Analysis of involvement of women in seed systems in Borno State, North-East Nigeria

Abstract

The study was on the involvement of women in seed systems in Hawul Local Government Area of Borno State, Nigeria. Multistage probability sampling procedure was employed in the selection of the respondents. In the first stage, four (4) districts were selected. In the next stage, one (1) village was randomly selected from each of the selected districts. Subsequently, twenty five (25) respondents were randomly selected from each of the selected villages, which brought the total number of the respondents to one hundred (100). A structured interview schedule was used in collecting data from the respondents. Data were analyzed using descriptive and inferential statistics. The descriptive tools used were frequencies and percentages, while the inferential tool used was multiple regressions analysis. The major findings of the study were that majority of the respondents were involved in seed systems; age, education and farming experience were significantly related with involvement of women in seed systems at 1% and 5% levels of significance and contributed 58%, 30% and 10% respectively, with R 2 value of 0.657. It was suggested, among others, that if government at various levels, agricultural extension programmes and other agriculture related agencies embark on organizing educational programmes, providing the respondents with capital, storage facilities and policies that will lead to the expansion of their farm sizes, these could enhance and improve their productivity and performance in seed systems.

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