Comparative analysis of gender involvement in agricultural production in Nigeria

Mohammed, B

doi:10.5897/jdae11.034

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“…The very good thing across locations is that all the family members are involved in managing the apple trees. In conformity with this research result, Feyisa and Megersa [26] and Mohammed and Abdulquadri [27] reported that the involvement of women in fruit crop production is paramount ranging from harvesting to marketing.…”

Section: Apple Planting and Production Systemssupporting

confidence: 71%

Apple production systems and post-harvest management across selected locations of North Shewa Zone, Ethiopia

Amare,

Desta,

Tena

et al. 2023

Trends Hortic.

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Apple farming is a new production venture across the North Shewa Zone. Its production, harvest, postharvest handling, and marketing status are not well known. This study was conducted to assess the above-lined situations across the district. Four representative locations, Asabahir, Tsigereda, Tengego, and Godnamamas were selected based on their apple production status. Then, a total of 88 respondents were randomly selected and interviewed by a structured questionnaire. The data were analyzed by descriptive statistics of percentage, standard deviation, and chi-square tests. A larger percentage of farmers are male (82.9%), in their active production age (41.7%), and produce apples in their backyard (85.25%). The agronomic management of fertilization, pruning, training, and plant spacing deviate from the recommended practices of apple farming. Whereas varietal distribution, irrigation, and post-harvest treatments are better practiced. Loss of fruits by fruit drops and discrimination on the market due to small fruit size are serious problems across the locations. Regarding apple farming, the farmers think of it as a productive venture and got a better price per kg and single fruit sale. They sell mainly in local collectors (60.2%) and nearby cities. As for institutional support, the farmers got apple seedlings, training, and capacity buildings by Agriculture Offices and NGOs, even if the farmers are still in higher need of better support. Therefore, it can be concluded that if not outwaited by poor tree management, destructive product transportation, and higher loss of fruits from trees and in the market, the attitude of the farmers can be capitalized in better production of apples.

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Section: Apple Planting and Production Systemssupporting

confidence: 71%

Apple production systems and post-harvest management across selected locations of North Shewa Zone, Ethiopia

Amare,

Desta,

Tena

et al. 2023

Trends Hortic.

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“…Results also revealed maximum household of 41.67 % (4-6 persons) followed by 7-9 (30.83 %) persons, with farming experience of 7-9 years (34.2 %) and 10-13 years (24.2 %). The domination of married male was associated with energy sapping physical and manual activities involved in land clearing, tillage, planting inter alia against relatively less activities of weeding, harvesting, processing, marketing and preservation for female (Asumugha, Kormawa and Haan, 2009;Mohammed and Abdulquadri, 2012). Similarly, Ejechi et al (2018) reported lack of funds for high cost of inputs as an important impediment for relatively low women participation while Asumugha et al (2009), supported result of study when they reported average household of six and farm size of 0.75 to 3 ha, jointly owned or only 20 % belonging to women in Southern…”

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Assessment of ginger production value chain information needs for sustainable livelihood in Kachia Local Government Area, Kaduna State, Nigeria

Onwunali,

Oparandudu,

Bamali

2023

SWJ

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Ginger production is dominated by small holder low-income farmers, though experienced, yield remained consistently and relatively low. Hence the study investigated information needs of farmers using closed structured questionnaires, randomly but purposefully distributed to 120 farmers in Agunu, Gidan Tagwai, Gumel, Kurmin Musa, Kwaturu and Sabon Sarki wards in Kachia. Data were subjected to descriptive statistics, mathematical techniques(Confrontation indexes), correlation and regression analyses at p ≤ 0.05. Results showed that 80.83 % married male (66.67 %) within the ages of 31-40 years (46.67 %) dominated production with average farm size of 1-2 ha and farming experience of 6-7 years. Of the 14 identified information needs, six were needed with pest management (3.85), fertilizer (3.84), marketing information (3.59) and source of credit ranking high while seven were rarely needed but irrigation and water management were not needed. Evidently, ginger farming is basically on traditional technology as major source of information is from parents and friends (39.86 %) coupled with problems like irregular power (3.63), inadequate funds for digital information (3.44) and inadequate information dissemination (3.43). Positive and significant correlation and regression coefficient between demographic data and information needs (sex (R2 = 0.847), farm size (R2 = 0.728) and family size (R2 = 0.707)) indicated strong influence. Therefore, inter alia emphasis on the use of digital knowledge, women involvement, funding, functional extension services, training and retraining of farmers are imperative to improve production and livelihood of farmers.

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“…Apart from these viewpoints, some other farmers claimed that incessant fooding (5%) and extreme high temperature (3%) are prominent indicators of the change in the climate. Te authors of [31,40,41] had reported diverse interpretation of what CC is to diferent individuals in Nigeria. Tese include the pattern of rainfall, temperature and long dry season as noted here.…”

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Understanding the Perception of Mango (Mangifera indica) Farmers on the Impact of Climate Change on Mango Farming in Nigeria

Ogunbode,

Esan,

Ayegboyin

et al. 2024

International Journal of Agronomy

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Climate change (CC) scenario is already acknowledged as one of those environmental challenges that threaten every facet of life including mango farming. This study was designed to investigate into mango farmers’ perception of the impacts of climate change (CC) on mango farming. A structured questionnaire was administered among 480 mango farmers across six of the states where mango farming is carried out in Nigeria. Both descriptive and inferential statistical methods were applied in the analysis of the data. From the 418 completed and returned questionnaires analysed, it was found that the male gender dominated the respondents in the survey with a proportion of 68% while 61% use pesticides to control pests and 35% own between 1 and 3 acres of mango farmland. The data were subjected to KMO and Bartlett’s tests, the results of which showed that the data are factorable with p≤0.05. Factor analysis (FA) extracted six (6) out of the fourteen (14) variables analysed which were significant to explain the perceptions of the farmers on the impact of CC on mango farming, namely: (i) change in the volume of mango production; (ii) effect of high temperature; (iii) prolonged dry season; (iv) rainfall pattern; (v) incidence of flooding; and (vi) poor performance of mango seedlings. Further analysis showed the prominence of issues relating to climate change. The implication of these results is that mango farming is also being threatened by CC. Hence, it calls for urgent mitigation actions to salvage this subsector. Farmers need to be adequately supported by stakeholders in their efforts to adapt to the ravaging effects of CC on mango farming through relevant policies and programmes. The work also recommended further investigation on the efficacy of the adaptive methods on mango yields.

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Comparative analysis of gender involvement in agricultural production in Nigeria

Cited by 8 publications

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Apple production systems and post-harvest management across selected locations of North Shewa Zone, Ethiopia

Apple production systems and post-harvest management across selected locations of North Shewa Zone, Ethiopia

Assessment of ginger production value chain information needs for sustainable livelihood in Kachia Local Government Area, Kaduna State, Nigeria

Understanding the Perception of Mango (Mangifera indica) Farmers on the Impact of Climate Change on Mango Farming in Nigeria

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