developing countries, men and women smallholder farmers – even within the same household – often have different needs and priorities and experience different constraints in their access to agricultural resources and decision-making power. This study analysed women participation in agricultural production in Olamoboro Local Government Area of Kogi State, Nigeria. It investigated the characteristics, the level and determinants of participation of women farmers in agricultural production. The research was carried out with the use of well-structured questionnaire interview schedule to obtain the necessary data. The empirical results revealed that the farmers are mostly illiterate and earn low income which directly informed their participation in agricultural production. Their holdings are small, < 2ha, and cultivated mostly to cereals and root crops, and relying on family labor and hand-held hoe and cutlasses. Many keep animal, in particular, sheep, goats and chickens. Most depend on personal savings, and obtained their land through inheritance and communal/family, and their farm inputs from open markets. The result shows that female farmers within the age bracket of 20-50 years predominate, majority of the respondent of about 78% are married women. 59% in Imane and 57% are from Ogugu. About 99% of the farmers interviewed practices traditional hand held farming such as use of Hoe, Cutlass etc. and about 1% involves in mechanical cultivation. As a result of large percentage of about 93% involve in family labor agricultural produce in Ogugu are mainly subsistence crops and only 7% contribute to commercial farm produce or cash crops. The major challenge faced by about 90% of women participating in farming activities includes; inadequate capital/credit and gender bias, about 82% complaint of government support, 80% further talked about poor weather and shortage of labour, another 76% lack adequate information, 71% lack fertilizer and manure, while 53% and 60% talked about limited access to land and poor disease control respectively. The study concludes that there is high rate of involvement of women in agricultural production in the study area, the problem they face notwithstanding, and call for an urgent need to exterminate the gender bias issue that holds these women down. https://wissjournals.com.ng/index.php/wiss/article/view/155DeterminantswomenparticipationagricultureOlamaboro |
| spellingShingle | Silas Joshua Blessing Omahas SOCIO-ECONOMIC DETERMINANTS OF WOMEN PARTICIPATION IN AGRICULTURE IN OLAMABORO LOCAL GOVERNMENT AREA, KOGI STATE International Studies Journal Determinants women participation agriculture Olamaboro |
| title | SOCIO-ECONOMIC DETERMINANTS OF WOMEN PARTICIPATION IN AGRICULTURE IN OLAMABORO LOCAL GOVERNMENT AREA, KOGI STATE |
| title_full | SOCIO-ECONOMIC DETERMINANTS OF WOMEN PARTICIPATION IN AGRICULTURE IN OLAMABORO LOCAL GOVERNMENT AREA, KOGI STATE |
| title_fullStr | SOCIO-ECONOMIC DETERMINANTS OF WOMEN PARTICIPATION IN AGRICULTURE IN OLAMABORO LOCAL GOVERNMENT AREA, KOGI STATE |
| title_full_unstemmed | SOCIO-ECONOMIC DETERMINANTS OF WOMEN PARTICIPATION IN AGRICULTURE IN OLAMABORO LOCAL GOVERNMENT AREA, KOGI STATE |
| title_short | SOCIO-ECONOMIC DETERMINANTS OF WOMEN PARTICIPATION IN AGRICULTURE IN OLAMABORO LOCAL GOVERNMENT AREA, KOGI STATE |
| title_sort | socio economic determinants of women participation in agriculture in olamaboro local government area kogi state |
| topic | Determinants women participation agriculture Olamaboro |
| url | https://wissjournals.com.ng/index.php/wiss/article/view/155 |
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