CONTRIBUTIONS OF WOMEN TO HOUSEHOLD FARMING DECISIONS AMONG COCOA-BASED AGROFORESTRY HOUSEHOLDS IN EKITI STATE, NIGERIA
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CONTRIBUTIONS OF WOMEN TO HOUSEHOLD
FARMING DECISIONS AMONG COCOA-BASED AGROFORESTRY HOUSEHOLDS IN EKITI STATE,
NIGERIA
Abstract
This study
examined the contributions of women to household farming decisions among cocoa-based
agroforestry households in Ekiti state, Nigeria using cross-sectional data.
The study
used purposive, multistage and random sampling techniques for the selection of
120
cocoa-based agroforestry farm units that constituted respondents for the study.
The
analytical
techniques involved descriptive statistics, exploratory factor analysis and
multinomial
logistic regression model. With regards to food crop production activities, the
contributions
of women to decision making were very high with mean values of between
2.48 – 3.19
on a 4-point scale, while that of the men were comparatively low with mean
values
ranging from 1.85 – 2.66. However, in the cocoa production activities, the
contributions
of women to decision making were relatively low with mean ranging between
1.42 – 3.23
compare to high contributions of men with mean values ranging from 2.82 –
3.94 on a
4-point scale.
The
multinomial logistic regression result comparing high
contribution
(3) as base outcome, revealed that years of formal education of the women,
financial
contribution status of the women to farming activities, average number of hours
spent on
cocoa farm per day were negatively related while years of farming experience of
the women
and number of adult male farmers in a household were positively and
significantly
related with the probability of women making low (1) or medium (2)
contributions
to household farming decisions. The t-test of no significant difference
between the
contributions of women and men to farming decisions in the production of the
integrated
food crops and the cocoa revealed that, on the average, women had
significantly
higher contributions to decision making in food crop production activities
while in
cocoa production, men had significantly higher contributions. The identified
constraints
militating against women farmers were classified into three major factors
using
principal component factor analysis with varimax – rotated and factor loading
of
0.30.
These
constraints range from techno-institutional factor (lack of extension
programmes
directed to women, lack of access to NGOs programmes and low technicalknow-
how);
socio-personal factor (the belief that women are subordinate, low self
confidence
of women, multiple domestic responsibilities of women farmers) and economic /
financial
factor which include low/lack of financial contributions by women farmers to
farming
activities, involvement of the women in off farm jobs, lack of collateral
security to
secure loans
to support farming and so on. The study, therefore, recommends inter alia,
socioeconomic
empowerment of women farmers, adequate extension services and training
to meet
technological improvement needs of the women and formulation of gender sensitive
policies in favour of women in agricultural sector
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