Factors Influencing Gender Accessibility to Productive Resources for Rice Production in Niger State, Nigeria

Adejoh, OP; Onwuaroh, Augustine Sunday; Abdulrahman, S.; Binuyo, G.; Magaji, B. D.

doi:10.9734/jsrr/2017/25935

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“…According to this report, respondents' average household size was nearly double that of the national average. This finding also concurs with Adejoh et al [10], who discovered that the majority (60.9%) of male rice farmers and 64.4% of female rice farmers had households of between one and five members, with an average household size of seven and five members, respectively, implying an adequate supply of family labour to carry out various farm operations.…”

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Gender Analysis of Labor Contribution Among Maize Farming Household in Agricultural Zone C of Kogi State, Nigeria

Bako

Umar

Salau

et al. 2022

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This study analysed the gender labour contribution among maize farming households in Agricultural Zone C of Kogi State, Nigeria. A multi-stage sampling technique was used to select 160 households from which the males and females were interviewed. Data collected were analysed using descriptive statistics. The mean age of male respondents was 40 years while that of female respondents was 33 years. Average income of male farmers was ₦147,321.9 while that of female farmers was ₦143,475.0. The average household size of the respondents was 8 persons. Male respondents were more dominant in tertiary education than female respondents. The result on labour contributions reveals Men dominated in all the maize production activities except planting/sowing where women provided 72.1% of the labour. In extreme instances such as harvesting men provided 100% of the labour needed. Land preparation had 66.5% contribution from the male respondents while the females offered only 33.5%. Male contribution in tilling was 78.8% to the female 21.2%. In making ridges men provided 71.3% against the female 28.7%. In planting/sowing, the only activity women had dominance in, women were seen to have provided 72.1% of the labour contribution against 27.9% of the labour male respondents provided. Furthermore, 70.7% of the labour provided for weeding came from the male folks while the females provided 29.3% of the labour. Male respondents provided 89.9% of the labour for fertilizer application as against the 10.1% provided by the female respondents. Pesticide application was 73.8% of the male against 26.2% of labour contribution. Transportation saw men provide 98.5% of the labour against the 1.5% provided by the female. The results on constraints revealed that poor access to farm inputs was 91.3% for male, while that of female was 96.3, poor transport systems were 88.1% for both male and female, lack of storage/processing facilities was 86.3% for both male and female and poor access to credit was 95.0% while the female was 97.5%. It can be concluded that male gender in the household dominated the female gender in terms of labour contribution in the study area. Most constraints identified bother around institutional and infrastructural inadequacies in Nigeria’s rurality therefore there should be provision of better extension service, access to credit facilities and motorable roads in rural areas in study area.

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Gender Analysis of Labor Contribution Among Maize Farming Household in Agricultural Zone C of Kogi State, Nigeria

Bako

Umar

Salau

et al. 2022

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“…This implies that most of the respondents attempted formal education therefore had moderate level of education which can equip them with knowledge that could enhance their wheat farming practices in the area. This conforms with Adejoh et al (2017) in a study factor influencing gender accessibility to productive resources in Niger State, found low (19% and 30%) male and female rice farmers with one form of education or the other. The result in Table 1 reveals a mean household size of 6.2 and 5.7 persons.…”

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Analysis of Gender Knowledge, Attitude and Practices on Wheat Farming in Jigawa State, Nigeria

Mohammed¹,

Ibrahim²,

Sani³

et al. 2023

JASD

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The study analyzed gender knowledge, attitude and practices on wheat farming in Jigawa State, Nigeria. Multi-stage sampling procedure was used to select 352 men and 151 women making a total of 503 respondents. Data were collected through the use of structured questionnaire, analyzed using frequency distribution, percentages, mean scores, standard deviation, and Probit analysis. The result revealed that the majority (70%) of the respondents were male. Meanwhile, 55.4% male respondents had a household size between 6-10 persons. Majority (64.2%) of the female respondents had a farm size between 0.5-1.0 hectares and 80.8% of them obtained their farmland through inheritance. About 67.5% of the male respondents had 6-10 years of wheat farming experience. About, 68% of the male respondents had 1000 kg and above of wheat yield per hectare. About 69% of the male respondents had access to extension services and therefore had high knowledge on critical irrigation stage for wheat with a mean score of 1.59. The coefficient of age, gender, marital status, education level, farming experience and access to farm inputs were positively related to knowledge, attitude and practices (KAP) at P≤0.01. Men and women participated in wheat farming, except that, on average male respondents had a higher knowledge and extensively practices wheat farming than the women, as a result of men’s better access to extension services, larger farm size, among other things. Extension agent should be intensifying educational campaigns for attitudinal change, through regular trainings to ensure knowledge gets into farmers’ hand and fields, and encourage the women to be more inclusive in wheat farming.

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“…In other words, male cassava farmers are less likely to participate in contract farming by about 17 %. This is because men have better access to productive resources than women (Adejoh et al, 2017). Hence, women are more likely to participate in contract farming due to the productive resources that would be provided through the contract.…”

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Does contract farming really matter in cassava farms productivity in Iseyin Local Government Area, Oyo State, Nigeria?

Obi-Egbedi

Osanyinlusi

Adekunle

2022

Agricultura Tropica Et Subtropica

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Improving the productivity of smallholder farmers particularly in developing countries has taken different approaches. Contract farming is one of the approaches employed to increase farmers’ productivity. However, agricultural outcomes have not been consistent with contract farming in developing countries. Hence, we examined the effect of contract farming on productivity of cassava farmers in Iseyin Local Government Area of Oyo State, Nigeria. Primary data were collected using a multi-stage procedure to select the farmers. Descriptive and econometric methods were employed for data analysis. The findings revealed that farm size and years of education of the participants in contract farming in the area were significantly different from non-participants by 0.45 ha and 1.76 years, respectively. Years of education, farm size, planting improved cassava variety, price of cassava output and being a female cassava farmer were significant drivers of participation. The mean productivity of the cassava farmers was about 0.89. Non-participants showed a higher productivity than their counterparts in contract farming. Although farm size increased productivity of cassava farmers, household size and contract farming significantly reduced it in the area. Hence, it was concluded that contract farming does not always significantly improve agricultural outcomes. Planting high-yielding varieties coupled with best agronomic practices will better address the issue of declining productivity of the cassava farms in the area, alongside reduction in family size. Further, giving considerable attention to favourable technical supports and contract terms will improve contract farming effect on agricultural outcomes.

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Factors Influencing Gender Accessibility to Productive Resources for Rice Production in Niger State, Nigeria

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Gender Analysis of Labor Contribution Among Maize Farming Household in Agricultural Zone C of Kogi State, Nigeria

Gender Analysis of Labor Contribution Among Maize Farming Household in Agricultural Zone C of Kogi State, Nigeria

Analysis of Gender Knowledge, Attitude and Practices on Wheat Farming in Jigawa State, Nigeria

Does contract farming really matter in cassava farms productivity in Iseyin Local Government Area, Oyo State, Nigeria?

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