Training needs of rural women entrepreneurs in non-farm enterprises in Imo State, Nigeria

Obinna, Leo O.; Maduka, Oluchi Ada

doi:10.4314/jae.v21i3.8

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“…Rural women in Imo State have very little opportunity to access credit, which is important for them in order to expand their vegetable production or earn more income to purchase other households food. Special credit facilities for women are limited, and some of the major impediments to women's access to credit are poor infrastructure, female illiteracy, the lack of education and information, tradition and custom, and the absence of collateral, especially in the form of landownership (Obinna and Maduka, 2017).…”

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

Nwaiwu¹,

Udenwa²

2022

IJAES

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Globally, vegetable forms a most valuable part of every household's diet and are used to increase the quality of the soup. It has also become the most important crop grown by farmers in recent time. However, vegetable farming is not without production challenges. Regrettably, there is an acute shortage of empirical studies to substantiate this claim. It was against this backdrop that the study on analysis of the constraints faced by rural women farmers in vegetable production in south-east Nigeria was undertaken. Specifically, the study was guided by the following objectives; describing the type and level of constraints women face in vegetable farming; determining the perceived effects of such constraints on all round vegetable farming and describing the solution women vegetable farmers practice in reducing the constraint they face in all round vegetable. The hypothesis of the study was that the socio-economic characteristics of women do not significantly influence their level of constraint in all round vegetable farming in the area. A multistage random sampling method was used in the selection of respondents. Sample size comprised one-hundred and thirty-five (135) vegetable women farmers. Well structured questionnaire was the main tool for data collection. Data collected were analyzed using descriptive statistical tools, likert –scale rating and multiple regression analysis. Regrettably, most of the women farmers identified and perceived poor access to road and control of farm resources, e.g farmland ( =3.68), insufficient education ( =3.11), lack of credit ( =3.50) and poor institutional support ( =3.59) amongst others as the serious challenge they face in all round vegetable farming in the area. Additionally, the women farmers perceived and reported that the constraints they face has led to shortage of farm labour ( =3.63) and is disrupting planting and harvesting season of their all round vegetable production ( =3.56) amongst others. Diversification of agribusiness (99.26%) is one of the solutions they practice in reducing the constraint they face in all round vegetable. Estimated multiple regressions showed that the socio-economic characteristic of women farmers influences their level of constraint in all round vegetable farmingand is significant at 1% level of probability. It was therefore recommended that the government should subsidize the price of farm inputs in order to make them accessible and affordable to women farmers. In the same vein, better access of women to farmland and agricultural extension services is very essential in promoting not just vegetable production but more women driving the production.

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Section: Type and Level Of Constraints Women Face In Vegetable Farmingmentioning

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

Nwaiwu¹,

Udenwa²

2022

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“…Furthermore, governments should emphasize on capacity-building programmes for rural women in entrepreneurial ventures including agriculture. Obinna and Maduka (2017) assessed a sample of 120 non-farm rural entrepreneurs using multi-stage sampling through structured questionnaire to identify training needs. It was concluded that entrepreneurial training should include record keeping and ways to access capital.…”

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Rural women entrepreneurship: a systematic literature review and beyond

Aggarwal¹,

Johal²

2021

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PurposeRural women entrepreneurship has been a domain attracting academicians and governments. This paper aims to to annotate existing literature in order to find a nexus between rural women and entrepreneurship using a systematic literature review and bibliometric analysis. Further, it has a certain scope and direction of existing research by critically analysing the work published in the domain of rural women entrepreneurship.Design/methodology/approachOut of 213 documents, 192 were published during last 20 years till October 2020 in Scopus journals that were downloaded using the keywords “Women Entrepreneurship” OR “Female Entrepreneurs” OR “Women Entrepreneurs” OR “Female Entrepreneurship” AND rural were accepted for further processing. VOS-Viewer software has been used to present bibliometric analysis. A thematic analysis of top 10 papers and 26 open access papers has also been done.FindingsIt was found that research interest in the said domain gained momentum in the last decade only. India is the top country that is publishing maximum papers; the United Kingdom has the maximum citations. The existing studies have focussed on factors influencing entrepreneurship, impact of gender and role of government schemes in fostering entrepreneurship. It is recommended that future studies may explore few inadequately explored grey areas including impact of entrepreneurial education, microcredit and information technology on rural women entrepreneurship.Originality/valueThis literature review article contributes to the existing literature by identifying the scope and direction of the existing literature. Further, it helps in identifying the least explored areas that can be taken up for the conduct of future research.

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Training needs of rural women entrepreneurs in non-farm enterprises in Imo State, Nigeria

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

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

Rural women entrepreneurship: a systematic literature review and beyond

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