Assessment: Overview from Women Farmers in Anambra State, Nigeria

Abstract

The study assessed the needs of women farmers in Anambra State, Nigeria. A sample of 120 respondents who were randomly selected was used. Data were collected through interview schedule and analysed with percentage and mean scores. The results show that the women were middle aged (34%), fairly literate (36%), have household size of between 4-6 persons (61%) and have been in farming business for a period of between 10-19 years (45%). Information on climate change adaptation (M=3.4), information on climate change mitigation (M=3.2), meteorological information (M=3.0), improved extension services (M=3.0), timely distribution of fertilizer (M=3.0), improved breeds of animal (M=2.9), improved varieties of crops (M=2.9) and subsidized Information Communication Technology facilities e.g cell phones, radio etc (M=2.6) were some of the needs of the women. It recommends that Anambra State Agricultural Development Programme should re-strategize and come up with effective means of bringing climate change adaptation, mitigation and metrological information to the women farmers thereby meeting their needs.

Analysis of the Constraints Faced by Rural Women Farmers in Vegetable Production in South-East Nigeria

“…Nigerian women despite their participation in agricultural development, it has been observed that they are faced with many problems (Bidemiet al, 2015). For instance, women access to the much needed farm productive resources have been identified to be very low due to marital, societal and religions reasons, lack of awareness caused by low literacy, lack of ownership and control of land, lack of sufficient and substantive collateral and inadequate knowledge of training in the use of improved innovations (Obiora, 2013;and Kughuret al, 2018). Additionally, it has also been reported that inadequate information about the improved technologies was one of the constraints in vegetable production (Alabiet al, 2016).…”

“…Women do not have adequate access to agricultural information and innovations (Bilkisuet al, 2016). Lack of separate land for women and inadequate contact with extension agents are serious constraints faced by women farmers (Obiora, 2013). Majority of the women use low yielding and unimproved planting materials, primitive and labour intensive farm implements, traditional farming practices, which have adversely affected agricultural production (Omeire, 2016).…”

Factors influencing women's involvement in palm oil processing in Ife North Local Government area of Osun State Nigeria

“…In Nigeria, women make a large proportion of the agricultural labor force [1]. [2] argued that women account for 70 -80% of household food production in Sub-Sahara Africa. Women are employed in the agricultural sector predominantly as self-employed farmers, unpaid labor on family farms, and paid or unpaid workers on farms owned by others [3].…”