Rural Women Involvement in Oil Palm Value Chain in Akwa Ibom State, Nigeria

Akaninyene, Obot; Maurice, Ozor; P, Anunobi Chizoba

doi:10.55284/cjac.v7i2.697

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“…Being young could also make them to be eager to accept and implement new technologies on palm oil processing. This result agrees with the findings of [9] that majority of the respondents sampled were within the age of 26-50 years. The results further show that majority (73.3%) of the women palm oil processors were married.…”

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

Ibitunde,

Alao,

Awotayo

2023

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The study assessed women's involvement in palm oil processing in Ife North Local Government Area, Osun State, Nigeria. A multistage sampling procedure was used to select 120 women palm oil processors. Primary data collected with the aid of wellstructured interview schedule were subjected to frequency counts, percentage, mean, standard deviation and Chi-square analysis. The results reveal that majority (73.3%) of the palm oil processors were married, with the mean age of 50.2±15.173 years and years of palm oil processing experience averaged 24.713+13.670. Oil drying, x̅=3.87, ranked 1st of all the processing activities the respondents were involved in. Close to half (47.5%) of the women palm oil processors were at a medium level of involvement. High cost of labour and transportation ranked 1st with a weighted mean score of x̅=3.04 of all the constraints. There was significant association between age (ch2=18.730, p=0.001), marital status (ch2=15.663, p=0.047), primary occupation (ch2=20.207, p=0.003), level of education (ch2=15.821, p=0.045), experience (ch2=16.607, p=0.034) and involvement in palm oil processing. The study concluded that there was medium level of involvement in palm oil processing among the women. It was recommended that governmental and non-governmental agricultural agencies should introduce modern method of palm oil processing to the women palm oil processors in the study area.

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

Ibitunde,

Alao,

Awotayo

2023

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“…Women tend to be highly involved in processing activities especially in the MVC. The result is similar with the findings of Akaninyene et al (2022) buttressed the fact that processing and marketing, was seen as a woman's job and therefore, women were more prominent in the oil palm activities. This result also concurred with the findings of Adesiji et al (2022) that marketing and processing were the leading rice value chain activities involved by the respondents in the study area.…”

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Rural Women Farmers’ Participation In Maize Value Chain And Socio-Economic Empowerment In South-West Nigeria

Awoyemi,

Adesiji,

Omotesho

2023

Jambura Agribus. J.

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In recent times, there has been increased participation of women in agricultural value chain, but their empowerment status is poor. Thus, evidence-based data revealing the socio-economic status of rural women participating in maize value chain is important to further strengthen women’s participation in the agricultural value chain sector. The study aimed at examining participation in maize value chain and socio-economic empowerment among women in South-west Nigeria. A three-stage sampling procedure was employed in the selection of respondents for the study. The first stage involved proportionate random sampling of three states in South-west, Nigeria. Second stage involved the generation of a sample frame from the various associations of rural women farmers in MVC in the Agricultural Development Programme zones. Last stage, 20% of the total of rural women farmers involved in MVC was selected to give a sample size of 539 respondents. Data were collected through interviewer-administered questionnaire and analyzed using both descriptive and inferential statistics. The findings from the study were that the participation mean score of the respondents in marketing and processing were high (71.2%, 73.1%) respectively, the mean participation score in MVC was 67%; respondents’ percentage mean score based on socio-economic empowerment status after participation in MVC was high (60%). Major constraints to participation in MVC activities were high cost of transportation to market (x̄=1.27) ranked 1st and inadequacy of extension service delivery (x̄=1.22) ranked 2nd; and participation in MVC activities had positive and significant relationship with the socio-economic empowerment status of the respondents (r=0.380; p=0.000). The study concluded that the level of rural women farmers’ participation in MVC activities was high and impacted their socio-economic status positively. The study recommended that agricultural extension agency should focus on empowering the rural women by providing extension services needed for market linkage and bulk transportation of produce to target markets.

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Fuelwood Value Chain in Northern Nigeria: Economic, Environment, and Social Sustainability Concerns

Ali

Saadun

Kamarudin

et al. 2023

Forests

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The increased fuelwood demand and commercialization activities in Nigeria over the years have incurred various sustainability issues and concerns along the fuelwood value chain. This study employed value chain analysis to examine the sustainability of the fuelwood value chain in Yobe, Nigeria, in relation to economic, environmental, and social aspects. From the analysis, it was found that fuelwood business activities were conducted by registered licensed actors (formally) and informally by non-licensed actors who do not register with the government agency that controls forest-related activities. Profit was not equally distributed along the value chain, whereby 65% of the total profits were reaped by the transporters. Natural forests were the main source of fuelwood, with 18 tree species being preferred and commonly traded by both formal and informal chain actors. Women’s participation in the formal fuelwood value chain was limited and mainly concentrated in the informal chain. The findings of this study can inform policymakers to enhance the sustainability of fuelwood production and trade along the value chain, especially in terms of profit sharing, exploitation of forest resources, and gender equality.

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Rural Women Involvement in Oil Palm Value Chain in Akwa Ibom State, Nigeria

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

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

Rural Women Farmers’ Participation In Maize Value Chain And Socio-Economic Empowerment In South-West Nigeria

Fuelwood Value Chain in Northern Nigeria: Economic, Environment, and Social Sustainability Concerns

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